few_shots: 
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 problem or activity shown below enable students to learn the full intent of the following concept or skill?

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standard_description: Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction (n × a)/(n × b) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to create rectangles from colored paper. Students make identical rectangles that have one side length that is a whole number and one side length that is a fraction greater than 1. Then, as a group they create one mosaic. It is not necessary for students to use all of the rectangle pieces. It is important that all students in each group measure their rectangles using the same unit, either inches or centimeters.
Action and Expression: Provide Access for Physical Action.
Provide access to pre-cut materials to reduce barriers for students who need support with fine motor skills and students who benefit from extra processing time.
Supports accessibility for: Fine Motor Skills, Organization, Visual-Spatial Processing
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Colored paper
Glue
Rulers
Scissors
Required Preparation
Each student needs a few sheets of the same colored paper.
Each group of 4 needs a ruler, scissors, glue and one large piece of poster paper.
Launch
Groups of 4
Distribute materials. Make sure each student in the group gets a different color paper.
Activity
10 minutes: independent work time
5 minutes: group work time
Monitor for students who:
write numerical expressions to represent the area of the rectangles.
use a diagram or write on the physical rectangles.
Student Facing
Use the colored paper and scissors to cut identical rectangles. Make sure the measurement of one side of the rectangle is a whole number and the other is a fraction greater than 1.
What is the area of one of your rectangles? Show your reasoning.
Use the rectangles from your group to make a group mosaic by arranging some of the different colored rectangles on a blank piece of paper.
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Invite a few students to share and describe their mosaic.
“What are some questions we can ask about the mosaics?” (Which color rectangle did we use the most of? What are some other ways we can arrange the same pieces? What are some other pieces that can make the same pattern? How much would this cost if we actually made this using hard materials?)


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