In a Sharing Task that elicits a modeling strategy of distributing, students consider how to take a large amount and distribute with sharers using repeated subtraction or division or a visual model illustrating these ideas.
The resources in this section will help you implement the Sharing tasks to see how long it will last in your school or classroom. Each example will provide planning slides, student handouts, viewing guides for video and annotated student work. *Click here for Planning Resources and register for the password to view videos.
Primary-Grade Tasks
Sharing Ritz Cracker
Sharing Goldfish
Sharing Madeleines Cookies
Sharing Multiple Snacks
Planning Resources
Distribute Sharing Tasks for Grades K-5
Snack Share Distribute Prompts
Sharing Ritz Crackers (Kindergarten)
Viewing Guide
As you watch, use this viewing guide to notice how the teacher supports students to express their thinking, reasoning, and decisions related to the modeling context.
Video
Sharing Goldfish (Kindergarten)
Viewing Guide
As you watch, notice how the teacher honors student thinking and ideas
Video
Sharing Madeleines Cookies (1st Grade)
Viewing Guide
As you watch, notice how the teacher asks math questions
Video
Sharing Multiple Snacks (Grade 2)
Viewing Guide
As you watch, notice how the teacher honors student thinking and ideas
Video
Sharing Candies (4th Grade)
Viewing Guide
As you watch, notice the ways in which the teacher affirms multilingualism
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Sharing Pretzels (3rd Grade)
Viewing Guide
As you watch, use this viewing guide to notice how the teacher supports students to express their thinking and reasoning related to important quantities and key assumptions
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Sharing Rice Krispies (3rd Grade)
Viewing Guide
As you watch, use this viewing guide to notice how the teacher affirms multilingualism as she supports students to express their thinking and reasoning related to the modeling context.m
