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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: 
Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.

Answer: 
No. This activity does not teach students area as an attribute of plane figures. Instead, the activity focuses on solid, three-dimensional figures.

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: Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations.
problem_activity: Task
In the two triangles below, angle $A$ is congruent to angle $D$, side $AC$ is congruent to side $DF$ and side $AB$ is congruent to side $DE$:
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Sally reasons as follows: "If angle $A$ is congruent to angle $D$ then I can move point $A$ to point $D$ so that side $AB$ lies on top of side $DE$ and side $AC$ lies on top of side $DF$. Since $AB$ and $DE$ are congruent as are $AC$ and $DF$ the two triangles match up exactly and so they are congruent.''
Explain Sally's reasoning for why triangle $ABC$ is congruent to triangle $DEF$ using the language of reflections:
Construct a reflection which maps point $A$ to point $D$. Call $B'$ and $C'$ the images of $B$ and $C$ respectively under this reflection.
Construct a reflection which does not move $D$ but which sends $B'$ to $E$.  Call $C''$ the image of $C'$ under this reflection.
Construct a reflection which does not move $D$ or $E$ but which sends $C''$ to $F$.


aligns: no