12 Ways to Get to 11 Grade 2 By, Eve Merriam and Bernie Karlin

Standard Addressed: CC.2.2.2.A.3: Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.

Summary:

The story 12 ways to get to 11 will help students learn the difference between equal groups and unequal groups.  The story using illustrations uses a number of different fun combinations to keep children engaged and thinking critically. Students are often asked to use symbols to show the difference between multiplication and addition. In this story however students will have no symbols to rely on and will need to problem solve using the pictures in the story to write about what they see.

Students are often taught the difference between addition and multiplication is the symbol (+, x) between the addends or the factors.

 In this lesson students will be looking at story problems and then analyzing whether the story is talking about equal groups or unequal groups. Students will need to be able to look at a visual representation of equal groups and write about what they see.