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Summertime Math Stories

Give your students the resources they need to solve word problems with this math lesson. Your class will learn how to categorize important keywords using a WIKED map, a visual tool that helps them through the problem-solving process.
Grade:
Second Grade
Subjects:
Math
Addition
Subtraction
Addition Fact Fluency
Subtraction Fact Fluency
Addition Word Problems
Subtraction Word Problems
View aligned standards
2.OA.A.1

Learning Objectives

Students will learn to locate and interpret important keywords when solving for a missing variable in a given world problem. They will learn to use the WIKED map as a solving strategy for word problems containing a missing variable.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  1. Begin the lesson by asking students an essential question, to gauge their prior knowledge of word problem strategies. One example is: What word problem solving strategies do you know?
  2. Invite students to answer as a class, or have them turn to a class partner for think-pair-share.
  3. Discuss answers as a whole group.