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Name a hexagon

Students identify and name a hexagon in everyday objects, recognizing the shape regardless of its size or orientation.

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Name a hexagon

Kindergarten · Identifying and Naming Shapes · question 1 of 3

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12 rungs. A star at the top.

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Type the hexagon's number.

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A hexagon has six straight sides.

Count each side once.

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Read it: Name a shape: count sides and corners

Count the sides. Count the corners. A shape with 3 sides and 3 corners is a triangle.

  1. Count the sides: 3.
  2. Count the corners: 3.
  3. 3 sides and 3 corners: it is a triangle.

A shape's sides and corners tell its name.

A tipped triangle still has 3 sides, so it is still a triangle.

A circle is round, so it has no sides to count.

Count the sides and the corners. They tell you the name.

Saying a tipped triangle is not a triangle.

Turn it in your head. It still has 3 sides and 3 corners.

How many sides does a hexagon have? — 6. A hexagon has 6 sides and 6 corners.

Counting the 6 sides of a hexagon

Have you ever seen a beehive? Bees build their homes using a very special shape!

Here is the shape. Look at its straight sides and pointy corners.

This shape is called a hexagon.

Kindergarten · Spotting and naming a six-sided shape

Let's count the sides together. One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six! A hexagon has six sides.

Hexagons can be big or small. Even turned sideways, this is still a hexagon — six sides, every time.

A hexagon has six straight sides. Great job — now you can name a hexagon!

Now you try. Name this shape from the list. What shape is this?

What you see

While they climb, your page writes one true line to ask about tonight, and a short note each Sunday.

MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics
Did you know?

A chessboard has 64 squares — share them out between the 8 rows and each row holds exactly 8.

Today’s goal
1 star — one skill mastered, every rung of its ladder climbed
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Divide within 100

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MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics

Maya earned 2 stars this week — Interpret multiplication as equal groups, which took 6 answers over 3 days before its star landed 3 days ago and Multiply by 6, 7, 8 and 9. Next up: Divide within 100.

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