Right?! I had a few colleagues push back on this, but I think we should offer more quotative scenarios in the elementary grades. I find myself tracking it now.

We just finished up a third grade unit where the final lessons are linking multiplication and division in a toy store context. (How much for 6 packages of 3 tennis balls, how many packages of 5 yo-his can we buy, etc) The teacher was like, “eh,” but I have a new appreciation for it!