Have you ever wonder what strategies your students are applying to solve a problem? Do you want to know how your students “critically think”? Here is an activity that will show you firsthand what your student’s thought process is. Each student will be requested to analyze an open ended question and provide the necessary steps and strategies they will apply to determine the correct solution to given information.
Many common core standards will be met as improvement in their personal scores on standardized tests.
Here are some other activities of interest:

Creating Graphs from Data.
Creating Graphs from Data

Bundled Reading Graphs.
Reading Graphs BundleProblem Solver Tasks: Number Sense.
Problem Solving Tasks: Number Sense.

The Complete Everyday Life Skills Series.
The Complete Everyday Life Skills Series

Tell Me a Story using a Bar Graph.
Tell Me a Story using a Bar Graph