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Flip's Flag Lesson Plan

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Fifth graders apply the symmetry and angle properties of polygons and use fractions to express the relationships between the areas of rectangles, squares, and triangles. They analyze various country flags and develop mathematical statements, use rulers to construct the flag in the problem, and discuss the solution as a class.

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area of rectangles, area, area of squares, area of triangles

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