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Fourth graders discover that a polygon is a closed figure formed by line segments, and that the perimeter of a polygon is the sum of the lengths of its sides. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain lots of practice with perimeter.

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perimeter, polygons, 2-d shapes, 2-d

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4th
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Math
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