Unit 4, Lesson 8
Represent and Solve Story Problems
Kindergarten
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
In previous lessons, students made sense of and acted out stories. This is the first lesson where students are introduced to story problems that include a question. In the first activity, students develop questions to go with stories. In the second activity, students represent a story problem and discuss how to solve the story problem. Students may use objects, math tools, or drawings to represent and solve the story problem (MP5).
- Action and Expression
- MLR8
- Represent and solve an Add To, Result Unknown problem.
- Let’s show what happens in a story problem and solve it.
Required Materials
Activity 3
Required Preparation
- Gather materials from previous centers:
- Math Stories, Stages 1 and 2
- Subtraction Towers, Stage 1
- 5-frames, Stages 1 and 2
- Build Shapes, Stages 1 and 2
- Counting Collections, Stage 1
Suggested Centers
NoneTeacher Reflection Questions
If you were to teach this lesson over again, which activity would you redo? How would your proposed changes support student learning?