These Circle Cut Outs will quickly give you templates for classroom decoration or student activities.
A 4th grade Polygons Attributes Worksheet where students chart the sides, corners, and pairs of parallel sides of six polygons. Answer key included, so classifying shapes becomes quick, clear practice.
A Smarter Balanced (CAASPP / SBAC) 4th grade math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 38 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
A NJSLA-A 4th grade math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 30 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
This perimeter and area worksheet gives 4th grade students four two-part word problems about rectangles and squares. A full answer key is included, so every step is easy to check.
An OST 4th grade math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 34 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
An IAR 4th grade math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 41 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
A CMAS 4th grade math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 41 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
This area and perimeter pirate activity has 3rd to 5th graders solve rectangle cards and match each pirate to the ship with the right answer and units. Answer key included.
In this 4.G.2 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students classify shapes based on presence or absence of specific lines and angles.
This sort it organizing shapes activity has students sort 24 shape cards by rules like equal sides, right angles and parallel sides. Made for 3rd to 5th grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
A Georgia Milestones 4th grade math practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 30 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
Using this Battle Shape Battleship Activity, students classify two-dimensional figures by their properties by playing a game of Battle Shape (a geometrical rendition of Battleship).
Lines, angles, and shapes with attitude
In 4th grade, kids stop naming shapes by how they look and start classifying them by their attributes. They look for parallel and perpendicular lines and for right, acute and obtuse angles. They sort triangles into right, acute and obtuse, and they learn why a square is also a rectangle and a rhombus. Kids also find lines of symmetry by folding and drawing. The click comes when a student argues, with proof, "It has to be a parallelogram because both pairs of sides are parallel!"
Fourth graders love to argue a point. These moves give them the vocabulary to win the argument.
Hand small groups a pile of shape cards and let them invent their own sorting rule, like "has a right angle." Other groups have to guess the rule. Kids end up using parallel, perpendicular and acute without being told to.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withSort It Organizing Shapes ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Show one polygon at a time and have kids list every attribute they can on a whiteboard in 30 seconds: sides, angles, parallel pairs. Count the attributes together. Quick, competitive and great for spotting gaps.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withPolygons Attributes WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Partners hide shapes on a grid and call coordinates to find each other's. When they hit, they have to name the shape and one attribute to sink it. Strategy and vocabulary in one game.
Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withBattle Shape Battleship ActivityActivitiesOpen it →More ways to put shapes to work.
ActivitiesMeasure the pirate map shapes to find the treasure, using area and perimeter clues.
Open Area and Perimeter Pirate Activity →
WorksheetsKids find the perimeter (the fence) and area (the grass) of rectangles on a worksheet.
Open Perimeter and Area Worksheet →
ActivitiesCut out paper shapes and fold them to find every line of symmetry. How many does a square have?
Open Circle Cut Outs →Teacher favorites right now: Circle Cut Outs, Polygons Attributes Worksheet and Smarter Balanced (CAASPP / SBAC) 4th Grade Math Practice Test Workbook.
Fourth graders classify polygons by their sides and angles, including triangles, squares, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms and trapezoids. They focus on parallel and perpendicular lines and on right, acute and obtuse angles.
Yes. A rectangle is any four-sided shape with four right angles, and a square has four right angles. A square is a special rectangle whose sides are all the same length.
It is a line that splits a shape into two matching halves that fold exactly onto each other. A square has four lines of symmetry and a circle has endless ones.
Go on a shape hunt around the house and ask what makes each one that shape. Look for parallel lines on doors, right angles on books, and symmetry in leaves and logos.
Loved by 2 million teachers & families
Printables, songs and games for every subject, Preschool through 6th. Ready to teach today, and kids beg for more.
