How Many Fingers

Students were given the problem:

If there are 19 students in our class, how many fingers is that?

They had to work on their own to use a strategy and then prove it with a picture or in words.

Math Workshop

Today student's worked in Math Workshop. Students are working on Number and Operations.

Today's Workshop activiites were:
Near Doubles - practice fluency of simple addition combinations
Close to 20 - students play a game where they try to use 3 numbers to make an
addition problem as close to 20 as possible.
Beat the Calculator - students race the calculator to solve number strings. Students
have been taught to add numbers quickly and mentally. They race a
partner who has a calculator.
Number Strings- students practice number strings. They are encouraged to use know
combinations to add.