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FIFTH GRADE > 5.G.3 TEACHER GUIDE

TEACHER GUIDE TO CLARIFICATION

5.G.3            ATTRIBUTES BELONG TO BOTH CATEGORIES & SUBCATEGORIES           

COHERENCE AND CONNECTIONS           

CLASSROOM RESOURCE             HOT QUESTIONS            ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

5.G.3

 

Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.

 

5.G.3 Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category.  For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles. 

Attributes Belong to Both Categories and Subcategories

 

Example:

 

Create a Hierarchy Diagram using the following terms:             Possible student solutions:

polygons – a closed plane figure formed from line segments that meet only at their endpoints.

 

quadrilaterals - a four-sided polygon.

 

rectangles - a quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent parallel sides and four right angles.

 

rhombi – a parallelogram with all four sides equal in length.

 

square – a parallelogram with four congruent sides and four right angles.

 

Polygons

 

 

 

 

Quadrilaterals

 

 

  Rectangles                                            Rhombi 

 

 

Square

 

According to PARCC a trapezoid is defined as “A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides.”

 

Can you classify a triangle with more than one name? Yes by sides and angles

 

Are parallelograms trapezoids? Yes according to the PARCC definition because a trapezoid is defined as “A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides.” A Parallelogram has two pairs of parallel sides so that is more than one!

 

Do all quadrilaterals have opposite angles congruent or only certain ones? Not All

 

How many lines of symmetry does a regular polygon have?  The number of lines of symmetry in regular polygons is equal to the number of sides it has.

Coherence and Connections: Need to Know

Grade Below

Grade Level

Grade Above

3.G.1

4.G.2

5.G.3

5.G.4

Evidence

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Evidence Statement Text

Clarifications

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5.G.3

 

Understand that attributes belonging to a category of two- dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category. For example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all squares have four right angles.

i) A trapezoid is defined as “A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides.”

7,5

Illinois Assessment of Readiness Mathematics Evidence Tables.  

Retrieved from: https://www.isbe.net/Documents/IAR-Grade-5-Math-Evidence-State.pdf

Common Core Standards Writing Team. (2012, June 23). 

Progressions for the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics(draft).  K-6 Geometry. Tucson, AZ: Institute for Mathematics and Educations, University of Arizona.

Also check out Student Achievement Partners Coherence Map.

Classroom Resources
 

5.G.3 Daily Discourse

HOT Questions

Sort the 14 shapes using the Venn diagram.

Is a quadrilateral

    Is a parallelogram

Did Lauren Classify the polygons correctly?  Justify your answer.

5.G.3            ATTRIBUTES BELONG TO BOTH CATEGORIES & SUBCATEGORIES           

COHERENCE AND CONNECTIONS           

CLASSROOM RESOURCE             HOT QUESTIONS            ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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