Distribute M and Ms Activity
Students work with M and M candies to create multiple groups of candies of more than one color. Students then put together these groups to see that the distributive property is repeated addition, and then move toward using the property with written representations.
For full lesson, see https://mathseminar6.wikispaces.hcpss.org/file/detail/Week%203%20M%26M%20Distributive%20Property.docx