Time Frame
1 class periods of 30 minutes each
Life Skills
Thinking & Reasoning
Summary
Students will learn the steps in solving story problems and be able to follow those steps to solve story problems.
Materials
- Graphic Organizers from Lucid Press
- Plastic sheet covers
- Whiteboard erasers
- Expo pens for each student
- Smartboard
Student Prior Knowledge
Students need to know how to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers.
Intended Learning Outcomes
After this lesson all students should be able to read a story problem, determine what the problem is asking, then draw a picture, write an equation, and solve.
Instructional Procedures
- Teacher will put the steps for solving a story problem on the Smartboard and discuss with students.
- Teacher will then model solving a story problem using the graphic organizer.
- The class will solve several story problems together until all students have had an opportunity to participate and understand the process.
- Students will work in pairs to solve a story problem using the graphic organizer.
- Students will work independently to solve story problems.
Created: 07/22/2014
Updated: 01/28/2018
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