- Identify how to classify shapes on a coordinate grid.
II.ProblemSolvingActivity-QuadDesign
- This is a creative design activity.
- The students are going to need colored pencils, crayons, markers, rulers, large blank sheets of paper.
- The task is to create a design that has each of the seven figures in it.
- Students need to create a color key to identify the seven figures in the design.
- They can include any other shapes/color that they would like, as long as the seven figures are in the design.
- Here are the figures that must be in the design: parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle, square, kite, trapezoid,
isosceles trapezoid - Allow students the entire class to work.
- Tell students that creativity does count in the activity.
III.MeetingObjectives
- Students will identify and classify a parallelogram.
- Students will identify and classify a rhombus.
- Students will identify and classify a rectangle.
- Students will identify and classify a square.
- Students will identify and classify a kite.
- Students will identify and classify a trapezoid.
- Students will identify and classify an isosceles trapezoid.
IV.NotesonAssessment
- Check each design to be sure that all of the seven figures are in it.
- Be sure that there is a key that is clear and easy to read.
- Include color and creativity in the assessment of each student’s work.
- Create a bulletin board to display student work.
Using Parallelograms
I.SectionObjectives
- Describe the relationships between opposite sides in a parallelogram.
- Describe the relationship between opposite angles in a parallelogram.
- Describe the relationship between consecutive angles in a parallelogram.
- Describe the relationship between the two diagonals in a parallelogram.
II.ProblemSolvingActivity-ParallelogramExploration
- Walk the students through this activity.
- Allow time for students to share their responses after each step of the activity.
- Students will need paper, pencils and rulers to complete this task.
- First, ask the students to draw two sets of intersecting parallel lines on a piece of paper.
- When finished, ask them to label the verticesA,B,C,D
- Ask “What do you notice about this figure?”
- Some students may recognize the parallelogram right away.
5.6. Quadrilaterals