Classifying Polygons

Duration: 60 minutes

Key Vocabulary

Polygons Sides, vertices, angles Quadrilaterals Parallel lines  Combine  Separate

Rhombus Parallelogram Pentagon Octagon Tangram

Engage

Suggested Duration: 10 minutes

Teaching Objectives	Learning Outcomes	Teacher’s Tasks
To elicit the prior understanding of the students regarding the topic.	By the end of the session, students will be able to understand   What is a polygon? Different types of polygons What are quadrilaterals? Different types of quadrilaterals Properties of quadrilaterals	Start the session by asking the students about shapes. Show them notebook, bangle, table, chips and ask them to guess their shapes. Respond to the answers given by the students and introduce the concept of polygons to the student. To make the concept clearer, the teacher needs to ask the following questions: What are open figures? What are closed figures?

Explore

Suggested Duration: _10_ minutes

Teaching Objectives	Learning Outcomes	Teacher’s Tasks
To introduce the topic	By the end, students will be able to Identify polygons Classify the polygon Differentiate and give the properties of the polygon	Begin the session by asking the following questions: What is a polygon? What is a convex polygon? What is a concave polygon?

Explain

Suggested Duration: _10_ minutes

Teaching Objectives	Learning Outcomes	Teacher’s Tasks
To introduce sides, angles, and vertices of polygons.	By the end, students will be able to understand sides, angles, and vertices.	Show some polygon shapes. Ask the students about the sides, angles, and vertices of that polygon. Ask the students more questions on this topic.

Elaborate

Suggested Duration: 10 minutes

Teaching Objectives	Learning Outcomes	Teacher’s Tasks
To introduce the concept of quadrilaterals by parallel sides, length of sides, and angles	By the end, students should be able to understand quadrilaterals	Ask students the following questions: What is meant by quadrilateral? What are the properties of quadrilaterals? Give some examples of quadrilaterals

Evaluate

Suggested Duration: 10 minutes

Teaching Objectives	Learning Outcomes	Teacher’s Tasks
Review and Closing: Understand the polygons	Students should be able to understand polygons and quadrilaterals	Ask the students where we use polygons, quadrilaterals in daily life and do an activity about polygons and quadrilaterals

Summarizing

Suggested Duration: 10 minutes

Teaching Objectives	Learning Outcomes	Teacher’s Tasks
Assessment:		Teacher to summarize the concept of classifying polygons and quadrilaterals