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Features

Count the rows and how many in each row, then add the rows (4 + 4 + 4 = 12)
Add a tray by its rows and by its columns and see both give the same total
Find how many more cookies fill a tray
Circle pairs of cookies to tell odd from even
Draw trays of cookies from words (3 rows of 5) and from sums (4 + 4 + 4)
Solve cookie stories with trays, tins and plates
Every page in color and in black and white
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Add an array by its rows
Add an array by its columns
Find how many more fill an array

Pair objects to tell odd from even
Draw an array from words or a sum
Solve array stories

How to Use This Pack

Six pages of Christmas cookie trays, all with repeated addition and none with a times sign. Page 1 shows trays of sugar cookies, star cookies, frosted cookies and tree cookies: write how many rows and how many in each row, then add the rows, such as 4 + 4 + 4 = 12. Page 2 adds each tray by its rows and then by its columns, and both give the same total. On page 3 the trays are not full yet: add the rows of the full tray, then write how many cookies are there and how many more fill it. Page 4 asks students to circle pairs of cookies, write how many pairs and how many are left over, and circle odd or even. Page 5 has empty trays to draw on, from words (3 rows of 3 cookies) and from sums (5 + 5 + 5). Page 6 has six cookie stories with trays, tins and plates: draw the cookies, write the addition and the total. Each page starts with a worked example.

In the Classroom

Set out counters or paper cookies on a tray or a sheet of paper in 3 rows of 4. Have half the class add the rows and half add the columns, then compare the totals. Take a few cookies away and ask how many more fill the tray again. For odd and even, have students pair the cookies up two by two and look for one left over.

At Home

Bake or buy cookies together and set them out on a tray or plate in rows. Ask how many rows, how many in each row and how many in all, and add the rows aloud. Before anyone eats one, ask whether the cookies can be shared out in pairs with none left over.

Tips for Success

Rows go across; columns go up and down
Add one number for each row: 3 rows of 4 is 4 + 4 + 4
Adding the rows or the columns gives the same total
Count the empty spots to find how many more fill a tray
A number is even when every cookie has a partner

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

1.OA.A.1 Solve story problems up to 20 that join, separate, combine or compare amounts, with the missing number in any spot, using objects, drawings or equations.
1.OA.A.2 Solve story problems where three numbers are added together for a total of 20 or less.
2.OA.C.3 Decide if up to 20 objects are odd or even (match them in twos or skip count by 2s); write evens as doubles.
2.OA.C.4 Use adding to find the total in an array with at most 5 rows and 5 columns, and write it as repeated addition.
2.G.A.2 Cut a rectangle into a grid of equal squares and count how many squares it holds.

Christmas Cookie Arrays

2nd Grade

Trays of Christmas cookies set out in rows and columns, added as repeated addition with no times sign. Students add the rows and the columns of a tray, find how many more cookies fill it, pair cookies up to tell odd from even, draw trays and solve cookie stories.

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What’s Included

6 worksheets in color and in black and white, with answer keys (18 pages)
Trays added by rows and by columns, and trays to fill
Odd and even trays to pair up
Empty trays to draw on, and cookie stories with room to draw

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