Quadrilaterals Card Sort

Quadrilateral Properties Sorting Activity - Practice / Review for Classifying Quadrilaterals:

This card sort activity will help your students practice using properties of quadrilaterals. They will classify each quadrilateral, but the cards will give them a mix of given information (diagrams, word phrases, side lengths, angle measures, and ordered pairs for vertices on a coordinate plane) so that they have to use a variety of skills and concepts to sort them properly.

Students will use the following properties & skills to determine what type of quadrilateral is represented on each card and sort them accordingly:
* Identifying parallel lines on a coordinate plane using slope
* Using Corresponding Angles Postulate / its converse
* Writing and solving a linear equation to find angle measures within a quadrilateral
* Properties of sides & angles of parallelograms, rectangles, squares, rhombi, and trapezoids
* Characteristics of diagonals of a quadrilateral (bisecting diagonals, perpendicular diagonals, congruent diagonals)

Here is what's included:
- 6 quick - fold pockets to hold sorted cards
- 35 sorting cards (mix of diagrams, ordered pairs, measurements, and word phrases)
- 6 "answer cards" that list which cards should be in each pocket
- optional "sorting mats" to offer an alternative format (great for group work or learning stations)

Students will cut out and sort the cards into the correct pocket. The pockets fit well on an interactive notebook page.

Then, hand out the answer/check cards. After students have verified that their cards were sorted correctly, the answer cards can be tucked into the back of each pocket. Students can re-do the activity as a review at any time.

Reviews from Other Teachers:

- Absolutely loved this!!! Super engaging for students. Great conversations came from the sorting..

- Math Giraffe does such a fine job on these resources! I plan on incorporating more of them into my classroom this year.

- I would definitely recommend this product to other middle school teachers.

- Used this during an observation and even the observer had fun sorting the cards. Definitely challenging but very engaging!

- I liked the mix of questions on this sort activity!

- I have used this resource with middle and high school students. During distance learning, I have sent the students printed copies so that they can manipulate on paper. Although I could use this as a digital activity, I think that students need the opportunity to use paper occasionally! They can also keep the set to use again for review. Math Giraffe has a ton of useful resources, including Doodle Notes, that have been a lifesaver for all of my students, but particularly my special education students.

- This worked great as a review activity before the test.

- My students enjoyed this activity. It was a fun way to reinforce the concepts. Thanks.