Week 4 & 5 Learning Standards Major Concepts Processes: Making a Plan: Interventions/Extensions Products/Project Students will work in small Ask the students, are you going to solve the “How problem?” group with the teacher to Problem solving Ask the students, is the important information in the “What practice the problem solving poster from a word problem?” process. The teacher will problem. reiterate the use of reading Possible Answer: use place value. The important information is “We strategies in math to Journal reflection that there is an 8 in the ten thousands place and a 2 in the thousands comprehend the problem. entry explaining place.” Students will use their thought manipulatives and work mats process in solving a Carrying out the Plan: as needed. specific problem. Ask the students, did you solve the “How problem?” GT: Students will write word problems for their Possible Answer: placed the numbers given into a place value “We partner to solve. Students chart and found the number that had a n 8 in the ten thousands place will exchange papers and and a 2 in the thousands place.” solve each other’s problems. Evaluating for Reasonableness: Ask the students, you answer the question in the “Did problem?” Ask the students, your answer make “Does sense?” Possible Answer: know that the number 82,210 has an 8 in the “We ten thousands place and a 2 in the thousands place. So, the number 82,210 answers the question in the problem.”
Making a Plan: Ask the students, “How are you going to solve the problem?” Ask the students, “What is the important information in the problem?” Possible Answer: “We use place value. The important information is that there is an 8 in the ten thousands place and a 2 in the thousands place.” Carrying out the Plan: Ask the students, “How did you solve the problem?” Possible Answer: “We placed the numbers given into a place value chart and found the number that had a n 8 in the ten thousands place and a 2 in the thousands place.” Evaluating for Reasonableness: Ask the students, “Did you answer the question in the problem?” Ask the students, “Does your answer make sense?” Possible Answer: “We know that the number 82,210 has an 8 in the ten thousands place and a 2 in the thousands place. So, the number 82,210 answers the question in the problem.” Interventions/Extensions Students will work in small group with the teacher to practice the problem solving process. The teacher will reiterate the use of reading strategies in math to comprehend the problem. Students will use manipulatives and work mats as needed. GT: Students will write word problems for their partner to solve. Students will exchange papers and solve each other’s problems. Products/Project Problem solving poster from a word problem. Journal reflection entry explaining their thought process in solving a specific problem. Week 4 & 5 Learning Standards Major Concepts Processes:
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