standard_description: Prove polynomial identities and use them to describe numerical relationships. For example, the polynomial identity (x^(2) + y^(2))^(2) = (x^(2 )– y^(2))^(2) + (2xy)^(2 )can be used to generate Pythagorean triples.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to choose from activities focusing on two-digit numbers. Students are introduced to stage 6 of the Five in a Row center. Then students choose between that center or others previously introduced.
Students choose from any stage of previously introduced centers.
Five in a Row
Get Your Numbers in Order
Grab and Count
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Materials from previous centers
Paper clips
Two-color counters
Materials to Copy
Five in a Row Addition and Subtraction Stage 6 Gameboard
Required Preparation
Gather materials from previous centers:
Five in a Row, Stages 1-6
Get Your Numbers in Order, Stage 1
Grab and Count, Stage 2
Launch
Groups of 2
“Now you will choose from other centers we have already learned. One of the choices is to play Five in a Row with a new gameboard. On this gameboard you will add 2 two-digit numbers that make a new ten.”
Display the center choices in the student book.
“Think about what you would like to do first.”
30 seconds: quiet think time
Activity
8 minutes: center work time
“Choose what you would like to do next.”
8 minutes: center work time
Student Facing
Choose a center.
Five in a Row
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Get Your Numbers in Order
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Grab and Count
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Activity Synthesis
“What did the centers you chose help you work on?”


aligns: no