Unit 5, Lesson 8
More than One Way
Kindergarten
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
In previous lessons, students solved Put Together/Take Apart, Both Addends Unknown story problems and noticed that there is more than 1 solution. This is the first lesson in which students are asked to find more than one solution to a Put Together/Take Apart, Both Addends Unknown story problem.
- Representation
- MLR8
- Interpret (orally) drawings that represent a solution to a Put Together/Take Apart, Both Addends Unknown problem.
- Present (using words and other representations) a strategy for solving a Put Together/Take Apart, Both Addends Unknown problem.
- Let’s find more than 1 way to solve a problem.
Required Materials
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Required Preparation
- Gather materials from previous centers:
- What’s Behind My Back, Stage 1
- 5-Frames, Stages 1 and 2
- Make or Break Apart Numbers, Stage 1
- Math Stories, Stages 1-3
Suggested Centers
NoneTeacher Reflection Questions
In the previous section, students composed and decomposed numbers in multiple ways. How did the work of decomposing numbers in multiple ways prepare students to find more than one solution to a Put Together/Take Apart, Both Addends Unknown story problem?