Snack Plate – Math Talk

The children were presented with a photograph of 4 snack plates. The different plates had servings of carrots and celery with hummus.

The children were invited to share their observations.

• What do you notice?
• What do you wonder?

We used numbers, symbols, words and sentences to record their ideas.

We wrote equations to show the combinations of carrots and celery.

The children were invited to use coloured tiles to recreate the different combinations. 

They worked in 4 teams to share their thinking and problem-solving.

We used coloured tiles to find the different combinations of 7.

We observed the children using number names to share their observations. Many of the students explained their thinking using addition sentences, counting groups/sets of objects to find the total.

 While working together or alongside others, the children found ways to bring their ideas to the group.

Conceptual Understandings:

Number Sense

• number operations can be modeled in a variety of ways

Approaches to Learning (ATL’s) 

• observe carefully
• notice relationships and patterns
• present information in a variety of modalities
• listen actively and respectfully to others’ ideas and listen to information
• participate in conversations