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Example:
Problem/activity:
Stage 1: Money
 Required Preparation
 Materials to Copy
 Blackline Masters
 Would You Rather Stage 1 Spinner
 Would You Rather Stage 1 Recording Sheet
 
 Narrative
 The first partner spins to get a group of coins. They write a question that compares the amount they spun to a different group of coins that they make up.

Concept/skill: 
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¬¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?

Answer: 
Yes. In this activity, students write word problems that compare coin amounts.

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 equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this warm-up is to elicit the idea that there are many shapes that are visible in wax prints, which will be useful when students design a wax print in a later activity.
Launch
Groups of 2
Display the image.
“What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
1 minute: quiet think time
Activity
“Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
1 minute: partner discussion
Monitor for a student who mentions how the shapes repeat in the patterns to share.
Share and record responses.
Student Facing
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
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Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
“What types of shapes do we see in all the different patterns?” (I see squares on the woman’s shirt. I see triangles on the yellow fabric. I see circles in several of the patterns. I think I see rhombuses in the light green pattern at the bottom.)


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