Recognising and drawing shapes by attributes
Recognise and draw shapes having specified attributes (e.g. a given number of angles or equal faces); identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes
Lesson
Set out your lesson
Classify polygons by sides and angles, not appearance.
Before teaching
Ask the learner to explain one prerequisite idea before starting. If uncertain, revisit it; graph order is not learner readiness.
Check readiness rather than assuming source graph order establishes attainment.
Share and support
Family records and proof options
Keep a record of your learning
Save photos, notes, and attendance. Export a proof packet for compliance or portfolio reviews.
Learning resources
Extra practice links — they do not replace Gakuva’s teaching approach.
Illustrative Mathematics · Practice link — not the full lesson
Polygons
Before you open · source notes
Shapes are sorted and drawn by side and angle attributes of polygons. Use it to name defining attributes, not every 3-D solid.
Free, no sign-in. A teacher solution is on the same page, so use the student view with your child.
Before you openAsk the learner to draw or point to a polygon and say how many sides it has. Naming one shape does not cover every polygon family.
Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.
Source, access and review notes
Public Illustrative Mathematics task page. The .html address responds HTTP 308 to this URL. An anonymous GET of this URL on 2026-11-11 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt. Where a teacher solution is present, it is on the same page as the student task; this check did not find a separate locked student view. An adult can use the student view section and should not read a solution aloud. Advertising was not observed in the fetched HTML text; that is not a browser, device, or ad-free guarantee. This is a paper or discussion task, not an automatically marked interactive game. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. Diagrams on the page use missing or filename-only alt text, so they are not an accessible image equivalent. Accessibility still depends on an adult describing the picture.
Illustrative Mathematics. “Polygons.” Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. External task; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — link only
Check understanding
- Draw a shape with exactly 5 sides (pentagon)
- Identify all quadrilaterals in a set of mixed shapes
- Name and draw a hexagon, explaining it has 6 sides and 6 angles
“If your child is given instructions like "draw a shape with 5 sides" or "draw a shape with all equal angles," can they draw it correctly?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Geometry
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
Standards