Lesson 7 Use Objects to Represent Stories
Let’s use objects to show what is happening in the story.
Warm-up Notice and Wonder: Balls and Counters
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
![Balls and counters. Basketballs, 3. Soccer balls, 2. Red counters, 3. Yellow counters, 2.](../../../../../downloads/506a4346--K.4.B.7-Warm-Up.png)
Activity 1 Playing on the Playground
![](../../../../../downloads/5cf2d107--playground-mat-revised.png)
Use your counters to show what is happening in each story.
There were 5 students playing basketball at recess.
2 of the students went inside to get some water.There were 3 students playing on the swings at recess.
1 more student came over to play on the swings.There were 5 students playing tag at recess.
4 of the students went inside.
Activity 2 Finish the Story
There were 7 kids playing tag on the field.
There were 2 kids eating at the picnic table.
There were 4 ducks swimming in the lake.
There were 5 kids playing hopscotch.
Activity 3 Introduce Math Stories, Act It Out
Choose a center.
Math Stories
![Center. Math Stories.](../../../../../downloads/06d9e3f0--MathStories-(1).png)
Subtraction Towers
5-frames
Build Shapes
![Center activity, build shapes.](../../../../../downloads/15a65304--building-shapes.png)
Counting Collections
![Center. Counting Collections.](../../../../../downloads/3de1e05f--counting-collections-illustration.png)
Practice Problem
Problem 1
Show what happens in the story with counters.
There are 5 snails crawling in the grass.
Then 3 snails came to join them.
Then 2 of the snails crawled away.