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Johnny Appleseed Origami

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Second graders make an origami Johnny Appleseed. In this geometry lesson students follow folding instructions. They find different geometric shapes while they are folding. They create Johnny Appleseed's body and attach a face and hands as well as apples and shoes.

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origami, johnny appleseed, congruent figures, congruence, polygons, 2-d shapes, 2-d, shapes

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congruent figures, geometric properties and relationships, johnny appleseed, origami, polygon, shapes, symmetric figures, math
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2nd
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Math
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