Math Quest: The 3rd grade math students are going on a Math Quest. A reclusive mathematician has found a new land and has mapped it out. Within it there are 4 different lands, 7 gates which increase teams power as they go through them, and at the top a locked treasure chest. Students have formed teams, purchased supplies and are racing to the top to be the first team to find the teasure.
We will be focusing on the 6 problem-solving strategies: draw a picture, guess and check, make a table or chart, work backwards, act it out, and look for a pattern. Students will work in teams to travel through the Math Quest; however, they will be working at an individual pace for problem solving. For each problem they solve correctly, their group will earn travel dots. When everyone in the group fulfills a requirement, they can draw a fate card. Their fate can be good such as finding several emeralds under a bush, or not so good, such as a dinosaur is blocking your path, if you have dinosaur food, you can feed him and sneak by, if not, lose 20 diamonds.
Students have the option of homework. They can earn more travel dots for their team with correct answers, but homework is optional.
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