Mouse Tails: My goal : Encourage thinking in collections. Know facts because you can quickly and easily relate parts and whole.

Visualize, reason, talk it out, diagram as you problem solve.

The mice get caught 3, 4, 3 We used blocks or Chunkz to show.....

3 + 4 + 3

How many ways can you combine the blocks to express 10, for example

Now I moved the 3 together to see 6 + 4 3 + 2 + 3 + 2 = 6 + 4

3 + 4 + 3 = 7 + 3 3 + 4 + 3 = 6 + 4 Can you demonstrate each of these is true? 3 + 4 + 3 = 9 + 1 3 + 4 + 3 = 8 + 2

Ways to make ten are all related. 3 + 4 + 3 = (3 + 3) + 4 (3 + 3) + 4 = 6 + 4

Ways to make ten are all related. (3 + 3) + 2 + 2 = 6 + 2 + 2 6 + (2 + 2) = 6 + 4

Ways to make ten are all related. (3 + 4 + 3) = 3 +(3 + 1) + 3 3 +(3 + 1) + 3 = 9 + 1

Follow Up Tasks for “playing with ten facts” BERCS CARDS for One Snap 10 to 20. Snap off 6. That leaves 10 + 4 or 14 and if 6 + 14 = 20 then 20 – 6 = 14. And 14 + 6 = 20 and 20 – 14 = 6 Snap off 5. 10 – 5 = 5 because 5 + 5 = 10

These are puzzles for 10 that I made using ChunkitZ pieces for 3 + 4 + 3 See if you can make them. Or make your own.

Mouse Tales: LA focus Tail/tale other words like this Add description to make the story more exciting Be one of the mice and write about the experience. Be the owl and write about the experience

Science Investigate the story from the viewpoint of a scientist. What could be true? What is likely fiction? Investigate mice and owls....