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Example:
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)


Concept/skill: 
Compose two-dimensional shapes (rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles) or three-dimensional shapes (cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders) to create a composite shape, and compose new shapes from the composite shape. (Students do not need to learn formal names such as “right rectangular prism.”)

Answer: 
Yes. This activity asks students to compose three-dimensional shapes, using geoblocks, to create composite shapes.

Now, assess whether the following problem or activity is 'aligned' with the given Common Core standard in Mathematics.

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standard_description: Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
problem_activity: Problem 1
a.   Ms. Britton bought a bottle of water at Stop and Shop. She didn’t have any cash so she wrote a check to pay for it. How should she write the cost in the red box?
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b.   Use similar reasoning to write the following values in standard and expanded form.
Four thousand nine and seventy-three thousandths
Thirty-five and six hundred eight thousandths
Problem 2
Write each of the following in expanded and word form.
a.   25.403
b.   1,028.04
c.   9.795
Problem 3
Write each of the following in standard and word form.
a.
$${\left(4 \times 100\right) + \left(5 \times {1\over100}\right) + \left(9 \times {1\over1,000}\right)}$$
b.
$${ 1 \times 10 + 3 \times 1 + 4 \times 0.1 + 7 \times 0.01}$$
c.
$${\left(2 \times {1\over10}\right) + \left(0\times {1\over100}\right) + \left(8 \times {1\over1,000}\right)}$$


aligns: yes