Lesson 7-4

LET'S BUILD Identify and Describe Squares and Other Rectangles

For more help with this lesson, view the Visual Learning Animation or the Another Look Video.

MATH HELP AT HOME

Sample Additional Practice Exercise 1

Look at the shapes. Name them, and then color the squares.

Two squares, a rectangle, and a circle. The squares are colored in.

A square has four equal sides and four vertices, so the first two shapes are squares. The next shape is a rectangle because it has four sides and four vertices, but not all the sides are equal. The last shape is a circle because it has no sides and no vertices.

HOME ACTIVITY

Windows

ACTIVITY

Take a walk around your home or neighborhood. Ask your child to look for windows that have the shape of a rectangle or a square.