Mrs.+Hogg+Singapore+math+problem+solving

Singapore Math Problem Solving 1) The students will get in groups and explore the Thinking Blocks I-Pad app. 2) As a class, discuss what they have discovered about the problem solving model and how it can help them in solving math probelms. Day 3-5: 3) Teacher will model solving problems using the problem solving model on Educreations. Day 6: 4) Students will be put into groups and each group will get the same word problem. The students will work through the problem in educreations and then use the audio component to explain and justify there answers and how they used the problem solving method. Day 7: 5) After completing the educreations the students will upload them to Edmodo to share with the class. 6) Teacher will instruct students in apporpriate responses and the students will comment on each other's work on Edmodo. 7)Teacher will wrap-up by reminding the students thata they have to be able to jusitfy their process when using this problem-solving method.
 * **Title**: ||< Singapore Math Problem Solving ||
 * **Subject**: ||< Math ||
 * **Grade**: ||< Second Grade ||
 * **Time Frame**: ||< 2 weeks ||
 * **Summary:** ||< The students will learn and practice the Singapore math problem solving model for addition and subtraction and evaluate each other's process all using educreations. ||
 * **Tasks**: ||< Day 1-2:
 * This exploration is prior to the teacher instructing on the problem solving model.
 * The students should collaborate in order to figure out the keys to the problem solving model.
 * This should be 10-15 minutes exploration for 2-3 days
 * The students will be recieving direct instruction in the problem solving model after exploring it in Thinking Blocks.
 * The student will be watching the teacher to learn how to use Educreations.

Optional: After practicing a number of times students could generate questions and use educreation for answering as part of small group time or independent learning. ||
 * Objectives: ||< * What TEKS or other objectives does this activity/lesson project meet? ||
 * Assessment: ||< Provide students with problems to solve using the model practiced in the lesson.

Differentiation:
 * Multi-step problems for more advanced learners.
 * Smaller numbers for struggling learners.
 * Have students self-generate problems to solve
 * Have students peer-generate problems to solve ||
 * Resources: ||< * Educreation
 * Edmodo
 * Thinking Blocks I-pad App ||
 * **Teacher**
 * Reflections:** ||  ||
 * **Examples**: ||<  ||

Discussion:
Use the Embed Widget tool to add a Discussion Area widget. Bump the number to 100. This will take the comments from the discussion tab and add them to the bottom of the page. This will encourage teacher reflection and modification.