11_28_06

9:55 Whole-group story problem:
When the Orcas made vegetable soup, they used 10 cans of food. Some were kidney beans and 6 were cans of corn. How many cans of kidney beans did they use?

Small-group plan
Equal groups activity: give everyone different amounts of a snack, see how many they have and how many more they need so they can all have the same amount.

Teach Collect 15 and have them play in pairs.

Estimate how many objects in a pile of 21, then count groups of 10 and extras.

Large-group plan
Trading game for half of class Play doubles bingo in a whole group together (passing dice around the circle). Have them figure out what is 11+11 and 12+12 and write it on the board. Then use 2 dice for the game.