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

66 ◆ Structures to Scaffold Success

Figure 4.13 Scaffolding Thinking

3 different ways to model decimals: What are you going to use?

Number lines

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Grids

Money

3 ways to model fractions: What are you going to use?

1.Pattern blocks

2.Drawings

3.

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(^25)
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(^25)
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(^25)
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(^35)
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(^35)
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(^35)
4
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(^15)
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(^15)
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Figure 4.12 Fraction Models