Measurement and Geometry
Virginia SOL 2.MG.3
Identify, describe, and create plane figures with at least one line of symmetry and explain its relationship with congruency.
What students need to be able to do
- Explore a figure using tools (e.g., paper folding, geoboards, drawings) to show and justify a line of symmetry, if one exists.
- Create figures with at least one line of symmetry using various concrete and pictorial representations.
- Describe the two resulting figures formed by a line of symmetry as being congruent (having the same shape and size).