Polygon activities

What shape is a polygon in geometry – find out its definition, meaning, types, and formulas with examples

This activity will help children identify polygons. Assigning a color to each polygon will reinforce prior knowledge and stimulate their visual learning.

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My fourth graders struggle with knowing what is a polygon and what is not a polygon.

Help your upper elementary students master classifying polygons with math foldables! They'll have a ton of fun AND learn a lot!

Polygon Explorations includes hands-on geometry lessons, games, and activities for introducing and classifying polygons. These activities are designed to boost achievement by fostering active engagement and discussion, which means your students will have fun while learning!

This awesome game was created by Amy's Geometry (team lacoe.edu - Los Angeles County Office of Education)! Kids take turns coloring in a small triangle on the quilt board. When a player creates a polygon, he or she earns points. The tricky part is that each polygon must consist of only 4 mini triangles. The one with the most points at the end wins! Check it out here (board included)! Also, there is a free printable on docstoc created by seg11239 from lacoe.edu! (game board featured below)

Here are some fun ways to practice the polygons’ properties. Polygon Party Polygon Party is a fun card game that students can play to practice the polygons’ properties. It gives teachers and parents an opportunity for having discussions, clearing misconceptions, and doing an informal assessment on polygons. Basic and challenge …

Poly-Long Riddles We have been discussing polygons as a brief review since we have been focusing on the perimeter and area of polygons. While talking about it I noticed some of my students struggle a bit with what exactly parallelograms are. For instance they didn't seem to understand that a rectangle is also a parallelogram. So that's when I quickly whipped up this practice sheet for them (and now for you for free!). I have of course also provided the answer key too! In this sheet students…

Regular Polygons: Quick Interactive Definition Writing Prompt