Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage them to be creative in writing number sentences from the story.
Kellee has 4 bags of marbles, with each bag containing 7 marbles. How many marbles does she have? Write the fact family for this number sentence and make up stories to go with the facts.
Sample Response: 7 × 4 = 28, 4 × 7 = 28, 28 ÷ 4 = 7, 28 ÷ 7 = 4
Possible student stories: