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Hexagons

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Hexagons

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/vtl07.math.geometry.pla.hexagons/hexagons/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

The CyberSquad must build a path to cross a stream of hot lava. They find a pile of triangle-shaped tiles which float in the lava and don't melt. Unfortunately, they run out of triangle tiles when they are only halfway across the stream of lava and must figure out what other tiles they can use to complete the path.

Content Standard(s):

Mathematics
MA2019 (2019)
Grade: 3

26. Recognize and describe polygons (up to 8 sides), triangles, and quadrilaterals (rhombuses, rectangles, and squares) based on the number of sides and the presence or absence of square corners.

a. Draw examples of quadrilaterals that are and are not rhombuses, rectangles, and squares.

Unpacked Content

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Describe, analyze, and compare properties of two-dimensional shapes.
Identify shapes that are and are not quadrilaterals by examining the properties of geometric shapes.
Draw rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.
Use geometric terms when describing quadrilaterals.
Identify attributes that are needed to belong to the subcategories of rhombuses, rectangles, and squares, and recognize when a shape does not have those attributes.

Example: A quadrilateral with all four sides of different lengths will not be a rhombus, rectangle, or square.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Attribute
Category
Sub-category
Opposite sides
Angles
Quadrilateral
Triangle
Pentagon
Hexagon
Septagon
Heptagon
Octagon
Polygon
Square
Trapezoid
Rhombus
Rectangle
Two-dimensional

Knowledge:

Students know:

that shapes in different categories may share attributes and that the shared attributes can define a larger category.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Identify two-dimensional shapes.
Sort shapes according to number of sides.
Sort quadrilaterals based on the presence or absence of square corners.
Draw examples of squares, rectangles, and rhombuses.
Draw quadrilaterals that are not rhombuses, rectangles, and squares.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Attributes of a shape help make decisions about how to categorize the shape.
Certain attributes are needed to belong to the subcategories of rhombuses, rectangles, and squares.
Sometimes a shape does not have the attributes needed to belong to the subcategories of rhombuses, rectangles, and squares.

Diverse Learning Needs:

Essential Skills:

Learning Objectives:
M.3.26.1: Recall the vocabulary of shapes (labels, sides, faces, vertices, etc.).
M.3.26.2: Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes such as a given number of angles.
M.3.26.3: Build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.
M.3.26.4: Sort shapes into categories.

Prior Knowledge Skills:

Identify squares, circles, triangles and rectangles.
Define side, angle, face, closed, and open.
Use vocabulary related to shape attributes.
Examples: sides, angles, face, closed, open.
Trace shapes.
Sort triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.
Explore triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.
Name shapes.
Recognize shapes.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
M.AAS.3.26 Using vocalization, sign language, augmentative communication, or assistive technology, recognize and sort polygons by their attributes (triangle, rectangle, square).

Tags:

geometry, hexagon, triangle

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2019 ALCOS correlation:

3.26.) Recognize and describe polygons (up to 8 sides), triangles, and quadrilaterals (rhombuses, rectangles, and squares) based on the number of sides and the presence or absence of square corners.
a. Draw examples of quadrilaterals that are and are not rhombuses, rectangles, and squares.

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Author:

Michelle Frye

ALEX Classroom Resource

Hexagons