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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: 
Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
 Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.

Problem/activity:
Task
 Arrange the fractions in order from least to greatest. Explain your answer with a picture.
 $\frac{1}{5}, \frac{1}{7}, \frac{1}{3} $
 $\frac{2}{5}, \frac{2}{7}, \frac{2}{3} $
 $\frac{5}{6}, \frac{3}{6}, \frac{1}{6} $
 $\frac{5}{12}, \frac{8}{12}, \frac{4}{12} $

Answer: 
Yes. By arranging the fractions in this problem, students learn to compare fractions by reasoning about their size.

Example 3:
Concept/skill: 
Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

Problem/activity:
Problem 1
Solve using the standard algorithm. If you get stuck, use an area model and/or the partial products algorithm to help. Then assess the reasonableness of your answer.
a.
$$5,803\times46$$
b.
$$63\times2,116$$
Problem 2
Dunkin' introduced a croissant doughnut in 2014. In the first three months of its debut, they sold 7,870 dozen of them per day. How many croissant doughnuts were sold in the first three months?


Answer: 
Yes. This set of problems involves multi-digit whole numbers because the numbers in each problem are four and two digit integers, and the mathematical calculations involved in both problems focus on multiplication. The first problem explicitly asks the student to solve its subproblems using the standard algorithm.

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: Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/“corners”) and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length).
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to identify examples of circles and triangles. The geometric terms
circle
and
triangle
are formally introduced, though some students may already be familiar with the terms and may have heard or used them in previous lessons. This activity exposes students to a wider variety of circles and triangles than they may have seen previously, which encourages students to expand their concepts of the shapes. Students may incorrectly identify some shapes as triangles or circles, particularly distactors, such as a shape that looks like a triangle but has 4 sides. These shapes can be discussion points and are expected throughout kindergarten. Students distinguish between defining and non-defining attributes of shapes in grade 1.
MLR8 Discussion Supports.
To support the transfer of new vocabulary to long term memory, invite students to chorally repeat these words in unison 1–2 times: circles, triangles.
Advances: Listening, Speaking
Representation: Access for Perception.
Synthesis: Students might need extra support determining that the oval and the pizza slice shapes are not circles or triangles. Hold up a triangle and circle next to the shapes to visually show that the oval and pizza slice shapes do not match the triangle and circle.
Supports accessibility for: Visual-Spatial Processing
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Colored pencils or crayons
Required Preparation
Each student needs at least 2 different colored crayons or colored pencils.
Launch
Groups of 2
Give each student access to 2 different color crayons or colored pencils.
Display the image from the book.
“Mai put her shapes into 2 groups. What do you notice? Why do you think Mai put these shapes together?”
30 seconds: quiet think time
Share responses.
“What can we name each group?”
30 seconds: quiet think time
30 seconds: partner discussion
Share responses.
“We can call this group
circles
. All of the shapes in this group are circles. We can call this group
triangles
because all of the shapes in this group are triangles.”
“What do you know about circles?”
30 seconds: quiet think time
30 seconds: partner discussion
Share and record responses.
“What do you know about triangles?”
30 seconds: quiet think time
30 seconds: partner discussion
Share and record responses.
Display student workbook.
“Color all of the circles that you find with 1 color. Then color all of the triangles that you find with another color.”
Activity
4 minutes: independent work time
“Choose 1 triangle that you colored in. Tell your partner 1 thing that you know about that shape.”
30 seconds: quiet think time
30 seconds: partner discussion
“Write a number to show how many triangles you colored. Write a number to show how many circles you colored.”
1 minute: independent work time
“Did you color more triangles or more circles? How do you know?”
30 seconds: quiet think time
30 seconds: partner discussion
Student Facing
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Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Display shape from student book or draw shape:
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“Did you color this shape? Why or why not?” (I didn’t color the shape. It looks like a triangle but one of the sides is round.)
Display shape from student book or draw shape:
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“Did you color this shape? Why or why not?” (I didn’t color this shape. It looks like a circle but it is stretched out.)


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