Book #6 12 Ways to Get to 11

Book #6
12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam
Merriam, E. (1993). 12 ways to get to 11. New York, NY: Scholastic.

Summary:
The book opens by counting from one to twelve, but leaving out eleven. “Where’s eleven?” the next page asks and the rest of the book had bright illustrations combining things that ad up to eleven. There are twelve examples total.

Standards:
SC.2-2 Numbers and Operations: The student will demonstrate through the mathematical processes an understanding of the base-ten numeration system; place values; and accurate, efficient, and generalizable methods of adding and subtracting whole numbers.

2-2.8 Generate addition and subtraction strategies to find missing addends and subtrahends in number combinations through 20.

Objectives:
The student will be able to recognize and solve adding combinations that equal eleven.

Materials:
Merriam, E. (1993). 12 ways to get to 11. New York, NY: Scholastic.
11 counters of choice per student

Procedures:
Read the story to the class. Then ask children for strategies that confirm each collection of items add up to 11. Record the corresponding addition number sentences have children read them aloud, and ask each student to arrange 11 counters to represent the addends in each equation. Then ask students to find ways to count to 11 with three and six addends and write their own number sentence for way to add to 11. Leave the text out for children to choose to read by making it a center with a bag of 11 super fun counters.