Regular Irregular Name Number of Sides Pentagon 5 sides Hexagon 6 sides Octagon 8 sides **No irregular rectangles or squares**
No irregular triangles- they DO NOT have to have all equal
sides
Rhombus- has 4 EQUAL sides- a slanted square
Parallelogram- has 4 sides- 2 sets of PARALLEL lines
Trapezoid - has 4 sides- 1 set of PARALLEL lines and 1 set of
INTERSECTING lines
Quadrilaterals- ANY 4 sided figure (shape):
1. squares
2. rectangles
3. trapezoids
4. rhombus
5. parallelograms
Cut out and use these cards to sort the shapes under the name of the
shape
**Remember to COUNT the sides!**
Pentagon
Hexagon
Octagon
Trapezoid
Quadrilateral