Word problems

Today we did a scoot about word problems. They had to draw a bar model for each word problem and then solve it. They got 2 and a half minutes at each station before they had to rotate. I had most of them in pairs but a few worked on their owns.

Here's the link to the free activity on tpt.

Strip Diagrams

Today we focused on reading problems and figuring out which order of operation to use.

• Multiplication (product)
• Division (quotient)
• Subtraction (difference)
• Addition (sum)

We then created strip diagrams to match the problems.

Here is a fabulous game for strip diagrams!

Strip Diagrams

We are looking at WORD PROBLEMS and how to solve them. 

Here's the TEK:

4.5A represent multi-step problems involving the four operations with whole numbers using strip diagrams and equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity;

Basically, it's algebra. 

UPS Check is what I expect my kiddos to do with every word problem. 

Here's an example of a strip diagram. 

Here's Brianna writing a number sentence to match the word problem! 

Strip Diagrams

Here is the TEK:

 4.5.A - represent multi-step problems involving the four operations with whole numbers using strip diagrams and equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity;

It was hard to find resources so I made my own!