Sub-goal A: Form equal groups and make equal shares
Forming equal groups provides a foundation for early multiplicative thinking, with students attending to the number of groups and number of items in each group. Equal sharing involves organizing a collection of individual items into a specified number of groups (sharing) or a specified group size (grouping). The instructional resources focus on creating, organizing, and describing equal groups and equal shares.
Home Communication and Engagement
Large Group
Instructional Activities
Exploring Equal-Sized Groups
Activity 7-A-L-1Purpose: Develop understanding of equal-sized groups by describing equal grouping tasks
Description: Students explore equal groups to help them develop the initial idea that equal-sized groups have the same number of items.
Form a Specified Number of Groups
Activity 7-A-L-2Purpose: Create specified number of equal-sized groups
Description: Students use a specific number of items to make a specified number of groups with counters and paper plates.
Form Groups of a Specified Size
Activity 7-A-L-3Purpose: Create equal sized groups of a specified size
Description: Students make groups of a given size with counters and paper plates.
Building Construction: Making Equal Groups
Activity 7-A-L-4Purpose: Build repeated equal groups and count how many in all
Description: Students build equal groups using snap cubes to make buildings of the same size and count the cubes to find the total.
Small Group
Instructional Activities
Explore Equal-Sized Groups
Activity 7-A-S-1Purpose: Describe equal-sized groups
Description: Students describe equal groups to develop the initial idea that equal-sized groups have the same number of items.
Forming Groups of a Specified Size
Activity 7-A-S-2Purpose: Create groups of a specified number
Description: Students make groups of a specific number in each group.
Forming a Specified Number of Groups
Activity 7-A-S-3Purpose: Share a collection into a specified number of groups
Description: Students make groups with a specific number in each group.
Making and Forming Equal-Sized Groups
Activity 7-A-S-4Purpose: Build repeated equal groups and count how many in all
Description: Students build repeated equal groups and count how many in all.
Independent
Instructional Activities
Dessert Time: Equal Grouping
Activity 7-A-I-1Purpose: Share a collection into groups of a given size
Description: Students create equal groups of a specified size.
Who Has More Passengers?
Activity 7-A-I-2Purpose: Share a collection into a specified number of groups
Description: Students practice sharing a collection into a specific number of groups.
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