Grade 03 Mathematics - EC: M03.C-G.1.1.1

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
Questions/activities that grow in complexity
Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

M03.C-G.1.1.1 M03.C-G.1.1.1

Explain that shapes in different categories may share attributes and that the shared attributes can define a larger category. Example 1: A rhombus and a rectangle are both quadrilaterals since they both have exactly four sides. Example 2: A triangle and a pentagon are both polygons since they are both multi-sided plane figures.

Activities

Which statement about a square and a trapezoid is true:
1. They are both triangles.
2. They are both rectangles.
3. They are both pentagons.
4. They are both quadrilaterals.

Name a category all the shapes below would fit into:

Give the name of a group that would contain the following shapes:

What attributes do a square and a rhombus have in common?
Anthony said he could think of a category that a triangle, a trapezoid, and a pentagon could all fit in, but a circle would not. What category is he thinking of?

Answer Key/Rubric

d
Quadrilaterals
Polygons
Acceptable answers may include, but are not limited to:

Four sides, four angles, all four sides equal, both parallelograms, both quadrilaterals, both polygons

Polygons