Lesson Plans SET A for Grades 3-4-PDF Lesson 4- Level 3-4- Make a Table- Teacher file

PDF Lesson 4- Level 3-4- Make a Table- Teacher file

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Lesson 4, "Making a Table," from the Math Kangaroo Class for Level 3-4, is designed to teach students the strategy of using tables for problem-solving. The lesson focuses on organizing data efficiently, enabling detection of patterns, and simplifying complex information into accessible formats. The session includes a warm-up exercise, instructional activities, problem-solving segments, and a wrap-up discussion.<br /><br />In this class, students learn a four-step problem-solving approach:<br />1. **Understand the problem**: Comprehend the question being asked.<br />2. **Plan**: Develop a strategy to solve the problem.<br />3. **Carry out the plan**: Execute calculations or organize thoughts systematically.<br />4. **Look back**: Verify if the solution makes sense and matches the question.<br /><br />Specific problems are used to illustrate the utility of tables. For instance:<br />- **Berry Picking Problem**: Students discover how organizing data in a table can track Kasia's increasing contributions of berries over five days.<br />- **Product and Sum of Digits**: A table helps determine which number has a product of digits greater than the sum.<br />- **Snail in a Well Problem**: Using a table helps track progress in a sequence of actions involving ascent and descent each day.<br />- **Kangaroo’s Weight Change Problem**: Solving backward, tables chronicle seasonal weight fluctuations over years.<br /><br />Additional exercises involve calculating how many cabbages Peter Rabbit eats, finding the number of lambs at an animal school, or determining cookies baked over specific days. The lesson concludes with an exit ticket and Genius Hour, where students present their written problem drafts for feedback, honing their problem-constructing skills.<br /><br />The lesson aims to engrain the making of tables as an efficient strategy for organizing, analyzing, and simplifying problem data across various types of questions.

Keywords

Math Kangaroo

Level 3-4

problem-solving

tables

data organization

patterns

Berry Picking Problem

Snail in a Well

Kangaroo's Weight

Genius Hour