Grade 03 Mathematics - EC: M03.C-G.1.1.2
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Classify the shape below in as many ways as possible.
- Draw a picture of a quadrilateral that is not a rhombus.
- Alexander started drawing the Venn diagram below to help him classify quadrilaterals. Help Alexander complete the Venn diagram with the appropriate titles and a picture for each.
- Fatima asks her partner, Anderson, to draw two different quadrilaterals that are not rectangles. Anderson draws the pictures below. Is he correct? Explain.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Quadrilateral, Parallelogram, Rectangle, Rhombus, Square
- Drawings will vary.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Acceptable responses may be similar to:
- Yes, Anderson’s picture is correct.
Acceptable explanations may include, but are not limited to:
- Both pictures are polygons made up of four sides
- The second picture he drew is a parallelogram, but not a rectangle because it doesn’t have right angles
