This week at Washington students continued to work on the "Draw a Picture" strategy for problem solving. One problem we encountered was that several of the students were in such a hurry to get the problems finished, they rushed through the problems and didn't get the correct answer. So, we are going to work on taking our time, drawing a neat and accurate picture and getting the correct answer.
At Lewis and Clark, we started the new strategy "Guess and Check". The students really liked the idea of making an educated guess based on the information given, checking their answer, and using the wrong answer to help them move closer to the right one. They found the problems quite challenging, which of course, most students who are high in math love to try and solve.
This is a fun unit and the students are really going to grow a lot this year. Many of these problem solving strategies will come in handy for the Math is Cool tournaments that begin in the 4th grade. I hope all of these students will be on the 4th grade team!
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