Knowledge Targets “I Can” Statements Standard Interpretations Divide whole numbers including division with Students need many opportunities solving I can use what I know about addition, remainders. multistep story problems using all four subtraction, multiplication and operations. division to solve multi-step word problems involving whole numbers Reasoning Targets An interactive whiteboard, document camera, I can represent word problems by Represent multi-step word problems using drawings, words, numbers, and/or objects using equations with a letter standing equations with a letter standing for the may be used to help solve story problems. for the unknown number unknown quantity. I can determine how reasonable my Example: answers to word problems are by Interpret multistep word problems (including Chris bought clothes for school. She using estimation, mental math, and problems in which remainders must be bought 3 shirts for $12 each and a rounding interpreted) and determine the appropriate skirt for $15. How much money did I can interpret remainders when operations (s) to solve. Chris spend on her new school solving division word problems clothes? Assess the reasonableness of an answer in 3 x $12 + $15 = a solving a multi-step word problem using mental math and estimation strategies In division problems, the remainder is the (including rounding). whole number left over when as large a multiple of the divisor as possible has been subtracted. Example: Kim is making candy bags. There will be 5 pieces of candy in each bag. She had 53 pieces of candy. She ate 14 pieces of candy. How many candy bags can Kim make now? (7 bags with 4 leftover) Kim has 28 cookies. She wants to share them equally between herself and 3 friends. How many cookies will
Knowledge Targets “I Can” Statements Standard Interpretations Divide whole numbers including division with remainders. I can use what I know about addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve multi-step word problems involving whole numbers I can represent word problems by using equations with a letter standing for the unknown number I can determine how reasonable my answers to word problems are by using estimation, mental math, and rounding I can interpret remainders when solving division word problems Students need many opportunities solving multistep story problems using all four operations. An interactive whiteboard, document camera, drawings, words, numbers, and/or objects may be used to help solve story problems. Example: Chris bought clothes for school. She bought 3 shirts for $12 each and a skirt for $15. How much money did Chris spend on her new school clothes? 3 x $12 + $15 = a In division problems, the remainder is the whole number left over when as large a multiple of the divisor as possible has been subtracted. Example: Kim is making candy bags. There will be 5 pieces of candy in each bag. She had 53 pieces of candy. She ate 14 pieces of candy. How many candy bags can Kim make now? (7 bags with 4 leftover) Kim has 28 cookies. She wants to share them equally between herself and 3 friends. How many cookies will Reasoning Targets Represent multi-step word problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Interpret multistep word problems (including problems in which remainders must be interpreted) and determine the appropriate operations (s) to solve. Assess the reasonableness of an answer in solving a multi-step word problem using mental math and estimation strategies (including rounding).
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