Grades 3-5 Math Problem Solving in Action_ Getting Students to Love Word Problems

xx ◆ Introduction Chapter 10: Schoolwide Efforts Chapter 10 discusses the 100 Word Problem Challenge, which is a contest where s ...

◆ 1 1 Real Stories, Deep Understanding We Don’t Grow Cornfields in the South Bronx Researchers have found that story problems “a ...

2 ◆ Real Stories, Deep Understanding knitting on the board. He then looked at me like “Help.” I smiled and said, “Okay, I’m goin ...

Real Stories, Deep Understanding ◆ 3 Figure 1.1 Problem Solving in Math Block Element When How? What does it look like? Problem ...

4 ◆ Real Stories, Deep Understanding keep standing up. She eventually got them to see the metaphor! There is a video entitled Br ...

Real Stories, Deep Understanding ◆ 5 The next thing students should do is double-double-check their work. I have found that when ...

NAME: __ DATE: __ SOLVING MATH WORD PROBLEMS Read the problem. Visualize it (make a picture in your head of what is happening). ...

Figure 1.4 Problem Solving Template Name: ____ Date: ____ Problem: Visualize and summarize the problem. Write a number sentence ...

Figure 1.5 Problem Solving Template NAME: __ DATE: __ SOLVING MATH WORD PROBLEMS Read the problem. Visualize it (make a picture ...

Figure 1.6 Problem Solving Template Name: ____ Date: ____ Problem: Is it 1 step or 2 steps? Which operations does it require (+, ...

10 ◆ Real Stories, Deep Understanding first laid out the process for us with his problem-solving questions involv- ing the four ...

Real Stories, Deep Understanding ◆ 11 Power Questions Good questions are the building blocks of good problem solving. We shouldn ...

12 ◆ Real Stories, Deep Understanding are guilty of overscaffolding. Don’t overscaffold. Let your students think. Let them wrest ...

Real Stories, Deep Understanding ◆ 13 Note pseudonym References Cummins, D. D., Kintsh, W., Reusser, K., & Weimer, R. (198 ...

14 ◆ 2 The Basic Framework CGI—Starting with Structure All state standards use some type of schema-based framework for story pro ...

The Basic Framework ◆ 15 Adding To Problems Adding To problems are all about adding. There are three types (see Fig- ure 2.1). T ...

16 ◆ The Basic Framework Rubio ate ¾ of his candy bar in the morning and^1 ⁄ 8 in the evening. How much of his candy bar did he ...

The Basic Framework ◆ 17 Figure 2.2 Taking From Problems Problem Types Result Unknown Change Unknown Start Unknown Separate/ Tak ...

18 ◆ The Basic Framework Figure 2.3 Part-Part-Whole Problems Problem Types Quantity Unknown Part Unknown Both Addends Unknown Pa ...

The Basic Framework ◆ 19 In this type of problem, we are given the whole and one of the parts. The task is to figure out the oth ...