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Name: Noah Treffers and Lauren Van Vugt Date: November 2018
Grade Level: Fourth Grade Subject/ Topic: Multi-Step Word Problems
Approx. time spent planning this lesson:
Brief Context: In third grade students learn about two-step problems using the four operations (3.OA.D.8 Solve
two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter
standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and
estimation strategies including rounding.3). Then in the fourth grade, they learn about quotients and remainders
using a variety of strategies (4.NBT.B.6 Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit
dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the
relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations,
rectangular arrays, and/or area models.). This definitely relates to our lesson because students will be working
with division with these strategies as we will be working with all four operations. Another fourth grade topic that is
covered is using the four operations that pertains to our topic is to use the four operations in word problems
involving a variety of other things like time, distance, fractions, etc. (4.MD.A.2 Use the four operations to solve
word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including
problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a
larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line
diagrams that feature a measurement scale.). After fourth grade, the topic is again taught with real-word problems
in the seventh grade (7.NS.A.3 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with
rational numbers.)
Prerequisite Knowledge/Skills:
The prerequisite knowledge and skills we are hoping students have are the strategies used to solve the
four basic operations. In addition, having the prior experience with word problems is helpful, but not
required.
Instructional Resources:
Consideration of Learners:
How have you responded to your diverse learners? Consider UDL (Multiple means of Engagement,
Representation, Action & Expression) & principles of differentiation. If appropriate, identify individual
accommodations you will make in response to needs or interests of students.
Kids in the fourth grade are beginning to develop the ability to see others’ points of view. In addition,
they are also able to explain or argue a point of view in relation to another one. This might be helpful in
understanding and accepting a variety of methods to solve a problem. Students at this age also are able
to understand how things are connected more in their lives as well as in school (making connections
from prior knowledge to something new). They are becoming increasingly responsible and often enjoy
being trusted with more and more responsibility. This also factored into our decision to give them more
open-ended activities in which they can have independence and autonomy. Also socially they become
very critical of themselves and others, they complain about fairness and hurt feelings, individualistic and
competitive, and they need lots of encouragement. These developmental characteristics will affect how
we group students and encourage them in their mathematics.
Morin, Amanda. “Developmental Milestones for Typical Fourth and Fifth Graders.” U
nderstood.org,
www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-symptoms/developmental-milestones/developmental-miles
tones-for-typical-fourth-and-fifth-graders.
https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/sites/default/files/et4intro.pdf
ADD MORE ABOUT UDL AND ABOUT STUDENT DEVELOPMENT/INTERESTS? (and add to lesson two as
well)
DOMAIN 2: THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: Note specific strategies you intend to use to keep students engaged,
redirect off task students, and facilitate procedures/transitions within your lesson.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: Note any specific ways you will use the environment to contribute to the
learning.
DOMAIN 3: INSTRUCTION
■ Teacher says - Mrs. Fibanacci’s room is arranged with 4 rows and 6 desks in each
row because she has 24 kids in her class. Model this on the board for the
students.
Framing
○ We are going to be working through a different word problem. I
have heard from Miss Bousaab that you have done this already.
I also know that you have been using multiplication, division,
subtraction, and addision. This is helpful because words
problems are something that we use in the real world everyday.
Mathematical Work
○ Go through the problem and underline the important numbers.
○ Make your thinking present by thinking about how 24 divides
into 6.
○ Draw this on the board using 6 groups and having 24 total
desks.
○ Explain that when you find 24 divided by the number of rows
you found the number of seats in each row.
Closing
○ Summarize, talk about the important numbers. Go through how
you divided 24 to figure out how many desks were in each row.
Explain how you drew the different groups to find how many
rows you would need.
● What if she rearranges the desks to make 6 rows? What about 8 rows?
What about 3 rows? What about 2 rows? How many desks will be in
each row? Turn and talk to a partner about how you might figure this
out.
● For each problem have students use their whiteboards to model the
question. Then have students show their whiteboards and choose a
student to bring their whiteboard up and share it with the class. Have
the student explain what their picture is showing, or ask others to help
this student explain if needed.
● Write a sentence to explain, an algorithm, and an illustration. Explain to
students that “there are many ways we can explain how we solved this
one problem. We drew a picture, we wrote a sentence, and we showed
with numbers how we did this.”
● Behavioral expectations
○ You will be working in groups. In these groups you will be given task cards to work on.
Our goal is not to get these done quickly but to explain your thinking in words and in
pictures. In your groups we want everyone to participate equally, respect each others
thoughts, ask questions within your group, and respect the other groups around you. If
we see groups that aren’t working together well you will be asked to solve the tasks on
your own.
● Explain the task cards.
○ “For each of these cards we want you to use this poster pad paper to show us how you
solved it. Like we did on our boards with the Math Curse Problem we want you to show
your method of finding the problem, a drawing, and a written explanation of how you
solve the problem”
DURING:Development: [It may help to number your steps with corresponding times.]
● Working on tasks with their partners in their groups. Groups will be assigned by Amira based on
ability. There will be 5 different groups. Each group will get a task card and solve the problem on
a poster paper pad. As students finish their task they can come get new task cards and check in
with a teacher to have formative assessment.
● Encourage students to explain with words, equations, and drawings to represent their thinking
● The teachers will hand out task cards to groups as the need it, rotate around the room, assists as
needed, and observe.
AFTER: Closure: (Be creative and consider authentic audiences for the work. Think beyond giving an
assignment or independent practice.)
● Regather as a whole group and do a problem together on the overhead (already is solved, but
has an error)
● Read the problem: Gabby and Jake made cookies for the school bake sale. Gabby baked 52. Jake
baked twice as many as Gabby. How many cookies did they bake altogether?
○ Frame: We worked on multi-step word problems today. These will help us know how to
do math problems in real life when they aren’t just written out as an equation. Let’s go
over one more problem.
○ I asked one of my friends to do this problem for me yesterday. I think that she did a
really good job with this problem, but there is a mistake in her work.
○ Let’s take a look at this problem and see if we can identify the things that my friend did
well. Any ideas?
■ Possible student responses: underlined the important things, drew pictures, etc.
○ Very good! (list the above things if needed)
○ Take a few seconds to read through the problem again and think about what my friend
may have forgotten to do. Any ideas? (forgot to do the last step)
○ That’s right. She forgot to add the two totals together. How did you know she had to do
that? (the last sentence: How many cookies did they bake altogether?)
○ I will add the total that Gabby baked to the total that Jake baked to get the total they
baked altogether. So that is 104 that Jake baked, and 52 that Gabby baked. That means
if we do the math, they baked 156 altogether. I will circle that as my answer.
○ Awesome! So let’s review what we did to figure out this problem. First, my friend
underlined the important numbers in the problem. Then she write out the information
she knew: What Gabby baked --52, and what Jake baked--two times as much as Gabby.
She used some visuals to help her. She wrote out her equation and solved it. Then we
realized that she forgot the second step. We kept reading and found out that the
problem is asking how many did they bake all together. We decided that that meant we
should add their two totals together.
Modeling Guide Day #1:
I wake up at 7:15 AM. It takes me 10 minutes to get dressed, 15 minutes to eat my breakfast, and
1 minute to brush my teeth.
If my bus leaves at 8 o’clock will I make it on time? How many minutes are in one hour?
So, what time is the latest she can wake up and get to the bus?
Modeling Problem #2 for day #1:
The whole morning is one problem after another. There are 24 kids in my class I just
know someone is going to bring in cupcakes to share. We sit in 4 rows with 6 desks in
each row.
What if Mrs. Fibonacci rearranges the desks to make 6 rows? 8 rows? 3 rows? 2 rows?
Tiered task cards day #1:
1. The friends in your class like to exchange stickers. You decide to give each classmate 4 blue
stickers and 8 red stickers. You have 19 classmates. How many stickers will you need? Show
the method you used to solve the problem, a drawing, and a written explanation.
2. Everyday your teacher gives you 6 stickers. You have been at school for 19 days. How many
total stickers do you have? You have given your little brother 2 stickers each day. How many
total stickers do you have now? Show the method you used to solve the problem, a drawing,
and a written explanation. Is there another way you could solve this problem? Show this method
if there is.
3. You’ve been given 6 stickers a day and you have been at school for 31 days. You decide to
give each classmate 4 stickers. How many classmates will you be able to give stickers to? Will
you have any left over? Show the method you used to solve the problem, a drawing, and a
written explanation.
4. Your younger brother wants to give some stickers to his classmates. Explain to him in words
and pictures how to figure out how many classmates he can give stickers to if he gives 2
stickers to each classmate.
Group 2:
1. The friends in your class like to exchange stickers. You decide to give each classmate 3 blue
stickers and 5 red stickers stickers. You have 19 classmates. How many stickers will you need?
Show the method you used to solve the problem, a drawing, and a written explanation.
2. Everyday your teacher gives you 6 stickers. You have been at school for 11 days. You have
given your little brother 2 stickers each day. How many total stickers do you have now? Show
the method you used to solve the problem, a drawing, and a written explanation. Is there
another way you could solve this problem? Show this method if there is.
3. You’ve been given 6 stickers a day and you have been at school for 15 days. You decide to
give each classmate 4 stickers. How many classmates will you be able to give stickers to? Will
you have any left over? Show the method you used to solve the problem, a drawing, and a
written explanation.
4. Your younger brother wants to give some stickers to his classmates. Explain to him in words
and pictures how to figure out how many classmates he can give stickers to if he gives 2
stickers to each classmate. Example: What would he do if there were 19 students in his class?
Group 3:
1. The friends in your class like to exchange stickers. You decide to give each classmate 3 red
stickers and 4 blue stickers. You have 15 classmates. How many stickers will you need total?
Show the method you used to solve the problem, a drawing, and a written explanation.
2. Everyday your teacher gives you 6 stickers. You have been at school for 10 days. You have
given your little brother 2 stickers each day. How many total stickers do you have after 10 days,
after giving your brother 2 a day? Show the method you used to solve the problem, a drawing,
and a written explanation.
3. You’ve been given 6 stickers a day and you have been at school for 5 days. You decide to
give each classmate 2 stickers. How many classmates will you be able to give stickers to? Will
you have any left over? Show the method you used to solve the problem, a drawing, and a
written explanation.
4. Your younger brother wants to give some stickers to his classmates. Explain to him in words
and pictures how to figure out how many classmates he can give stickers to if he gives 2
stickers to each classmate. Example: What would he do if there were 19 students in his class?
Group 4:
1. The friends in your class like to exchange stickers. You decide to give each classmate 2 blue
stickers and 3 red stickers. You have 15 classmates. How many stickers will you need? Show
the method you used to solve the problem and with a drawing.
2. Everyday your teacher gives you 6 stickers. You have been at school for 10 days. How many
total stickers do you have after 10 days. How many would you have if you gave your brother 22
stickers? Show the method you used to solve the problem and a drawing.
3. You’ve been given 6 stickers a day and you have been at school for 5 days. You decide to
give each classmate 2 stickers. How many classmates will you be able to give stickers to? Will
you have any left over? Show the method you used to solve the problem and a drawing.
4. Your younger brother wants to give some stickers to his classmates. Explain to him in words
and pictures how to figure out how many classmates he can give stickers to if he gives 2
stickers to each classmate. Example: What would he do if there were 15 students in his class?
2. Everyday your teacher gives you 6 stickers. You have been at school for 10 days. How many
total stickers do you have after 10 days. How many would you have if you gave your brother 22
stickers? Show the method you used to solve the problem and a drawing.
Stickers (circles)
Days (use a calendar and circle days)
3. You’ve been given 6 stickers a day and you have been at school for 5 days. You decide to
give each classmate 2 stickers. How many classmates will you be able to give stickers to? Will
you have any left over? Show the method you used to solve the problem and a drawing.
Stickers (circles)
4. Your younger brother wants to give some stickers to his classmates. Explain to him in words
and pictures how to figure out how many classmates he can give stickers to if he gives 2
stickers to each classmate. Example: What would he do if there were 10 students in his class?
Rubric Day #1:
Math Concept: Multi-step word problems
Specific descriptors:
1. Uses correct numbers from the multi-step problem.
2. Gives drawing that accurately represents the problem.
On Target
-Understands or is developing well.
-Uses some pictures/representation
Specific descriptors:
1. Use some correct numbers for the multi-step problem.
2. Gives drawing, but it may not be entirely accurate.
Specific descriptors:
1. Does not use the correct numbers for the multi-step
problem.
2. Gives no drawing or the drawing is entirely wrong.
Lesson Plan Day #2 : Math 323 Version
Name: Noah Treffers and Lauren Van Vugt Date: November 2018
Grade Level: Fourth Grade Subject/ Topic: Multi-Step Word Problems
Approx. time spent planning this lesson:
Prerequisite Knowledge/Skills:
The prerequisite knowledge and skills we are hoping students have are the strategies used to solve the
four basic operations. In addition, having the prior experience with word problems is helpful, but not
required.
Instructional Resources:
Consideration of Learners:
How have you responded to your diverse learners? Consider UDL (Multiple means of Engagement,
Representation, Action & Expression) & principles of differentiation. If appropriate, identify individual
accommodations you will make in response to needs or interests of students.
Kids in the fourth grade are beginning to develop the ability to see others’ points of view. In addition,
they are also able to explain or argue a point of view in relation to another one. This might be helpful in
understanding and accepting a variety of methods to solve a problem. Students at this age also are able
to understand how things are connected more in their lives as well as in school (making connections
from prior knowledge to something new). They are becoming increasingly responsible and often enjoy
being trusted with more and more responsibility. This also factored into our decision to give them more
open-ended activities in which they can have independence and autonomy. Also socially they become
very critical of themselves and others, they complain about fairness and hurt feelings, individualistic and
competitive, and they need lots of encouragement. These developmental characteristics will affect how
we group students and encourage them in their mathematics.
Morin, Amanda. “Developmental Milestones for Typical Fourth and Fifth Graders.” U
nderstood.org,
www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-symptoms/developmental-milestones/developmental-miles
tones-for-typical-fourth-and-fifth-graders.
https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/sites/default/files/et4intro.pdf
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: Note any specific ways you will use the environment to contribute to the
learning.
DOMAIN 3: INSTRUCTION
● Behavior expectations :
○ Each of you are going to get this worksheet. It gives you a space where you can solve the
problem, where you can come up with ideas of what to turn your problem into, and
with a space where you can write your word problem.
○ We expect that you will raise your hand during the activity if you need help, and work
quietly to respect other people who are trying to work.
DURING:Development: [It may help to number your steps with corresponding times.]
● Students will be given tasks to do that are leveled for them.
● Students will be given problem guides to fill out for their task they are given.
● Teachers will roam the room, assist where needed, and ask students questions to
prompt their thinking.
AFTER: Closure: (Be creative and consider authentic audiences for the work. Think beyond giving an
assignment or independent practice.)
● To close, we will observe student work during the task and have selected one to two problems
to show on the overhead. We will give them the word problem and have them try to solve the
word problem on a problem guide.
● Then a teacher will go through the problem by picking out the steps and equation that are
needed. The teacher models the problem while asking students to help.
Tiered problems for different groups of students:
What are a few ideas of objects or situations that you could use to make a problem?
Write your word problem below. Give the answer to it and make sure that it works.
Rubric Day #2:
3 2 1
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