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

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standard_description: Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members, e.g., by pairing objects or counting them by 2s; write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends.
problem_activity: Task
Your teacher was just awarded \$1,000 to spend on materials for your classroom.  She asked all 20 of her students in the class to help her decide how to spend the money.  Think about which supplies will benefit the class the most.
|                                                    Supplies                                                    | Cost  |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|                                              A box of 20 markers                                               |  \$5  |
|                                              A box of 100 crayons                                              |  \$8  |
|                                              A box of 60 pencils                                               |  \$5  |
|                                     A box of 5,000 pieces of printer paper                                     | \$40  |
|                                      A package of 10 pads of lined paper                                       | \$15  |
|                                    A box of 50 pieces of construction paper                                    | \$32  |
|                                                 Books and maps                                                 |       |
|                                        A set of 20 books about science                                         | \$250 |
|                                       A set of books about the 50 states                                       | \$400 |
|                                   A story book (there are 80 to choose from)                                   |  \$8  |
| A map: there is one of your city, one for every state, one of the country, and one of the world to choose from | \$45  |
|                                               Puzzles and games                                                |       |
|                                     Puzzles (there are 30 to choose from)                                      | \$12  |
|                                   Board games (there are 40 to choose from)                                    | \$15  |
|                                 Interactive computer games (math and reading)                                  | \$75  |
|                                                 Special Items                                                  |       |
|                                    A bean bag chair for the reading corner                                     | \$350 |
Write down the different items and how many of each you would choose. Find the total for each category.
Supplies
Books and maps
Puzzles and games
Special items
Create a bar graph to represent how you would spend the money.  Scale the vertical axis by \$100.  Write all of the labels.
What was the total cost of all your choices?  Did you have any money left over?  If so, how much?
Compare your choices with a partner. How much more or less did you choose to spend on each category than your partner? How much more or less did you choose to spend in total than your partner?


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