Time for more candy! Learners view a video of a candy bowl where some of the candy is removed and more placed back. Scholars come up with questions about the scenario to answer and request additional information from the teacher. At the end, they watch a final video to verify their solutions.

Concepts

estimation, estimating differences, estimating sums, 2-digit addition, addition, 2-digit subtraction, subtraction

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Instructional Ideas

• Create an equation and ask class members to create a problem around the equation

Classroom Considerations

• This is an updated version of The Candy Bowl
• Assumes knowledge of Three Act Tasks

Pros

• Includes engaging ways to provide information to the class
• Contains questions that can be answered by the information given

Cons

• None

Common Core

2.NBT.B.6 2.NBT.B.7 2.NBT.B.9