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

134 ◆ Mini-Lessons

Math Text One Inch Tall—Shel

Silverstein

The Metric

Song—Kathleen

Carroll

Numerator

Dog—Mr. R

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Activities Students can write

their own versions

of being one inch tall

and then also extend

that conversation to

being 1 cm tall or 1

decimeter tall.

Students can

illustrate this poem

and then make

a photo essay

discussing and

illustrating each of

the units of measure.

Students then

should look at

numerators and

define and illustrate

what they mean.

Questions

to extend

the

learning

What are 3 things

that we can measure

in cm? What are 3

things that we can

measure in inches?

What are 3 things

that we measure in

millimeters? What

are 3 things that we

measure in kilos?

Write and illustrate

3 different fractions

and explain what

the numerators are

in these fractions?

Figure 8.4 Continued

Believe It or Not Stories

Believe it or not stories are true, wild stories about intriguing animals (see
example in Figure 8.5).

Figure 8.5 Flying Foxes and Megabats

Flying Foxes Megabats

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteropus; images from Dollar Photo