Shape Sorting Continues!

As we continue our geometry unit in math, I continue to feel as though I need to break down the information in a more kid-friendly way. I used this activity to review the rules of quadrilaterals. We spent two days learning about what makes a parallelogram a parallelogram, what makes a trapezoid a trapezoid, what makes a rhombus a rhombus, etc. It can get confusing, especially when you try to explain that a rectangle can be a square, but a square cannot be a rectangle. This lesson gives the students a chance to look at certain quadrilaterals, ask themselves what properties the shape has, and then choose the most specific name for the shape. I had my students cut out the shapes and glue them into the correct row. I also had them color each set of parallel lines, this helped them to see how many pairs of parallel lines their were. Here is the link for your own copy... Identifying Quadrilaterals!