Lesson 15
Different Types of Story Problems
Lesson Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is for students to solve a variety of story problems and write equations that match each problem.
Lesson Narrative
The work of this lesson connects to previous lessons in which students solved Put Together/Take Apart story problems with unknowns in different positions and Compare, Difference Unknown story problems in a way that makes sense to them. They considered addition and subtraction equations that match the same story problem. In this lesson, students solve a variety of story problem types and write equations to match them. Students are encouraged, but not required, to write more than one equation for each story problem.
- Action and Expression
- MLR8
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Solve a variety of types of story problems.
- Write addition and subtraction equations to represent story problems.
Student Facing
- Let’s solve story problems and write equations to match.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Required Preparation
Activity 3:
- Gather materials from previous centers:
- Capture Squares, Stage 1
- Shake and Spill, Stages 3 and 4
- What's Behind My Back, Stage 2
Lesson Timeline
| Warm-up | 10 min |
| Activity 1 | 10 min |
| Activity 2 | 15 min |
| Activity 3 | 15 min |
| Lesson Synthesis | 10 min |
| Cool-down | 0 min |
Teacher Reflection Questions
What part of the lesson went really well today in terms of students learning? What did you do that made that part go well?