The Doorbell Rang

Big Idea: Understand……. that division is equal sharing.

I can statement or student objective:

● I can …… share the cookies so that each person has the same amount.
● I can ……. write a number sentence.

Launch:

Today we are going to read the book "The Doorbell Rang”. Now look at the cover and pages of
the book as I flip through it. Turn to a partner and talk about what you think this book is going to
be about? (wait and let them discuss) What do you guys think this book is about?
o A doorbell rings
o Something with cookies
o Lots of people are coming to the door.
Those are all great guesses. We are going to read the book to see if what you predicted is right.
But first I am going to give you a worksheet that you can fill out while I am reading the book.
This way you can keep track of what is going on during the book.
Read the book.
After reading that story, what were the children doing with the cooking? Turn to a neighbor and
share your ideas. (wait to let them discuss) What were they doing?
o Splitting them up
o Dividing them
o Sharing them
Yes, you guys are right. Today the learning target is that you can share cookies, so that each
person has the same amount. How many cookies were there to begin with?
o 12
Yes, and then they wanted to share them, so what did they do?
o Slit them up
What happened after that?
o More friends came so they had to keep splitting them up.
Turn to your partner and I want you to compare your charts to see if you got the same answers
from the book. Now let’s check.
On our chart, how many children were there to begin with?
o 2!
So how many did each child get?
o 6!
Good job! What about when there were 4 children? How many did they each get?
o 3!
And when there were 6 children?
o 2!
Perfect. Now what about if there were 12 cookies, and 12 children? How many do they each get?
o Just 1.

Great job class!! Now that we have read the whole book I want you to get with a partner. You are
going to pretend that your mom made 24 cookies. So, you need to figure out how to split them
up evenly between the amount of people. There are three people that will share the 24 cookies.
Please work together, but make sure you guys are writing your answers on your own paper.
Remember today's learning target is to be able to share the cookies equally so that each person
has the same amount.

Explore:
State the problem to be solved or the question to be answered: What is division??

● Individual Accountability: Have answers on your own paper.

● Group Goal: Partners/groups have the same answers.
● Key Questions:
o Eliciting: Questions to get students to explain what they are doing
▪ How did you get that answer?
▪ What did you do first?
▪ What strategy did you use?
o Clarifying: Questions to get students to see their errors or to help them
understand what to do. (Example: Unpacking the problem)
▪ How many cookies are there in total?
▪ How many people are there?
▪ What is the problem asking you to do?
o Extending: Questions to extend student thinking.
▪ Can you write that in the number sentence?
▪ What does this answer tell you?
▪ Could you write a number sentence for that?
● Formative Assessment: Looking for correct answers on worksheets. Different strategies
to look for to share later:
o Someone that drew pictures/ grouping using manipulative
o Someone that used multiplication (I know 8x3=24)
o Someone that used repeated addition/ skilling counting (8,16,24 or 8+8+8=24)

Summarize: Teacher guided discussion of the key math concepts from the problem. Students
share what they learned and are actively involved in the summary.

Okay class, now I want everyone to look at the strategies up on the board. Turn to your partner
and talk about how this student solved the problem.
Call on student and ask – why did this person draw 24 cookies?
o To show how many cookies they had in total
Call on another student and ask – what do the circles around the cookies mean?
o They made three circles and put equal amounts of the cookies in each
Ask another student, how many cookies ended up being in each circle?
o 8 cookies
Great job, now let’s look at the next strategy on the board. Turn to your partner and discuss how
this student solved the problem.
Call on the student and ask – what did this student do?
o They counted by 8 until they got to 24

Perfect! And did this student get the same answer as the last?
o Yes!
This next person just put a number sentence on the board. Turn to your neighbors and talk about
what this number sentence means. (3x8=24) what does the 3 represent?
o The 3 groups, or 3 people eating cookies.
Call on another student and ask – what do you think the eight stands for?
o How many cookies each person has.
Call on students and ask – what does the 24 represent?
o The total number of cookies.
You guys are doing great! These are a few strategies that you could have used to solve the
problem today. I want you to raise your hand if you used strategy one, hands down. Raise your
hand if you used strategy two. Now raise your hand if you used strategy three.

What have we been doing today in math class?

● Dividing

Can you turn to a partner and talk about something you learned about division today??
The main thing I heard when listening to you guys is that division is breaking things into equal
parts. Is that correct?
● Yes

Division is breaking things into equal groups!!

Accommodations:
● Enrichment:
o There are 24 cookies, how many cookies does each person get if there are 5
people, 7 people, and 9 people.
● Remediation
o Students do not have to do all of the problems.
o Use smaller numbers

Evaluation: homework sheet – at the end of the document

Name: _______________________________ Partners Name: ___________________________
1. Your mom jut made 2 dozen cookies. There are twelve cookies in a dozen which means
your mom made 24 cookies. There are three people that will share the 24 cookies. How
many cookies does each person get?
Number of How many cookies Show Your Work!!
People does each person
get??
2

Need a challenge?? Try these numbers.

5

7
Name: Date:

Cookie Math Homework

1. There are 12 cookies.

Number of Children How many cookies Math Sentence
will each child get?
2 6 12 ÷ 2 = 6

10

2. There are 20 cookies.

Number of Children How many cookies Math Sentence
will each child get?
2

10

3. There are 30 cookies.

Number of Children How many cookies Math Sentence
will each child get?
2

10

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 The Doorbell Rang Worktable
By: Pat Hutchins

People at the Table Number of Cookies

for Each

Victoria & Sam

Victoria, Sam, Tom, Hannah

Victoria, Sam, Tom, Hannah,

Peter, and Little Brother

Victoria, Sam, Tom, Hannah,

Peter, Little Brother, Joy,
Simon, and 4 cousins