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Recognizing Geometric Shapes

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Comparing shapes can be integral to shape recognition- use this multiple-choice instructional activity to help scholars know which is which...and which is not! In 4 questions, students observe multiple figures and identify the quadrilateral, parallelogram, cube, and pyramid.

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cubes, exponent of 3, parallelograms, polygons, quadrilaterals, pyramids, shapes

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2nd - 4th
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