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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: Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
problem_activity: Warm-up
The purpose of this warm-up is to encourage students to connect the ideas they learned earlier about statistical questions and types of data (categorical and numerical) to the work on describing distributions (center and spread).
There are many ways to interpret the questions and identify how each one is unique. For example, they could say that Question A is about retirement, Question B about jobs, etc. If students begin to depart from thinking in statistical terms, remind them to think about how we might go about answering the questions and what the answers might involve.
Launch
Arrange students in groups of 2–4. Display the questions for all to see. Give students 1 minute of quiet think time and ask students to indicate when they have noticed one question that does not belong and can explain why. When the minute is up, give students 2 minutes to share with their group their reasoning on why a question doesn't belong, and then, together, find at least one reason each question doesn't belong.
Student Facing
Here are four questions about the population of Alaska. Which question does not belong? Be prepared to explain your reasoning.
In general, at what age do Alaska residents retire?
At what age can Alaskans vote?
What is the age difference between the youngest and oldest Alaska residents with a full-time job?
Which age group is the largest part of the population: 18 years or younger, 19–25 years, 25–34 years, 35–44 years, 45–54 years, 55–64 years, or 65 years or older?
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Ask each group to share one reason why a particular question does not belong. Record and display the responses for all to see. After each response, ask the class if they agree or disagree. Since there is no single correct answer for why a question does not belong, attend to students’ explanations and ensure the reasons given are correct.
If students use terms that are essential in this unit (such as center, spread, statistical, non-statistical, numerical data, categorical data, etc.), ask them to explain their meanings in their own words; these are opportunities to reinforce their understanding of the terms and to note any misconceptions. If students give unsubstantiated claims, ask them to substantiate them.


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