Sid the cat can eat six dinners in one day! After reading the short story Six Dinner Sid, learners respond to two multiplication word problems. First, they consider how many dinners Sid would eat in one week at his current rate. Then, they are challenged to figure out how many dinners Sid would eat in three weeks. How about one month? For each, they explain their processing using pictures, numbers, or words. Great as an introduction to multiplication concepts.