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What If We Changed the Book? Problem-Posing With Sixteen Cows

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Title:

 What If We Changed the Book? Problem-Posing With Sixteen Cows

URL:

 http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/what-changed-book-problem-815.html

Content Source:

 ReadWriteThink
Type: Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

A piece of math-related children's literature, Sixteen Cows, is used to demonstrate the strategy of problem-posing. After hearing the story read aloud, students are invited to brainstorm some literary and mathematical observations of the story. With the teacher's guidance, students then turn those observations into "what-if" mathematical extensions. These extensions become mathematical problems that students solve, both individually and as a whole class. Since this strategy highlights changing attributes of a story, it underscores for children the range of choices that authors have.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
R3. Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R3.
  • Background knowledge
  • Vocabulary
  • Discussion
Knowledge:
R3. Students know:
  • Relating experiences through discussions, reading, and writing will help build background knowledge and improve vocabulary.
Skills:
R3. Students are able to:
  • Connect new concepts to prior experiences to increase background knowledge through discussions, reading, and writing.
  • Construct the meaning of words through discussions, reading, and writing.
Understanding:
R3. Students understand that:
  • Background knowledge can increase by relating experiences to new ideas, topics, and words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
  • Vocabulary will increase by constructing the meaning of words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
4. Ask and answer questions using complete sentences and grade-level vocabulary.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
4.
  • Questions
  • Complete sentences
  • Grade-level vocabulary
Knowledge:
4. Students know:
  • Asking questions in complete sentences with grade-level vocabulary is a strategy to learn information.
  • Answering questions questions in complete sentences with grade-level vocabulary is a method to provide others with information.
Skills:
4. Students are able to:
  • Ask clarifying questions using complete sentences and grade-level vocabulary.
  • Answer questions using complete sentences and grade-level vocabulary.
Understanding:
4. Students understand that:
  • They can demonstrate active listening skills by asking and answering questions using complete sentences and grade-level vocabulary.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
18. Demonstrate content knowledge built during independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
18.
  • Demonstrate
  • Content knowledge
  • Independent reading
  • Informational text
  • Literary text
  • Content-specific discussions
Knowledge:
18. Students know:
  • Content knowledge is information learned about a specific subject.
  • Content knowledge can be learned by independently reading text.
  • Informational text is nonfiction text, and literary text is fictional.
  • Active listening skills.
  • Writing skills.
Skills:
18. Students are able to:
  • Build content knowledge from independently reading informational or literary text.
  • Use content knowledge learned from independent reading in content-specific discussions with peers.
  • Use content knowledge learned from independent reading in writing.
Understanding:
18. Students understand that:
  • Content-specific discussions with peers can demonstrate the content knowledge they learned through independent reading.
  • They can produce writings that demonstrate knowledge of content-specific information.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R1.
  • Active listening
  • Discussion
  • Conversation
  • Rules
  • Participation
Knowledge:
R1. Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • How to engage in discussions and conversations in a variety of settings.
  • Agreed-upon rules for participation.
Skills:
R1. Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings.
  • Converse in pairs, small groups, and large groups.
  • Practice the agreed-upon rules for participation.
Understanding:
R1. Students understand that:
  • Conversations and discussions follow agreed-upon rules which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
14. Demonstrate comprehension of literary and informational text by utilizing its content when discussing or writing in response to the text.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
14.
  • Comprehension
  • Literary text
  • Informational text
  • Discussing
  • Writing
  • Response
Knowledge:
14. Students know:
  • Comprehension of text can be demonstrated by referring to the text in discussions or written responses.
  • Informational text is nonfiction text, and literary text is fictional.
Skills:
14. Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate understanding of literary and informational text by referring to the text in discussions.
  • Demonstrate understanding of literary and informational text by referring to the text in written responses.
Understanding:
14. Students understand that:
  • They can show that they understood literary and informational text by discussing or writing about specific content from the text.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 5
R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R1.
  • Active listening
  • Discussion
  • Conversation
  • Rules
  • Participation
Knowledge:
R1. Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • How to engage in discussions and conversations in a variety of settings.
  • Agreed-upon rules for participation.
Skills:
R1. Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings.
  • Converse in pairs, small groups, and large groups.
  • Practice the agreed-upon rules for participation.
Understanding:
R1. Students understand that:
  • Conversations and discussions follow agreed-upon rules which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 5
9. Express ideas clearly and effectively to diverse partners or groups.

a. Pose and respond to explicit questions in ways that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.

b. Verbally summarize information read aloud or presented in diverse media and formats.

c. Report orally on a topic or text, sequencing ideas logically and supporting main ideas with appropriate facts and relevant details.

d. Speak clearly at an understandable rate.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
9.
  • Express
  • Clearly
  • Effectively
  • Diverse
9a.
  • Pose
  • Respond
  • Explicit questions
  • Contribute
  • Elaborate
  • Remarks
9b.
  • Summarize
  • Diverse media
  • Diverse formats
9c.
  • Report
  • Orally
  • Sequencing
  • Logically
  • Main ideas
  • Appropriate facts
  • Relevant details
9d.
  • Understandable rate
Knowledge:
9. Students know:
  • Oral language and literacy skills.
  • Collaboration skills.
9a.
  • Effective communication with others requires asking questions, responding to questions, and elaborating on others' statements.
9b.
  • A summary is a short statement explaining the main point or most important details of presented information.
9c. Student know:
  • An effective oral presentation includes a logical sequence of main ideas that are supported by appropriate and relevant facts and details.
9d.
  • An effective speaker pronounces words clearly and speaks at a speed that is understandable by the audience.
Skills:
9. Students are able to:
  • Clearly and effectively share ideas with others through speaking.
9a.
  • Pose questions that contribute to discussions.
  • Respond to explicit questions in ways that contribute to discussions.
  • Expand on others' comments by adding additional relevant information.
9b.
  • Present a summary of information read aloud or presented in diverse formats through speaking.
9c.
  • Orally report on a topic or text.
  • Sequence ideas logically in an oral report.
  • Support main ideas with appropriate facts and relevant details in an oral report.
9d.
  • Speak clearly at an understandable rate when orally presenting information.
Understanding:
9. Students understand that:
  • They can communicate with a variety of people if they express themselves clearly.
9a.
  • Discussions should include relevant questions, answers to questions, comments, and remarks.
9b.
  • Summarizing information demonstrates understanding and can help communicate ideas with others.
9c.
  • To be an effective speaker, they must logically sequence presented ideas and include appropriate facts and relevant details to support their main points.
9d.
  • To be understood by the audience, a speaker must clearly pronounce words and speak at an understandable pace.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 5
16. Demonstrate comprehension of varied literary and informational texts by utilizing its content when discussing or writing in response to the text.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
16.
  • Comprehension
  • Literary text
  • Informational text
  • Discussing
  • Writing
  • Response
Knowledge:
16. Students know:
  • Comprehension of text can be demonstrated by referring to the text in discussions or written responses.
  • Informational text is nonfiction text, and literary text is fictional.
Skills:
16. Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate understanding of varied literary and informational text by referring to the text in discussions.
  • Demonstrate understanding of varied literary and informational text by referring to the text in written responses.
Understanding:
16. Students understand that:
  • They can show that they understood a wide variety of literary and informational text by discussing or writing about specific content from the text.
Tags: brainstorming, Comic Creator, Lisa Wheeler, math, Multigenre Mapper, Printing Press, readaloud, Sixteen Cows, solve, Stapleless Book
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