standard_description: Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. Limit to contexts where the object being measured is spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this What Do You Know About _____? is to invite students to share what they know and how they can represent the number 20.
Launch
Display the number 20.
“What do you know about 20?”
1 minute: quiet think time
Activity
Record responses.
Student Facing
What do you know about 20?
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
“What connections do you see between different answers?”
Pick two addition expressions that use different addends and ask, “How are these two expressions related?”


aligns: no