Hi Everyone,
Last week I wanted to have my students practice addition and
subtraction multi-step word problems. I
really wanted them to dissect a problem and analyze it. So I created some word problems to help them
do just that!
The results turned out great. The students learned a lot and kept
asking to do more.
Word Problem Example
Word Problem Example Answer
This
is how I used the word problems in my classroom:
1. I placed
students into different math groups about 4-5 students.
2. Each student
had to have a different color marker from a person in their group (and no
yellow allowed).
3. I placed a
butcher paper down for each group and gave them one word problem per group to
solve.
4. Each member
had to work on the problem and had to be able to explain how to do it.
5. For the
final part: I did it two separate ways. One way, I had each group present one
of the word problems to the class. The second way we went over each problem
using the SMART board. (I used the answer cards given in this unit.
(I used these word problems for three separate math lessons but
easily could have made an entire week out of it.)
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| Students working on one of the word problems. |
It was great to be able to walk around the room and be able to
observe the students working together and know what each had contributed. It was really easy to see whose colored marker
was not being used to help solve the problem.
Let me know how your word problem lessons turn out!
If you are interested in this one just follow link below.
Thanks,
Erin
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