Classifying Shapes
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Objective
I can describe how the attributes of a shape category, such as having four sides, are also true for its subcategories.
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Practice
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Explain why all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.
A shape has four sides. What is the most general name you can give this shape?
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Exit ticket
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“A square is always a rectangle. What attribute of rectangles must a square also have? A square is always a rhombus. What attribute of rhombuses must a square also have? All rectangles are quadrilaterals. What attribute of quadrilaterals must a rectangle also have?”
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