In this task, students build a deep and flexible understanding of the many ways numbers can be visualized to understand the relationship between them. They also develop an understanding that numbers can be composed in different way to make the whole. Students look at the different representations of the two numbers and highlight what they see using color, arrows, numbers and words. They then make visual representations of different number sentences.
The lesson plan and materials are provided in Google Slides— click below to view the slides or make your own copy of them. Slides labeled with a “T” in the upper right corner are included for teacher information about the lesson. Slides labeled with an “S” in the upper right corner are for students. If handouts are needed there are links to them in the teacher slides. All slides can be adapted.
