Webinars SET A - Grade 1-2 - Sunday@5:45-6:45pm EST - 10 MEETINGS-Recording 2

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Lesson 2 introduces <strong>“Picture It, Solve It,”</strong> a strategy for turning word problems into simple drawings. Students are encouraged to read carefully, identify what the question asks, choose a strategy, show their work, and check their answer. Drawings should be quick and clear—not artistic—and should include important details and proportions.

The lesson applies the strategy to problems involving reflections in water, sharing nuts equally, converting between people and pairs, counting jumps, interpreting distances on a signpost, arranging people in a line, and distinguishing a seeker from children who are hiding. These examples show how a diagram can prevent mistakes caused by overlooking details or answering a different question than the one asked.

For more challenging problems, students use drawings to reason through equalizing water in two aquariums, counting tent posts, and tracking a frog climbing out of a well. For the aquarium problem, moving half the difference makes the amounts equal. For the frog problem, he escapes on day five; it’s important to account for reaching the top during the day before sliding back at night.

The key message is to read every clue carefully, use a diagram when helpful, and check that the solution answers the exact question.

Keywords

Picture It, Solve It

word problems

simple drawings

diagram strategy

reading carefully

equal sharing

reflections in water

distance signpost

aquarium problem

frog climbing out of a well