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Example:
Problem/activity:
Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to create composite shapes and compose new shapes from composite shapes. For example, students may find that a rectangular prism can be made from four triangular prisms or from eight smaller cubes. Students then discover that they can combine two of the composed rectangular prisms to make a new rectangular prism.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Geoblocks
Launch
Groups of 4
Give each group geoblocks.
Display a large cube.
“This cube can be built from other shapes. See how many ways you can build a cube using other shapes.”
3 minutes: partner work time
Share responses.
Activity
“Choose a different shape. Try to find smaller shapes you can use to build that shape.”
5 minutes: partner work time
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Display a cube and a composite cube—for example, a cube composed of four small cubes and one rectangular prism.
Demonstrate putting the shapes together.
“What new shape did I make with the cube and the cube I made?”
“Put your shapes together to make a rectangular prism.”
Display a rectangular prism and two triangular prisms.
“Find these shapes. Put them together. What new shape can you make?” (a cube, a rectangular block)


Concept/skill: 
Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape. (Students do not need to learn formal names such as “right rectangular prism.”)

Answer: 
Yes. This activity asks students to compose three-dimensional shapes, using geoblocks, to create composite shapes.

Now, does the following problem or activity enable students to learn the full intent of the following concept or skill?

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standard_description: Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, fourths, and quarters, and use the phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of. Describe the whole as two of, or four of the shares. Understand for these examples that decomposing into more equal shares creates smaller shares.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to participate in a gallery walk in which they see a variety of ways the flat shapes have been sorted. Student discuss with their partner what they notice about how their classmates sorted the shapes (MP3).
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Materials from a previous activity
Required Preparation
Display each group's work from the previous activity.
Launch
Groups of 2
“We are going to do a gallery walk to look at different ways we have sorted the flat shapes. Talk with your partner about what you notice about the work. See if you can tell how they sorted the shapes. Record how they sorted in your book.”
Activity
3 minutes: partner work time
“Now we will all move so we can see how a different group sorted the shapes.”
3 minutes: partner work time
Repeat as time permits.
Student Facing
Group 1: They sorted
Group 2: They sorted
Group 3: They sorted
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Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
“In what different ways did we sort the shapes?”
As each different way is mentioned, ask the group that sorted in that way to explain how they decided which shapes belonged in each category.


aligns: yes