The purpose of this activity is for students to draw a picture to represent and solve a story problem (MP2). Many students may draw pictures with details, such as a drawing of students playing soccer. Students should have access to connecting cubes and two-color counters to help them represent the story (MP5).

• “Let’s take a look at what other students drew.”

The purpose of this activity is for students to compare drawings to represent story problems. Students participate in a Gallery Walk to see the different drawings that were created. Consider creating a cue or signal to indicate when students should move from one drawing to the next. In the Activity Synthesis, students compare and make connections between using detailed pictures and symbols such as circles, to represent the story. Students also share different ways to represent subtraction in a drawing (MP2).

• Invite a student who drew a drawing with details to share. 
• Invite a student who drew symbols, such as circles, to represent the children. If no student did this, draw 7 circles and cross out 3 of them.
• “What is the same about how _____ and _____ showed the story?”
• “What do the circles in this picture show from the story?” (They show the kids who were playing soccer and the kids who left.)
• “What other ways to show the kids who were playing soccer and the kids who left to go play on the swings did you see during the Gallery Walk?” (They crossed some out. They circled the kids who went away. They used a different color to show the kids who left to play on the swings.)
• As students share, display student work that shows the students who left in different ways. 
• “There were 7 kids playing soccer and then 3 of the kids left to go play on the swings. We can write that as ‘7 take away 3’ or ‘’.”

The purpose of this activity is for students to choose from activities that offer practice with addition and subtraction, as well as describing and building shapes.

Students choose any previously introduced stage from these centers:

• Bingo
• Math Fingers
• Subtraction Towers
• 5-Frames
• Math Stories
• Counting Collections

• “How did your group decide who went first?”