Math Challenge #2!

Today we spent time going over last week's math challenge in class.  We found that many students had tried all different combinations of numbers and only a few found solutions.  VERY few found multiple solutions.  In all, our class identified 3 solutions, though there could be more!!!

One thing to focus on for this week: Reading directions carefully before thinking about how we might solve a problem. Many students used zero in thier solution or repeated digits.  The directions did not say either one was allowed.

 

This week, the third grade team discussed ensuring that this Rigor/Challenge homework is something that is meaningful for our students to complete and is not frustrating to our students.  We expect it to be something they need assistance with and hope that as we continue to work through them each week, our students will become skilled problem solvers!