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Example 1:
Concept/skill: 
Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings (Drawings need not show details, but should show the mathematics in the problem. (This applies wherever drawings are mentioned in the Standards.)), sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.

Problem/activity:
Task
Materials
One 10-frame per pair of students (see example below)
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Counters, 10 per pair of students
Decks of number cards 0-5 (with 4 of each number) or two 0-5 dice
Setup
This activity is done in pairs. The students sit side by side with 10-frame and deck of cards or dice. If they have cards, the cards are shuffled and placed face down in front of them.
Action
Player 1 flips a card or rolls the die. They place that many counters on the 10-frame. Player 2 flips a card or rolls the die. They place that many more counters on the 10-frame next to the counters already on the ten frame. The students count the total together.
A recording sheet can be added when the students have been introduced to equations and number sentences. For those students who can handle higher numbers, a deck of 0-10 cards and two 10-frames can be used.
This game can also be played alone.


Answer: 
Yes. This task involves representing addition with objects such as number cards and dice.

Example 2:
Concept/skill: 
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction.

Problem/activity:
For each pair of numbers, determine if the values are equivalent. Explain your reasoning for each one.
a.
$$-0.25$$
and
$$\frac{1}{-4}$$
b.
$$-\left ( \frac{1}{4} \right )$$
and
$$\frac{-1}{-4}$$
c.
$$\frac{-1}{4}$$
and
$$-\frac{1}{4}$$


Answer: 
No. The expressions shown in this problem do not involve multiplying fractions with other fractions, nor whole numbers with fractions.

Example 3:
Concept/skill: 
Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles.

Problem/activity:
Find the general solution for:
$${\mathrm{cos}\left({\pi\over2}+x\right)=\mathrm{tan}{\pi\over4}}$$


Answer: 
No. This problem does not directly teach how side ratios in right triangles lead to definitions of trigonometric ratios. Instead, it involves solving a trigonometric function.

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: Use the structure of an expression to identify ways to rewrite it. For example, see x^(4) – y^(4 )as (x^(2))^(2 )– (y^(2))^(2), thus recognizing it as a difference of squares that can be factored as (x^(2 )– y^(2))(x^(2 )+ y^(2)).
problem_activity: Activity
In this activity students continue to use coordinate transformation notation, but now without the scaffolding of an organizing structure like a table. Students apply transformation rules, then describe the results. One transformation is of a type students have not seen before (the horizontal stretch that is not a dilation).
In the synthesis, students will connect the geometric description of a reflection to the coordinate rule that produces it. They will also draw a conclusion about rules that produce a dilation versus those that produce a stretch in only 1 direction.
Monitor for students who erroneously call the horizontal stretch a dilation. Encourage students to refer to their reference charts for help in attending to precision when describing transformations they’ve learned about.
Making dynamic geometry software available gives students an opportunity to choose appropriate tools strategically (MP5).
Launch
Conversing: MLR2 Collect and Display.
As students work on this activity, listen for and collect the language students use to describe each transformation of quadrilateral
\(ABCD\)
. Write the students’ words and phrases on a visual display. As students review the visual display, ask them to revise and improve how ideas are communicated. For example, a statement such as, “The shape was flipped upside down” can be improved with the statement, “Quadrilateral
\(ABCD\)
was reflected across the
\(x\)
-axis.” This will help students use the mathematical language necessary to precisely describe transformations of figures on the coordinate plane.
Design Principle(s): Optimize output (for explanation); Maximize meta-awareness
Student Facing
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Here are some transformation rules. Apply each rule to quadrilateral
\(ABCD\)
and graph the resulting image. Then describe the transformation.
Label this transformation
\(Q\)
:
\((x,y) \rightarrow (2x,y)\)
Label this transformation
\(R\)
:
\((x,y) \rightarrow (x,\text-y)\)
Label this transformation
\(S\)
:
\((x,y) \rightarrow (y,\text-x)\)
Student Response
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Student Facing
Are you ready for more?
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Plot the quadrilateral with vertices
\((4,\text-2),(8,4),(8,\text-6),\)
and
\((\text-6,\text-6)\)
. Label this quadrilateral
\(A\)
.
Plot the quadrilateral with vertices
\((\text-2,4),(4,8),(\text-6,8),\)
and
\((\text-6,\text-6)\)
. Label this quadrilateral
\(A'\)
.
How are the coordinates of quadrilateral
\(A\)
related to the coordinates of quadrilateral
\(A'\)
?
What single transformation takes quadrilateral
\(A\)
to quadrilateral
\(A'\)
?
Student Response
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Anticipated Misconceptions
If students struggle to keep their work organized, suggest they create a table of inputs and outputs, or create another organizational structure that works for them.
Some students may not be sure how to work with the rule
\((x,y)\rightarrow (y,\text-x)\)
. Ask these students, “What are the coordinates of point
\(A\)
?” (
\((3,\text-4)\)
.) “Which of those is the
\(x\)
-coordinate?” (3.) “In the transformation rule, where does the
\(x\)
land, and what happens to it?” (The
\(x\)
-coordinate lands in the
\(y\)
spot, and it takes on an opposite sign.) Another option is to suggest students write out
\(x=3\)
and
\(y=\text-4\)
, then substitute each value into the transformation rule.
Activity Synthesis
The goal of the discussion is to make connections between the coordinate rules and the geometric descriptions of transformations. Start with these discussion questions:
“In the previous activity, one rule was
\((x,y)\rightarrow (2x,2y)\)
. In this activity, one rule was
\((x,y)\rightarrow (2x,y)\)
. Compare and contrast these rules.” (In the first rule, both coordinates were multiplied by 2. It is stretched both vertically and horizontally by the same factor. The second rule just had the
\(x\)
-coordinate multiplied by 2. It was only stretched in one direction.)
“Can we call
\((x,y)\rightarrow (2x,y)\)
a dilation? Why or why not?” (No. In a dilation, the figure is stretched in all directions by the same factor, not just 1 direction. Also, in this example we can see that the angles of the dilated figure are not congruent to the angles in the original.)
“Can we call
\((x,y)\rightarrow (2x,y)\)
a translation? Why or why not?” (No. A translation is a rigid motion—it produces a result that does not change size or shape.)
Now ask students, “The rule
\((x,y) \rightarrow (x, \text-y)\)
is a reflection across the
\(x\)
-axis. Look at the definition of a reflection on your reference chart. Why does this rule produce a reflection?” Guide students through the different aspects of the geometric definition of a reflection. Consider displaying an image of the solution and drawing segments that connect pairs of original and image points. Important ideas that should surface are:
The
\(y\)
-coordinates of the original and image points have the same absolute value, so the distance from the
\(x\)
-axis is the same for each.
The sign of the image’s
\(y\)
-coordinate is opposite the original, so the image is on the opposite sign of the axis as the original.
Connecting the image and original points, we get a vertical line because the
\(x\)
-coordinates are the same. So this segment is perpendicular to the line of reflection, or the
\(x\)
-axis.


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