Math Problem Solving for 3rd Grade
Math Problem Solving for 3rd Grade
LEARNING SESSION
I. INFORMATION DATA
ANTES DE LA SESIÓN
What do we need to do before the What resources or materials will be used in this
session? session?
Organization of students Educational materials and resources
Draft on paper the two problems to be solved. Paper drafts with the problems to be solved in the session.
during the session. Paper, notebook, colors, markers, and adhesive tape.
List the Base Ten material, abacuses, and strips of paper from Base Ten material and abacuses.
different Strips of paper of different sizes.
sizes, for each team.
TIME : Approximately 90 minutes
START Approximate time: 15 minutes
I gather previous knowledge. For this, propose a subtraction where an exchange must be made.
in the tens. Then, I ask a volunteer to solve it and explain how they proceeded with the solution.
If necessary, I provide further details or ask questions to the students about the process shown.
Comunica el propósito de la sesión:hoy resolverán problemas en los que apliquen la sustracción de números
of three digits, making exchanges in the hundreds and tens.
Remind the students of the rules of coexistence that will allow them to work in a favorable environment.
Rules of coexistence
Respect the turn of your colleagues.
Use the materials in an orderly and careful manner.
JOSÉ MARÍA ARGUEDAS
In the Túpac Amaru community, 314 liters of milk are produced every
day to make cheese and prepare yogurt. If they use 189 liters for
prepare yogurt, how many liters of milk do you use to make cheese?
I ask the students to read the problem in pairs and then explain it in their own words,
to their partner what they understood.
Ensure understanding of the problem through these questions: what is produced in the
Túpac Amaru community?, how many liters of milk do they produce each day?, what do they prepare with the
milk?, how many liters of milk do you use for the preparation of yogurt?, how many liters of milk do you use
What is needed to find out for the production of cheese?
I organize the students into teams of four members and indicate that they will proceed to the resolution.
of the problem.
Promote the search for strategies through questions such as the following: how
we will be able to know the amount of liters of milk that the Túpac Amaru community uses to produce
{"cheese?":"cheese?","have you ever solved a similar problem?":"have you ever solved a similar problem?","how did you do it?":"how did you do it?","how could I help you?":"how could I help you?"}
esa experiencia en la resolución de este problema?; ¿qué podemos hacer con las tiras de papel?
I listen to their proposals and write them on the board.
I instruct the students to use the strips of paper to represent the amounts presented in the
problem and then make their graphical representation. For example:
Total de litros de leche: 314
Litros usados para preparar yogur: 189 Liters used to make cheese: ?
Liters used for
I ask some questions: what operation will we perform?, why?; how can we do it?
stay? I listen to their ideas and then suggest to some groups the use of Base Ten material and to others the
use of the abacus.
I remind the students of the agreed-upon coexistence rules. In order to reinforce the importance of
I suggest that you establish shifts for the use of the materials so that everyone has the
opportunity to use them.
I accompany the students in the process.
of resolution: I observe how they represent the
subtraction and the strategies that put in
practice to solve it, since they must
make exchanges, both of tens as well as
units.
314–189
We represent 314
We point out the answer to the posed problem: '115 ceramics were sold.'
I indicate that, individually, they think of another way to solve the problem, write it in their notebook and,
then, share it with a colleague.
I monitor the resolution process and pay attention to the strategies they use.
I point out the boys and girls who represent the problem using strips of paper of different sizes and
indicate the proposed amounts in this.
Total de litros de leche: 243
They remained: 128 Were sold: ?
I consider other ways to solve the problem, especially those proposed by the students,
example, continue filling in from 128 to reach 243:
128 + 100 = 228
228 + 10 = 238
238 + 5 = 243
It is then: 100 + 10 + 5 = 115.
I encourage the students to verify what has been done using the abacus.
JOSÉ MARÍA ARGUEDAS
We represent the
minuendo: 243
We exchange 1
ten by 10
units
We subtract: we remove
2 dozens
What did the students achieve in this session? What difficulties were observed during learning and
the teaching?
JOSÉ MARÍA ARGUEDAS
Annex 1
Third Grade
Checklist
Competence: 'Solves quantity problems'
No Name and surnames of the Use estimation and calculation strategies and procedures.