Clarifications
Clarification 1: Instruction includes a variety of quadrilaterals and a variety of non-examples that lack one or more defining attributes when identifying quadrilaterals.Clarification 2: Quadrilaterals will be filled, outlined or both when identifying.
Clarification 3: Drawing representations must be reasonably accurate.
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STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity
Students will use their knowledge of how to identify quadrilaterals and how to analyze data to determine a ranking for the best paver designs for a driveway. In this MEA, students will deepen their understanding of the attributes of parallelograms, rectangles, squares, trapezoids and quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these categories.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.
MFAS Formative Assessments
Students are asked to draw a shape with four sides that is not a rhombus, rectangle, or square.
Students are shown a quadrilateral and asked to identify it. Then students are asked to draw another example of a quadrilateral that is different from the one that they were shown.
Students are asked to describe attributes shared by three shapes and to identify a larger category into which these shapes can be placed.
Students are asked to describe attributes shared by three shapes and to identify a larger category into which these shapes can be placed.
Students are asked to use shape descriptions to sketch shapes and explain why some cannot be sketched.
Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades K-5
Join Andy as he travels through his dream, learning about the attributes of rhombi along the way. Together we’ll learn what makes a rhombus unique and how to create a rhombus using its attributes. We’ll help Andy journey through his dream and wake up for school in this interactive tutorial!
Help pack for a square picnic while learning about the defining attributes of a square in comparison to rectangles in this interactive tutorial.
Learn about the defining attributes of a square and what makes a square different from a rhombus in this interactive tutorial.
Overcome the nightmare of quadrilateral classification based on the presence of parallel, perpendicular, and congruent sides as you complete this interactive tutorial.
Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Help pack for a square picnic while learning about the defining attributes of a square in comparison to rectangles in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn about the defining attributes of a square and what makes a square different from a rhombus in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Overcome the nightmare of quadrilateral classification based on the presence of parallel, perpendicular, and congruent sides as you complete this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Join Andy as he travels through his dream, learning about the attributes of rhombi along the way. Together we’ll learn what makes a rhombus unique and how to create a rhombus using its attributes. We’ll help Andy journey through his dream and wake up for school in this interactive tutorial!
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Parent Resources
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In this lesson, you will find clip art and various illustrations of polygons, circles, ellipses, star polygons, and inscribed shapes.
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