Quadrilaterals Lesson 3 
Grade Levels: fourth and fifth grades
Subjects: Mathematics and Language Arts
Learner Outcomes:
- Students will be able to identify quadrilaterals.
- Students will be able to distinguish the various
types of quadrilaterals.
- Students will be able to compare and contrast various
types of quadrilaterals.
- Students will be able to follow directions to construct
various quadrilaterals.
Duration of the lesson: three forty-five minute
class periods
Technology/ Tools/ Courseware: computer, Internet,
PowerPoint, Overhead projector
Teacher Notes:
Procedures:
- Introduce quadrilaterals with the PowerPoint presentation.
- Put various quadrilaterals on the overhead and
have the students identify them.
- Have the students fill in a quadrilateral chart with characteristics.
- Have the students compare
and contrast the various types of quadrilaterals.
- Have students work in pairs. One student gives
the characteristics of a quadrilateral and the other student draws it.
Have students switch roles. If time permits use one of the following
activities.
Modifications: Pair the students up for the activities.
Enrichment: Have students find the perimeter and
area of the quadrilaterals.
Evaluation/ Assessment:
- Quadrilateral quiz
- Completed chart
West Virginia
IGOS:
- Mathematics 4.34, 4.52, 5.31,
- Language Arts 4.10, 4.50, 4.53, 4.54,
4.7, 5.5, 5.8, 5.52,5.53, 5.54, 5.55, 5.56
National
Standards:
Mathematics
5. Understands and applies basic and advanced
properties of the concepts of geometry
Language Art
1. Uses the general skills and strategies of
the writing process.
8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different
purposes
Thinking and Reasoning
3. Effectively uses mental processes that are
based on identifying similarities and differences
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