They all have vertical symmetry. This means you can draw a mirror line down through the middle of each shape and divide it into two reflected halves. Remember vertical means from top to bottom.

c. Students’ will gain an awareness that there are differing lines of symmetry. In this lesson: vertical, horizontal, and oblique. d. Students will gain an awareness of the property of equidistant.

Students’ initial descriptions might be “One side of the line is the same as the other ... Have the students explore drawing continuous symmetric shapes using vertical symmetry (Sketch 1) and oblique ...