Grade 1

What is a rectangle?

rectangle

A flat shape with four straight sides and four square corners.

For example

The door of the classroom is a rectangle, taller than it is wide.

In Grade 1

Children count sides and square corners on real doors, books and mats before they meet the word on a worksheet.

Watch out for

Children often think a square is not a rectangle. A square has four straight sides and four square corners, so it counts as one.

Say it at home

Point at a door or a book and ask your child to count the four corners with a finger.

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