Every name that fits: 5th grade math lesson

What this lesson shows

A square is a rectangle, a rhombus, and a parallelogram, on a family chart of quadrilaterals.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: a square. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

Build the family chart
Each name adds a rule
Every name above fits

Helping at home

Draw the family chart. A trapezoid has at least 1 pair of parallel sides, a parallelogram 2 pairs. A rectangle is a parallelogram with 4 right angles, a rhombus one with 4 equal sides, and a square is both. Follow the lines up: every name above a shape fits it.

If your kid gets stuck

Follow the lines up the family chart.

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

Common Core 5.G.B.4
Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties.

Matches standards in 50 statesSee each state's code

Alabama MA19.5.21, MA19.5.22
Alaska 5.G.4
Arizona 5.G.B.4
Arkansas 5.GM.1
California 5.G.B.4
Colorado 5.G.B.4
Connecticut 5.G.B.4
Delaware 5.G.B.4
District of Columbia 5.G.B.4
Florida MA.5.GR.1.1
Georgia 5.GSR.8.1
Hawaii 5.G.B.4
Idaho 5.G.B.4
Illinois 5.G.B.4
Indiana 5.G.1, 4.G.3
Iowa 5.G.B.4
Kansas 4.G.2, 5.G.4
Kentucky KY.5.G.4
Louisiana 5.G.B.4
Maine 5.G.B.4
Maryland 5.GR.B.3.a, 5.GR.B.3.b
Massachusetts 5.G.B.4
Michigan 5.G.B.4
Minnesota 4.3.1.1
Mississippi 4.G.2, 5.G.3, 5.G.4
Missouri 5.GM.A.2
Montana MT.5.G.4, 5.D1.4, 5.D1.18, 5.D2.2
Nebraska 5.G.1.c
Nevada 5.G.B.4
New Hampshire 5.G.B.4
New Jersey 5.G.B.4
New Mexico 5.G.B.4
New York NY-4.G.2.a, NY-5.G.3, NY-5.G.4
North Carolina NC.4.G.2, NC.5.G.3.b
North Dakota 5.GM.G.1
Ohio 5.G.3, 5.G.4
Oklahoma 4.GM.1.2, 5.GM.1.1
Oregon 5.GM.B.3
Pennsylvania CC.2.3.5.A.2
Rhode Island 5.G.B.4
South Carolina 4.MGSR.3.1, 4.MGSR.3.2
South Dakota 4.G.A.2, 5.G.B.4
Tennessee 5.G.B.3
Texas 111.6.b.6.C, 111.7.b.5
Utah 5.G.4
Vermont 5.G.B.4
Virginia 4.MG.5a, 4.MG.5c, 4.MG.5d.i, 4.MG.5d.ii, 4.MG.5d.iii, 4.MG.5d.iv, 5.MG.3b, 5.MG.3c, 5.MG.3d
Washington 5.G.B.4
West Virginia M.5.26
Wisconsin M.5.G.B.4

Every name that fits