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| Word Problems Galore!: | This lesson contains multiple word problems from various situation types. Different numbers for each problem are given based on student need. |
| How Much Do We Need to Order?: | Students are provided the task of determining the total number of students in Kindergarten, first, and second grades in their school. Students will develop a plan to collect the information. Students will create a table to represent the data and find the total number of students. |
| Sweet Donut Shop: | In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students will help the Sweet Donut Shop determine what the newest donut will be. Students are given the cost to make each batch along with the selling price and are asked to determine the profit for each batch. Students create a procedure for ranking the donuts and write a letter explaining the procedure and the ranking. In the “twist” students are provided the starting and finishing times for each batch. They must determine the total amount of time, decide if their procedure should change based on the new information, and write a letter explaining whether the procedure changed and the new ranking of the donuts.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx |
| Words and Subtraction: | In this lesson, students will build on their earlier work of representing and solving situational problems (result unknown, change unknown, start unknown). Students will use related equations or drawings. |
| Let's Do Some Solving: | In this lesson students will solve one-step addition word problems using base ten blocks, hundred charts, drawings, or strategies based on place value and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. |
| Roll and Add Two Digit Numbers: | In this lesson students will use two dice to roll and add two-digit numbers. Students will also use their numbers to create and solve one-step addition word problems. |
| Success with Story Problems - Addition/Subtraction: | In this lesson, students will solve one and two-step real-world problems using a variety of problem-solving strategies. |
| Sweet Addition and Subtraction: | This lesson is a continuation of the "Sweet Values" and "Sweet Number Places" lessons also found on CPALMS. It is a different way of teaching addition and subtraction, by continuing a story that started with place value. In this lesson, students will learn to use the place value knowledge gained to solve word problems. |
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