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: Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to find the missing value in equations involving a whole number and a fraction. They find missing factors or products to make equations true. Many of the problems encourage students to think in steps, interpreting a fraction
\(\frac{a}{b}\)
in terms of division by the denominator and multiplication by the numerator.
Representation: Internalize Comprehension
. Synthesis: Invite students to identify which details were most important to solve the problems. Display the sentence frame: “The next time I solve multiplication problems of a whole number by a fraction, I will pay attention to . . . .“
Supports accessibility for: Conceptual Processing, Memory
Launch
Groups of 2
Activity
5–8 minutes: independent work time
1–2 minutes: partner discussion
Monitor for:
partners who use different strategies.
students who are challenged but persevere and arrive at a viable solution.
Student Facing
Fill in the blanks to make each equation true. Be prepared to explain your reasoning.
\(\frac{1}{3} \times 18 =\underline{\hspace{0.7cm}}\)
\(\frac{7}{9} \times \underline{\hspace{0.7cm}} = \frac{21}{9}\)
\(\frac{1}{15} \times \underline{\hspace{0.7cm}} = 2\)
\(9 \times  6 \frac{2}{3}  = \underline{\hspace{0.7cm}} \)
\(14 \frac {99}{100} \times 10 = \underline{\hspace{0.7cm}} \)
\(7 \frac {3}{5} \times 6 = \underline{\hspace{0.7cm}}\)
\(4 \times 6 \frac {9}{10} = \underline{\hspace{0.7cm}}\)
Student Response
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Advancing Student Thinking
If students do not get the correct solution for the missing factor problems, ask “How would you represent this expression with a diagram?”
Activity Synthesis
Ask previously selected students to share their responses.
“What was different about you and your partner's strategies?”
“Which problem did you find most challenging and why?”
“Which problem made the most sense to you and why?”


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