Word Problems No Problem Attack Strategies and Additive

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What skills are necessary to solve this problem? Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph.

Problem-Solving Difficulties Reading the problem Understanding the vocabulary Identifying relevant information Ignoring irrelevant information Interpreting charts and graphs Identifying appropriate operation(s) Performing the computation(s) Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Problem-Solving Difficulties Share other areas of difficulty for solving word problems. Copyright 2020 Sarah

Teaching Problem Solving Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Teaching Problem Solving Have an attack strategy Teach word-problem schemas Copyright 2020 Sarah R.

Have an attack strategy RIDE Read the problem. Identify the relevant information. Determine the operation and unit for the answer. Enter the correct numbers and calculate, then check the answer. Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D. RIDGES Read the problem. I know statement. Draw a picture. Goal statement. Equation development. Solve the equation.

Have an attack strategy RICE STAR Stop and read the problem carefully. Think Act. about your plan and the strategy you will use. Follow your plan and solve the problem. Review your answer. Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D. Read and record the problem. Illustrate your thinking. Compute. Explain your thinking.

Have an attack strategy SUPER Slowly read the story problem twice. Underline the question and circle the numbers you need. Picture it. Draw the scenario to show what is happening. Explain the problem with a number sentence. Rewrite the answer in a sentence. SHINES Slowly and carefully read the problem. Highlight or underline key information. Identify the question by drawing a circle around it. Now solve the problem. Show your work. Examine your work for precision, accuracy, and clarity. Share your answer by writing a sentence. Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Have an attack strategy R-CUBES Read the problem. Circle key numbers. Underline the question. Box action words. Evaluate steps. Solve and check. SOLVE Study the problem. Organize the facts. Line up the plan. Verify the plan with Examine the answer. Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D. computation.

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Have an attack strategy Share your favorite attack strategy. https: //jamboard. google. com/d/1 m_R 2 O 9 n. Swwj 9 B 05 b. Se. Z 6 r 2 f. JQBYp 667 dk 7 M 3 ys 2 AD 1 g/edit? usp=sharing Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Teach word-problem schemas Total Equal Groups Difference Comparison Change Ratios/Proportions Copyright 2020 Sarah R.

Total Parts put together into a total Emily saw 4 cardinals and 5 blue jays. How many birds did Emily see? Emily saw 9 birds. If 4 of the birds were cardinals, how many were blue jays? Emily saw 9 birds. 5 of the birds were blue jays, how many were cardinals? Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Total “Are parts put together for a total? ” Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell,

Total + P 2 = T Fuchs et al. (2008); Griffin & Jitendra (2009)

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Total What’s a Total problem? Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Difference Greater and lesser amounts compared for a difference Shinead has 9 apples. Amanda has 4 apples. How many more apples does Shinead have? (How many fewer? ) Shinead has 5 more apples than Amanda. If Amanda has 4 apples, how many does Shinead have? Amanda has 5 fewer apples than Shinead has 9 apples. How many apples does Amanda have? Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Total “Are parts put together for a total? ” Difference “Are amounts compared for

Difference – L = D Fuchs et al. (2008); Griffin & Jitendra (2009) G

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Difference What’s a Difference problem? Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Change An amount that increases or decreases Shannah had $4. Then she earned $3 for cleaning her room. How much money does Shannah have now? Shannah has $4. Then she earned money for cleaning her room. Now Shannah has $7. How much money did she earn? Shannah had some money. Then she made $3 for cleaning her room. Now she has $7. How much money did Shannah start with? Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Change +/– C = E Fuchs et al. (2008); Griffin & Jitendra (2009) ST

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Change An amount that increases or decreases Reece baked 9 cookies. Then, she ate 2 of the cookies. How many cookies does Reece have now? Reece baked 9 cookies. Then, she ate some of the cookies. Now, she has 7 cookies. How many cookies did Reece eat? Reece baked some cookies. She ate 2 of the cookies and has 7 cookies left. How many cookies did Reece bake? Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Change What’s a Change problem? Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Total P 1 + P 2 + P 3 = T Copyright 2020 Sarah

Change ST – C + C = E Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph.

Schema Quiz Time! Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Grade 3 PARCC Change Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Grade 3 STAAR Difference Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

Grade 3 PARCC Total Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.

For Wednesday Write 3 problems: • Total • Difference • Change https: //jamboard. google. com/d/1 m_R 2 O 9 n. Swwj 9 B 05 b. Se. Z 6 r 2 f. JQBYp 667 dk 7 M 3 ys 2 AD 1 g/edit? usp=sharing Design attack-strategy poster Copyright 2020 Sarah R. Powell, Ph. D.