Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.
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MFAS Formative Assessments
Students compare two hexagons and describe how they are alike and how they are different.
Students compare a triangle to a rectangle based on attributes of these figures.
Students compare a cube to a rectangular prism and discuss the similarities and differences.
Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades K-5
Learn how to identify the similarities and differences in the number of sides of two-dimensional shapes in this interactive tutorial.
Learn to sort and identify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes in this carnival-themed interactive tutorial.
Identify and name rectangles and squares based on their defining attributes, even if they have different sizes or positions. Join King Geo and his scout, Quad, as they search for rectangles and squares in this interactive tutorial.
This is part of a series on the defining attributes of shapes. Click the links below.
- "The Search for Shapes: Tracking Triangles"
- The Search for Shapes: Recognizing Rectangles and Squares"
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Original Student Tutorials
Learn to sort and identify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes in this carnival-themed interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Identify and name rectangles and squares based on their defining attributes, even if they have different sizes or positions. Join King Geo and his scout, Quad, as they search for rectangles and squares in this interactive tutorial.
This is part of a series on the defining attributes of shapes. Click the links below.
- "The Search for Shapes: Tracking Triangles"
- The Search for Shapes: Recognizing Rectangles and Squares"
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to identify the similarities and differences in the number of sides of two-dimensional shapes in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Virtual Manipulative
This virtual manipulative allows you to create, color, enlarge, shrink, rotate, reflect, slice, and glue geometric shapes, such as: squares, triangles, rhombi, trapezoids and hexagons.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
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Virtual Manipulative
This virtual manipulative allows you to create, color, enlarge, shrink, rotate, reflect, slice, and glue geometric shapes, such as: squares, triangles, rhombi, trapezoids and hexagons.
Type: Virtual Manipulative