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Nctm: Illuminations: Cutting Corners ActivityNctm: Illuminations: Cutting Corners Activity
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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Nctm: Illuminations: Cutting Corners

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Students will use their knowledge of plane figure attributes to create and view shapes by cutting and rotating shapes to stimulate discussions on names and attributes of various shapes they do not regularly encounter.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts

classifying, polygons, rhombus, shapes

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Resource Details

Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
Audiences
For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
0L

Common Core

5.G.B.3 HSG-GMD.B.4 7.G.A.3 5.G.B.4

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