First Time Bowling

Morgan was invited to her friend's birthday party at a bowling alley. She had never bowled before, so she didn't know how the game worked. "What do the numbers on the screen mean?" I explained that the computer is keeping track of all the pins you have knocked down.

Conversation Starters

How many pins have you knocked down so far?
What is happening to the numbers as you knock down more pins?
How is the computer keeping track of the running total?

Connection to Learning

To apply addition in solving real life situations.
To understand that the commutative property of addition is adding numbers in any order.
To know the purpose of keeping a running total.

Building Vocabulary

Total
Running total

Further Discussions

The next time we play a family game, I instruct Morgan to keep a running total of all the points. I reminded her, "To avoid making mistakes, be sure to add two numbers at a time."

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