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Lesson
Lesson Plan #: 5- Create a table or chart

Lesson Overview: This problem-solving strategy allows students to discover

relationships and patterns among data. It encourages students to organize

information in a logical way and to look critically at the data to find patterns

and develop a solution.

Resources or Materials Needed

ActiveInspire Lesson 5

Problem Solving Concept map Create a table or chart

Document Camera

Scale and Tracking Sheet

Performance Objective:

Students will correctly set up mathematical equations base on the information provided in

the problem 2 out of 3 times.

Time

This lesson should take one 60 minute math period.

PRE-
INSTRUCTIONAL
ACTIVITIES
Gain Attention:

Open up the Lesson 5 ActiveInspire lesson. Click on the sound link on the first page showing

the lesson target. You will click on the right arrow on the ActiveInspire lesson to move through

the lesson. Each page will have the lesson steps embedded into the flipchart. Today, we are

going to move on to another problem solving strategy, Creating a table or chart. We are going to
apply the same concepts that we worked on from Mission Control (following directions) and

Picture This (thinking about what the problem is asking and using that information to solve).

Informing learners of the Objective:

When we work with word problems, we use problem solving strategies. Yesterday we focused

on drawing a picture. Today, we are going to move past that and we are going to discover

relationship and patterns among the data and will organize the data to develop a solution.

I will be able to use the Create a table or chart strategy to solve word problems.

CONTENT
PRESENTATION

Connect prior knowledge

We have learned all about these problem solving strategies. See the chart from yesterdays

lesson on the ActiveBoard. Today, I am going to give you an opportunity to apply the strategy

of Creating a table or graph to solve some word problems.

Presenting the Stimulus

Students move into groups. Teacher passes out 1 problem solving concept map per group.

Now, look at your work problem. How are you going to solve this problem? Discuss with

your group and work through the problem.

LEARNER
PARTICIPATION

Providing Learner Guidance

As students are discussing their problem statement with their groups, the teacher is moving

around the room, observing how the groups are using the strategy to approach the problem. As

students reach a stopping point (not necessarily completed, but settled into a particular strategy),
have the class come back together. Each group will bring up their problem solving concept map.

The class as a whole will look at and discuss the groups strategies.

Eliciting Performance

Each large group, then shares what they see in the charts that are similar and discuss why they

may be different.

ASSESSMENT
Provide Feedback

Every student will then be given another problem solving concept map with a new problem that

they will now solve independently. The student needs to complete each step of the concept map.

Assessing Performance

The rubric for scoring the problem concept map will be shown on the ActiveBoard. If students

struggle with the problem, the teacher will meet with these students independently to go over the

strategy.

FOLLOW-THROUGH
ACTIVITIES

Enhancing Retention and Transfer

Students will move back into groups and will now be given a blank problem solving concept

map. Students, in groups, will now create their own problem solving question. The teacher will

review the questions, and will make copies of the different problem solving questions.

Assessment
The students will need to solve the problem solving questions from their peers. After correcting,

students will need to look at and mark their grade for todays lesson on the tracking sheet,

looking at the scale for reference.