Growing students' ability to solve multi-step word problems has never been easier than with this Building Thinking Classrooms style two-step story problem within 1000 math task with all 4 operations! Your students will love getting immersed in the colorful and captivating task launch slides and feel safe being math risk-takers as they solve the problems with a partner or partners!

Imagine building a community of mathematicians who are excited to solve word problems, capable of working with any peer, and eager to learn from each other in a buzz of learning and mathematical discourse! This could be your class and this two-step addition, subtraction, multiplicaiton and division within 100 task can help set the mood for an amazing year of growth!

In this resource, you will get the original problem and two thin slicing options as they finish, along with three different levels of check-your-understanding questions to solidify their learning and addition strategies, and this resource requires minimal prep!

Here’s what you’ll get:

• 1 No Prep Google Slides and PowerPoint Task Launch, Partner Expectations, Thin Slicing, and Check Your Understanding slides with and without answers
• One 2-step task
• 1 PDF with
  • Step-by-step Task Directions
  • Print-and-go recording sheets
  • 2 Thin Slicing questions for groups who are ready 
  • Mild, Medium, and Spicy Check Your Understanding optional  recording sheets and one sheet with all 3 level on the page
  • Answer Keys 
  • Table of Contents
  • Building Thinking Classrooms Terms Cheat Sheet and additional resources

What will these Building Thinking Classrooms style tasks help my students learn?

✅ Addition Within 1000

✅ Subtraction Within 1000

✅Multiplication and Division within 100

✅Two-step story problems

✅ Word problems with the unknown in all positions 

✅ Critical thinking

✅ Social skills and cooperative learning

These tasks are perfect if you are just beginning to implement the Building Thinking Classrooms Framework. Even if you are unfamiliar with the Building Thinking Classrooms Framework, these tasks are a fantastic way to engage your students in math tasks they will love with detailed task directions, PowerPoint and Google slides visual supports, and recording sheets!

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