In this task, a group of children sit around a table. Without peeking, they figure out how many feet are under the table. They can use mathematical tools, such as cubes or drawings, that will help them.
I extended off of this to add it to our development of place value, groups of ten, and extra ones. I added an additional material of a tens frame to help students see the grouping of ten and extra ones. After we worked through all the steps (1-6) I added an additional step of scenarios where additional students were added to continue working with larger numbers with groupings of tens and extra ones. As well, students who needed to work with counting on from larger two digit numbers, this activity also helped to increase that knowledge.
- Subject:
- Mathematics
- Material Type:
- Learning Task
- Author:
- C. Confer
- You Cubed
- Date Added:
- 04/27/2018