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Sue Lampkin - Mountain View, California - Kenneth E. Slater Elementary School

What first grade math teachers need to know

Addition and Subtraction
Problem Solving

Applying math knowledge to teaching practice

Sue's Problem Solving Unit

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Looking closely at student learning

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Faculty learning in collaboration

Professional Learning
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

A closer look at three students

In this series of four lessons, I had two main objectives:

A) for students to develop a more thorough understanding of the five steps emphasized in solving a word problem and;

B) for students to recognize and solve basic two-step problems using a variation of this approach.

Lesson One
Basic QDPA√ lesson with review of terms

Lesson Two
Modified QDPA√ sheet to incorporate previously determined data

Lesson Three
More complex and varied forms of addition and subtraction as steps

Lesson Four
Teacher used "less than" and a visual representation of comparison

Varun: Family came to California from South Asia. Highly motivated. Eager to share and complete work efficiently.

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Jane: Relatively quiet student, but is willing to share her thinking.

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Vicente: These clips are taken six months after his arrival in the US. English is a very new language for him.

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