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What a SHAPEly Fit! Lesson PlanWhat a SHAPEly Fit! Lesson Plan
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What a SHAPEly Fit!

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Learners identify and explore the attributes of polygons. They design and create a quilt square using polygons, and produce a class quilt.

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quilting, sewing, home economics, quilts, polygons, 2-d shapes, 2-d, shapes

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polygons, quilt, quilt squares, shapes, math

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