Geometric shapes and

their properties.
For 3rd grade students
By: Rachel Kostelnik
What is this shape? How do you know?

● 4 RIGHT angles
● All sides are
SQUARE! CONGRUENT
● 2 sets of PARALLEL
sides
What is this shape? How do you know?

● All sides are

CONGRUENT
● All ANGLES are
EQUILATERAL
TRIANGLE ! CONGRUENT
● No PARALLEL sides
What is this shape? How do you know?

● One set of
PARALLEL sides
TRAPEZOID! ● 2 pairs of
CONGRUENT
angles
What is this shape? How do you know?

● All four sides are

CONGRUENT
RHOMBUS! ● Two pairs of
PARALLEL sides
● Two sets of
CONGRUENT angles
What angle is this? How do you know?

● Right angle!
● 90 DEGREES
● What objects at
your house have a
90 degree angle?
What angle is this? How do you know?

● Obtuse angle!
● MORE than 90
degrees
● What objects at
your house have an
obtuse angle?
What angle is this? How do you know?

● Acute angle
● LESS than 90
degrees
● What objects at
your house have an
acute angle?
What is this set of lines called? How do you
know?
● Parallel lines!
● They will never
touch
Are these two lines parallel?
What are these lines called?

● Congruent lines!
● They are equal in
length
The Difference between parallel and congruent
lines.

● Parallel lines never cross through each

other
● Congruent lines are the same in length
● Parallel lines can be congruent, but not all
congruent lines are parallel
Review: Can you name all of these shapes?
Lets see how you did!!

TRAPEZOID!
SQUARE!

EQUILATERAL RHOMBUS !
TRIANGLE !
Review: What are these angles/pairs of lines
called?

1 2 3

4 5
How did you do?

1 2 3
RIGHT ANGLE

CONGRUENT PARALLEL LINES

LINES

4 5
ACUTE ANGLE OBTUSE ANGLE
Your turn!

Draw what a square looks like on a sheet of

paper.
● How many right angles does it have?
● Does it have any other angles?
● Are there parallel lines?
● Are the lines congruent?