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Stepping Stone Quadrilaterals

Grade 3 quadrilateral practice with garden stepping stones: find quadrilaterals, compare shared features, solve shape riddles, and sort true statements.

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students identify quadrilaterals and explain why other shapes are not quadrilaterals.
Students recognize squares, rectangles, and rhombuses as quadrilaterals that share features.
Students draw a quadrilateral with given features on grid paper.

How to use

Review the tick-mark and square-corner symbols first. Students can work through Parts 1 and 2 on their own, then talk over the sort and Ava's claim with a partner before drawing.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.G.A.1

Understand that shapes in different groups can share features, such as quadrilaterals having four sides.

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Stepping Stone Quadrilaterals

Find what different shapes have in common.

Part 1: Find the quadrilaterals

Mr. Ortiz is building a garden path. These are the stepping stones he can use.

How many of the 8 stones are quadrilaterals?

stones

Stones A, C, E, and G belong together in one big group. Which name fits all four of them?

A. rectangles
B. rhombuses
C. quadrilaterals
D. squares

Stone H is not a quadrilateral. Why not?

A. It has square corners.
B. It has more than 4 sides.
C. It has a curved side.
D. It is not a square.

Part 2: Shared features

Tick marks show sides that are the same length. A small square in a corner shows a square corner.

Stone D is a triangle and stone C is a rectangle, so they are in different shape groups. Which feature do they share?

A. They both have 4 sides.
B. They both have all sides the same length.
C. They both have at least one square corner.
D. They both have 3 corners.

Which names fit this stone? Choose all that are correct.

A. square
B. quadrilateral
C. pentagon
D. rectangle
E. rhombus

Solve each stone riddle. Use the word bank. One word will not be used.

Word bank: square · rectangle · rhombus · triangle · hexagon

1. I have 4 square corners, but my 4 sides are not all the same length. I am a .
2. My 4 sides are all the same length, but I have no square corners. I am a .
3. I am a rectangle and a rhombus at the same time. I am a .
4. I have 3 straight sides and 3 corners. I am a .

Is each sentence always true, sometimes true, or never true? Sort the sentences.

A rectangle is a square.A square is a rectangle.A triangle is a quadrilateral.A rhombus has 4 sides.A quadrilateral is a rectangle.A quadrilateral has 5 corners.

Always true	Sometimes true	Never true

Part 3: Build and explain

Use what you know about quadrilaterals to plan the path.

Kai puts two square stones side by side with no gap. What is the best name for the new big shape?

A. square
B. triangle
C. rectangle
D. rhombus

Mr. Ortiz wants a stone that is a rhombus but NOT a square. Which stone should he choose? Tick marks show sides that are the same length. A small square in a corner shows a square corner.