Week 12 · Shapes and equal shares
Tuesday
Quadrilaterals, pentagons and cubes
// Sides and angles, rows of squares, halves, thirds and fourths
⏱ about 15 min
Tuesday: Quadrilaterals, pentagons and cubes
Oliver the Owl lands on a wooden sign and adjusts his glasses.
"This sign has four sides," he says thoughtfully.
"Any flat shape with four sides is a quadrilateral."
Ferris the Fox points to a box by the trail.
"And this box is a cube," Ferris says. "It has flat faces!"
Learn it: shapes by their sides
A quadrilateral has 4 sides. Squares and rectangles are quadrilaterals.
A pentagon has 5 sides and 5 angles.
A hexagon has 6 sides and 6 angles.
A cube is a solid shape. Each flat side is called a face.
A cube has 6 faces. Each face is a square.
WHICH SHAPE IS IT?
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
A shape has 5 sides and 5 angles. What is it?
A shape has 6 sides. What is it?
A shape has 4 sides. What kind of shape is it?
What solid shape is this?FACES OF A CUBE
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
How many faces does a cube have?What shape is each face of a cube?
Count the sides of each shape.
| Sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| A square is a quadrilateral. | ? |
| A triangle is a quadrilateral. | ? |
| A pentagon has 5 angles. | ? |
| A hexagon has 8 sides. | ? |
WHY THIS EXERCISEA triangle has 3 sides, and a hexagon has 6 sides.
FEWEST SIDES TO MOST SIDES
- Start with the shape with 3 sides.
- Tap the shapes in order.
11st
22nd
33rd
44th
Try it
Find a box at home.
Count its flat faces with a grown-up.
Is each face a square or a rectangle?
Count its flat faces with a grown-up.
Is each face a square or a rectangle?
Draw a quadrilateral and a pentagon. Count their sides.
Word Spot: your, talk, list
Here are new sight words.
Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.
Your: Y-O-U-R.
Talk: T-A-L-K.
List: L-I-S-T.
FIND THE WORD
- Listen to the word.
- Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
- Listen to the sentence.
- Tap the missing word.
Is this ___ pencil?
Let us ___ about the story.
Read the ___ out loud.
Nice work! Tomorrow Lucy helps us split shapes into rows of squares.