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Example:
Concept/skill: 
Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.

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)


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, determine whether the following problem or activity can enable students to understand the concepts or skills in the provided description.

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standard_description: Understand that a two-dimensional figure is congruent to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations; given two congruent figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the congruence between them.
problem_activity: Activity
The purpose of this activity is for students to practice identifying the parts of a linear equation that affect specific features of its graph, specifically the slope and
\(y\)
-intercept. This will be useful when students make connections between two-variable linear equations and their graphs and situations that they represent in an associated Algebra 1 lesson.
Student Facing
For each equation, identify the slope and
\(y\)
-intercept of its graph.
\(y = 3x-8\)
\(y = 10-2x\)
\(y = \frac{x}{2} + 1\)
\(y + 1 = 9x\)
\(y = \frac{1}{3}(9x + 12)\)
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Discuss the slopes and
\(y\)
-intercepts and how they can be used. Here are discussion questions:
"How do you find the slope and
\(y\)
-intercept for the graph of a linear equation written in standard form like
\(\text-3x+y=\text-8\)
?" (Substitute 0 for
\(x\)
and solve for
\(y\)
.)
"The rate of change in a situation corresponds to what part of the graph?" (The rate of change corresponds to the slope of a graph.)
"Why is it useful to know the
\(y\)
-intercept and slope?" (The
\(y\)
-intercept and slope can make it very easy to create a graph from an equation because we know the key features. Also, they are useful to know in understanding a situation and the relationships between each quantity involved.)


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