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Who's in the House
 


Activity Overview

Students construct a model of a house, drawing pictures of the people and pets in the house. Students use skip counting strategies to find possible combinations of people and pets that live in their classmates houses with the help of pictures and TI-10.

Before the Activity

  • See the attached PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity
  • Print pages 101 - 107 from the attached PDF file for your class

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    		During the Activity

    		Distribute the page to the class.

    Follow the activity procedures:
    Activity A:
  • Read The Napping House book and discuss how many feet are in the bed


    • Activity B:
  • Fold paper to model a house
  • Draw pictures of people and pets in the house
  • Find the total number of feet in the house


    • Activity C:
  • Develop skip counting patterns for people and pets
  • Observe the pattern formed


    • Activity D:
  • Display a house with certain number of feet inside
  • Explore different combinations of who or what may live inside the house
  • Use the calculator to check the answer

    		After the Activity

  • Review student results
  • As a class, discuss questions that appeared to be more challenging
  • Re-teach concepts as necessary

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    Subject Area:
    Math : Elementary Math : Math and Literature
    Math : Elementary Math : Number Sense and Estimation
    Math : Elementary Math : Measurement

    Author:
    Texas Instruments

    Level:
    K-4

    Activity Time:
    60 Minutes

    Device:
    TI-10

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    Other:
    This is Activity 10 from the EXPLORATIONS Book:
    Math at Your Fingertips with the TI-10

    The following materials are required for this activity:

  • Book: The Napping House
  • Pencil
  • Drawing Paper
  • Crayons
  • Tape
  • Index cards
  • Manila Paper


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