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Name a square

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

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Name a square

Kindergarten · Identifying and Naming Shapes · question 1 of 3

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12 rungs. A star at the top.

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Square? Type its number.

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A square has four equal sides.

All four corners are square.

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 square have? — 4. A square has 4 sides, all the same.

What makes a shape a square?

Today we'll learn about a shape called a square. Squares are all around us!

Here is a square. Let's see what makes it special.

Kindergarten · Spotting squares everywhere

A square has four straight sides. One...

...two...

...three...

...and four sides!

And all four sides are the same length.

A square also has four corners. One, two, three, four.

Even if we turn it on its side, it's still a square.

Four equal sides and four corners — that's a square!

Now you try. Choose this shape's name from the list. Which name fits?

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
Climbing now
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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