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What If We Changed the Book? Problem-Posing with Sixteen Cows
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| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Two 50-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan |
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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sixteen Cows by Lisa Wheeler or another selected book for problem posing
- Problem Posing with Sixteen Cows
- Teacher Talk for Problem-Posing Extensions
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 10 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
This interactive invites students to create original multigenre, multimodal works--one drawing and three written texts--making the tool flexible for multiple writing activities.
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The Stapleless Book can be used for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating vocabulary booklets . . . the possibilities are endless!
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on).
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers.
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PREPARATION
- Select and acquire problem-posing book to read to the class. This lesson uses the book Sixteen Cows. See the booklist for other options.
- Review the chart of “what-if” extensions for Sixteen Cows so that you are familiar with some of the possible mathematical extensions.
- Review Teacher Talk handout for examples of guiding questions.
- Make copies of blank chart, chart of observations and extensions.
- Test the Comic Creator interactive, ReadWriteThink Printing Press, Stapleless Book interactive, and Multigenre Mapper on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.