Download Weekly Problems Due Math Monday Spirit Days

Grant Math Month
Math Month has arrived! Throughout the month of January, children are being encouraged to brush up on their
problem solving skills and their basic fact practice. Attached you will find 4 grade specific math problems for your child
to solve. It is suggested that your child complete one problem each week. Every Friday during the month of January,
your child should turn in one problem solving page (due dates are at the top of each page) to their teacher. They also
can turn in a weekly fact practice sheet. Those children who participate will be eligible for “Math Monday Spirit Days”.
In order to participate in the planned events, your child must turn in the problem solving page and the basic fact practice
slip by the designated date. To be considered eligible, sufficient work must be shown on the problem solving page.
Children can write an equation (number model), draw a picture, write words to explain their thinking, make a list, draw a
table or graph, or use any other strategy that may help them be successful. Children who participate in all 4 weeks of
math month (problem solving AND fact practice) will be invited to our Math Month Celebration. Thank you for
supporting the learning that is taking place in school. Enjoy Math Month!
**If you misplace a Math Month problem solving sheet or the fact practice slips, they can be found on Mrs. Kidder’s
Webpage on the Grant Elementary School website.
Weekly Problems Due
Math Monday Spirit Days
Week # 1:
January 9th
Week # 1:
Monday, January 12th/Slipper Day
Week # 2:
January 16th
Week # 2:
Tuesday, January 20th/Stuffed Animal Day
Week # 3:
January 22rd
Week # 3:
Monday, January 26th/Junk Food Snack Day
Week # 4:
January 30th
Week # 4:
Monday, February 2nd/Math Month Celebration
*Please note the following changes:
There is no school on Monday the 19th or Friday the 23rd
The Four Steps to Problem
Solving…
1.
2.
3.
4.
Understand
Plan
Work
Look back
4 Steps to Problem Solving
“How to Solve it,” George Polya (1945)
1. UNDERSTANDTHE PROBLEM
 Can you state the problem in your own words?
 What are you trying to find or do?
 What are the unknowns?
 What information do you obtain from the problem?
 What information, if any, is missing or not needed?
2. DEVISE A PLAN
 Look for a pattern.
 Examine related problems, and determine if the same technique can be applied.
 Examine a simpler or special case of the problem to gain insight into the solution of the
original problem.
 Make a table.
 Make a diagram.
 Write an equation.
 Use guess and check.
 Work backward.
 Make a model/picture to represent the problem.
3. CARRY OUT THE PLAN
 Implement the strategy or strategies in step 2, and perform any necessary actions or
computations.
 Check each step of the plan as you proceed. This may be intuitive checking or formal
calculations.
 Keep an accurate record of your work.
4. LOOK BACK
 Check the results in the original problem.
 Interpret the solution in terms of the original problem. Does your answer make sense?
Is it reasonable?
 Determine whether there is another method of finding the solution.
 If possible, determine other related or more general problems for which the techniques
will work.
 *Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of your method.
Name: _____________________________________ Grade: THIRD
Teacher: ___________________________________ Due Date: 1/9/13
Solve the Problem. Try your hardest. Show your work. Don’t give up!
GO TIGERS!
The price of a Detroit Tiger hat and t-shirt
is $32. If you get two hats and three shirts,
the total price would be $86. What is the
price of one hat and one shirt?
Name: _____________________________________ Grade: THIRD
Teacher: ___________________________________ Due Date: 1/16/15
Solve the Problem. Try your hardest. Show your work. Don’t give up!
Shovel, Shovel, Shovel!!
Enough snow! All of the melting snow is causing damage to
Dr. Richmond’s house. She needs to hire people to shovel
off her deck.
Doctor Richmond says when the job is completed to her
satisfaction, she will pay $48 to the shovelers to share as
they see fair.
If there are 3 decks and 6 shovelers (Maloy, Shawn, Jesse, Tanner, Bradley and
Hadley), how should the work and money be shared?
The deck sizes:
Deck A – Half the size of deck B
Deck B – 80 square feet
Deck C – 120 square feet
Name: _____________________________________ Grade: THIRD
Teacher: ___________________________________ Due Date: 1/22/15
Solve the Problem. Try your hardest. Show your work. Don’t give up!
Name: _____________________________________ Grade: THIRD
Teacher: ___________________________________ Due Date: 1/30/15
Solve the Problem. Try your hardest. Show your work. Don’t give up!