1. Draw a picture for 5 + 5 + 5 + 5. What do you notice about the sum?
2. Draw a picture for 8 + 8 + 8 + 8. What do you notice about the sum?
Extension
*MP4: How can you relate this to something in real life?
Draw a picture and write an equation to represent the sum of one odd number and one even number. What do you notice about the sum? Why do you think the sum is what it is?
*MP6: How do you know your answers are correct/reasonable?
Closure Recap today’s lesson with one or more of the following MP questions: MP2: What did your model represent? MP3: How did your model support your answer? MP7: Where did you see a pattern? MP8: Did you see any repetition in your work?