students to come sit in a circle. i show them the sticks.
there are 10 sticks altogether. each stick has ten dots on one side and one dot on the other side. i am going to drop them on the floor. once they are dropped, i am going to ask someone to sort them by 10's and 1's. we will then record the total number of tens, the total number of ones, and the total number of dots.
i will then play a few rounds with the students. i won't make the connection of the groups of 10's and 1's being recorded in the total number but rather wait for students to 