standard_description: Make formal geometric constructions with a variety of tools and methods (compass and straightedge, string, reflective devices, paper folding, dynamic geometric software, etc.). Copying a segment; copying an angle; bisecting a segment; bisecting an angle; constructing perpendicular lines, including the perpendicular bisector of a line segment; and constructing a line parallel to a given line through a point not on the line.
problem_activity: Stage 4: Grade 4 Shapes
Required Preparation
Materials to Gather
Paper
Materials to Copy
Blackline Masters
Shape Cards Grade 4

Narrative
Students lay six shape cards face up. One student picks two cards that have an attribute in common. All students write an attribute that is shared by both shapes. Students get a point if they name an attribute that no other student wrote.
Variation:
Students can draw a shape that has a shared attribute with the given shapes.


aligns: no