Six Guiding Questions

Six Guiding Questions

1.    What is the problem asking?

2.    Does the problem ask you to find a total or part of a total?  Are they joined or separated?

3.    Can you record the problem in a number sentence?

4.    Can you solve the problem?

5.    Does your solution make sense?

6.    How can you verify your solution? 

Six Guiding Questions

1.   What is the problem asking?

2.  Does the problem ask you to find a total or part of a total?  Are they joined or separated?

3.  Can you record the problem in a number sentence?

4.  Can you solve the problem?

5.  Does your solution make sense?

6.  How can you verify your solution? 

Before and After

Circle the number that comes before 7.

5                                                                                         13

Circle the number that comes after 8.

3                                                                                         16

Circle the number that comes after 5.

2                                                                                         8

Circle the number that comes before 5.

2                                                                                         8

Circle the number that comes before 11.

9                                                                                         12

9     – 1

8     + 2

3      +1

5       -2