3+Part+Problem+Solving+Lesson

__ ** 3 Part Problem Solving Lesson (Constructivist Method) ** __

1) ** Getting Started ** (5-10 minutes) Activate prior Knowledge of the students in a warm up activity.

2) ** Working On it ** (20 minutes) Give3 students an open ended problem to work on in a group of 2 or more. Let students show their thinking. (Students use a marker not a pencil) Ask them probing questions to demonstrate their knowledge.

** 3) ** ** After ** (Students share their work and ideas are summarized)  Consolidation of Student Work (20 minutes) Highlights/Summary of math (5 minutes) Practice (5-10 minutes)

__ ** Steps to designing a 3 Part Problem Solving Question: ** __

Ø Identify your **curriculum expectations**. List what the students need to **know** and **do.** How do the expectations change across the grades?

Ø ** Learning Goal ** (share //after// students have worked on the problem and figured it out for themselves first)

Ø ** Create a good problem ** (from Guide to Effective Instruction) · Solution not immediately obvious · More than one solution · Promotes use of more than one strategy · The problem relates to a Key concept or BIG Idea · Context is meaningful, solution time is reasonable, encourages collaboration in seeking solutions · The situation requires decision making beyond the choosing of a mathematical operation

** __ 3 Part Problem Solving Lesson (planning template)  __ **

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 * Lesson Title
 * **  Learning Goal (Curriculum Expectations)   **
 * Lesson Components  ||   Anticipated Student Responses   ||
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 * After (Consolidation)  ||
 * After (Highlights and Summary)  ||
 * After (Practice)  ||