The student adds and subtracts whole numbers to solve problems. Clarifying Activity Students work in small groups with real coins or models of coins to show different ways to represent a given value. Students record their combinations of coins. The student models multiplication and division. Clarifying Activity Students create a scene in the classroom that has the same number of students in each group or table.
Students determine the number of groups and the number of children in each group.
Students generate stories and questions for each situation. The student models multiplication and division. Clarifying Activity Students read stories related to division, such as One Hundred Hungry Ants or A Remainder of One by Elinor J. Pinczes. Students determine the number of equal groups of students possible in their classroom. We can have 5 equal groups with 4 students in each group.