Students analyze a piece of jewelry by Douriean Fletcher to practice looking for groups, patterns, and quantities. Through Notice & Wonder and partner discussion, students connect what they see to strategies for adding two-digit numbers within 100.

Students practice skip counting while passing a clap around a circle to a steady beat. The group skip-counts by 2s, 5s, or 10s, saying one number with each clap. As students become more comfortable, increase the tempo to build fluency, listening, and automaticity.

Students become “DJs” and use rhythm and movement to represent a given multiplication equation. Each student creates a short body percussion beat sequence based on the first factor, then loops that sequence according to the second factor.

Students create a “secret handshake” that represents a multiplication equation, choreographing a sequence of unique movements based on the first factor, then repeats the sequence according to the second factor.