In math, the children have been learning how to count to 100.  Each child chose a number between 1 and 100. The intended outcomes are that children are able to read, recognize and form whole numbers to 100.  

The children  drew the number on a DVD case and used one colour of glass beads to cover one number, another colour to cover the other number and a third colour to fill in the background.  The next problem for the children was to solve how many beads were used in total.

The children cooperated with their grade three buddies. They planned how to create the numbers.  They counted all of the beads and then began creating a story about the number inside the DVD case and the significance of that number.

Can you guess what number this is? How many dark blue beads? How many light blue beads? How many clear beads? The children estimated how many beads they thought they used and then counted them.  They began answering the question~ “How many beads did I use in all?”