standard_description: Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to choose from activities that offer practice adding and subtracting within 10. Students choose from any stage of previously introduced centers.
Shake and Spill
Compare
Number Puzzles
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Materials from previous centers
Required Preparation
Gather materials from previous centers:
Shake and Spill, Stages 3-5
Compare, Stage 1
Number Puzzles, Stage 1
Launch
Groups of 2
“Now you are going to choose from centers we have already learned.”
Display the center choices in the student book.
“Think about what you would like to do.”
30 seconds: quiet think time
Activity
Invite students to work at the center of their choice.
10 minutes: center work time
Student Facing
Choose a center.
Shake and Spill
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Compare
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Number Puzzles
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Activity Synthesis
Display twelve red counters and cover five yellow counters with a cup.
“We are playing with seventeen counters. How many yellow counters are under the cup? How do you know?”


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