Exploring Shapes
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Objective
I can identify and describe shapes like squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, and rhombuses.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
A shape with three sides is called a triangle.
- 2
A shape with four equal sides is a square, while a shape with four sides where two are one length and two are another is a rectangle.
- 3
Pete's soccer ball is a circle, Squirrel's necklace is a diamond, and the fin on Callie's surfboard is a triangle.
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Practice
7 questions
How many sides does a triangle have?
Describe the difference between a square and a rectangle.
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Exit ticket
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“Draw a square, a circle, and a triangle. Label each shape.”
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