Description
Each Math Literacy resource in this bundle will provide students with a framework for completing application word problems and writing about how they found the solution. The topics include right triangles, volume and density, area and perimeter, indirect measure ment, transformations, and circles, and there are between between 3 and 10 activities for each topic.
When using the guides, students read the problem twice and then begin to work through the questions. I would give the students approximately 5 minutes to work individually, then they would compare their work with a partner. These activities encourage students to pull the important information out of the word problems and apply definitions, properties, and formulas in solving the problem. I would encourage them to answer in complete sentences whenever possible.
After comparing with their partner, students create a written account of solving the problem based on the step-by-step process outlined in the problem-solving guide. I have included a page for students to do their write-ups, but students can also do this on their own paper and attach it to the problem-solving guide.
An answer key is provided for each problem-solving guide, and a sample write-up is provided for the first problem in each set. I did not do a sample for the other problems because student work will vary.
Also included is a bonus activity - Probability Review Sum It Up! Activity. This is an excellent way to provide extra practice on the probability unit concepts or review for a test. The activity covers basic probability, independent and dependent events, mutually exclusive and overlapping events, conditional probability, permutations and combinations, and expected value. There are 8 problems sets with some covering individual topics and others providing mixed practice. As students complete each set of four problems, they add the answers together and check to see if the total matches a given sum.
A variety of formats allows you to use this as a group activity or for individual work. You choose what is best for your classroom! My students enjoyed this as a group activity competing for test bonus points.
Math Literacy Problem Solving & Writing Guide Resource Bundle
Highlights
Bonus
Description
Each Math Literacy resource in this bundle will provide students with a framework for completing application word problems and writing about how they found the solution. The topics include right triangles, volume and density, area and perimeter, indirect measure ment, transformations, and circles, and there are between between 3 and 10 activities for each topic.
When using the guides, students read the problem twice and then begin to work through the questions. I would give the students approximately 5 minutes to work individually, then they would compare their work with a partner. These activities encourage students to pull the important information out of the word problems and apply definitions, properties, and formulas in solving the problem. I would encourage them to answer in complete sentences whenever possible.
After comparing with their partner, students create a written account of solving the problem based on the step-by-step process outlined in the problem-solving guide. I have included a page for students to do their write-ups, but students can also do this on their own paper and attach it to the problem-solving guide.
An answer key is provided for each problem-solving guide, and a sample write-up is provided for the first problem in each set. I did not do a sample for the other problems because student work will vary.
Also included is a bonus activity - Probability Review Sum It Up! Activity. This is an excellent way to provide extra practice on the probability unit concepts or review for a test. The activity covers basic probability, independent and dependent events, mutually exclusive and overlapping events, conditional probability, permutations and combinations, and expected value. There are 8 problems sets with some covering individual topics and others providing mixed practice. As students complete each set of four problems, they add the answers together and check to see if the total matches a given sum.
A variety of formats allows you to use this as a group activity or for individual work. You choose what is best for your classroom! My students enjoyed this as a group activity competing for test bonus points.
