MA.2.4.4 2000
Identify congruent two-dimensional shapes in any position.
Extension: Teacher can read "If I Were A Quadrilateral" By: Molly Blaisdail
Adaptations: Students can use tangrams to observe the differences between each of the parallelograms. This gives them the opportunity to feel the shape and look at it from a 3D perspective.
CCSS.Math.Content.3.G.A.1 Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories
3-Dimensional component can be removed, and younger students can work with 2-Dimensional shapes instead. Students can practice identifying the attributes that make geometric shapes different from each other. ELL students could use these creations to help understand the "definition heavy" parts of Geometry (i.e. faces, vertices, sides, corners).