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Alabama Math Standard: 4.G.A

Draw and identify lines and angles, and identify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.

What’s In My Brain: H vs Arrow
What’s In My Brain: H vs Arrow
Two columns. One is an example, one isn’t. Can you figure out the hidden rule before the big reveal?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon
What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon
We’re looking at regular vs irregular polygons.
Gr 1-8
Grouping Shapes by Parallel and Perpendicular Sides
Grouping Shapes by Parallel and Perpendicular Sides
Which shapes go together based on parallel and perpendicular lines?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
Letters With Symmetry
Letters With Symmetry
Let’s group letters by their symmetry, then create symmetrical words, and then symmetrical sentences!
Gr 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Geometry Image: Esplanade Theaters
Geometry Image: Esplanade Theaters
What odd and interesting shapes can your students find in this geometric image?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
Geometry Image: University Ave
Geometry Image: University Ave
What odd and interesting shapes can your students find in this geometric image?
Gr 1-5
Geometry Image: Victoria Conference Center
Geometry Image: Victoria Conference Center
What odd and interesting shapes can your students find in this geometric image?
Gr 1-5
Geometry Image: Skytree
Geometry Image: Skytree
What odd and interesting shapes can your students find in this geometric image?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
Geometry Image: Steigerwald
Geometry Image: Steigerwald
What odd and interesting shapes can your students find in this geometric image?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?
What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?
Which are trapezoids and which are not?
Gr 1-8
Intersecting Angles and Streets
Intersecting Angles and Streets
There can never be just one angle.
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
The Angles of a Triangle
The Angles of a Triangle
Why tell a kid the rules of a triangle when they can discover them!?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
Grouping Quadrilaterals In A Hierarchy
Grouping Quadrilaterals In A Hierarchy
Can we classify quadrilaterals like we classify living things?
Gr 1-5
Lines, Line Segments,  Rays, and Infinity!
Lines, Line Segments, Rays, and Infinity!
A lesson about lines, line segments, and rays that avoids dull memorization. Instead, we ponder this delightful question: Which is longer, a ray or a line? Then, kids consider what these different geometric concepts would think about each other.
Gr 1, 4