Summary
A Cyberchase math segment on classifying quadrilaterals and the relationships among rectangles, squares and rhombuses as kinds of parallelograms. Helpful when students sort shapes by their properties.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
- What do all quadrilaterals have in common?
- How is a square also a rectangle and a rhombus?
- What property tells two quadrilaterals apart?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: quadrilateral, parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle.
Try it: Draw a square and a non-square rectangle. List one thing that is the same and one that is different.