Step 7 Objective
Classify quadrilaterals by their geometric properties.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
What if pupils find this a barrier?
Use discussion activities, for example Always, sometimes, never true. Give pupils statements to explore and agree on whether they are always, sometimes or never true, for example:
- The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
- A kite has rotational symmetry of order 2.
- An isosceles trapezium has unequal diagonals.
For the above and other strategies see TMM from L5: Shape and space pp. 12-14 - Acrobat pdf document (44Kb).