They create drawings to illustrate their math stories. Students who are ready may write a math sentence to match their story. Use manipulatives to represent their stories. Discuss the action taking place in their stories. Use combination boards to represent the action of the story.
Students illustrate their real-world math stories and take turns sharing their work with others.
Make a class booklet or slide show of illustrated real-world math experiences. Use students' problems to teach the components of a math story problem. Data given 2. Question asked that can be answered with data given. Practice writing or dictating addition and subtractions stories and writing number sentences to match the stories based on students' own experiences.