standard_description: 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: Narrative
This warm-up prompts students to carefully analyze and compare features of four equations. In making comparisons, students have a reason to use language precisely (MP6). The activity also enables the teacher to hear the terminologies students know and how they talk about characteristics of equations.
Launch
Groups of 2
Display image.
“Pick one that doesn’t belong. Be ready to share why it doesn’t belong.”
1 minute: quiet think time
Activity
“Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
2-3 minutes: partner discussion
Share and record responses.
Student Facing
Which one doesn’t belong?
A
\(3 + 3 = 6\)
B
\(6 = 4 + 2\)
C
\(4 + 3 = 7\)
D
\(\color{#3a53a4}{4 + 2 = 6}\)
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Display
\(6 = 4 + 2\)
and
\(4 + 2 = 6\)
.
“What is the same about these equations? What is different?” (They have the same numbers. The numbers are in a different order. One is blue and one is black. They both show that 4 plus 2 is 6.)


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