Bean Thirteen
In Bean Thirteen by Matthew McElligott Ralph and Flora were picking beans for dinner.
“How many beans do we have?” asked Flora.
“Looks like twelve,” said Ralph.
“I’ll pick one more,”said Flora.
“DON’T DO IT!’ shouted Ralph.
Use this tale of how to divide 13 beans evenly amongst friends to teach the traits of conventions and organization as students write their own math stories.
