2nd Grade Task: Tall Order

Essential and guiding questions:

Can you write your equation a different way?
Can you rewrite your equation from addition to subtraction or subtraction to addition?
How do you know?
How could you write your equation without using an unknown? Can you draw a new picture to represent this equation?
What if Carla had another sister that is 58 inches tall? How does that change the order?
What if Carla grew 8 inches over the next few years? Will she be taller, shorter, or the same height as her sister (if she does not grow at all)? Explain.

Blooms taxonomy level:

Understanding

Differentiation suggestions:

If sudents cannot get started. . . .

Assessing Questions:

What is the question asking you? What two numbers are you going to be working with?
What two numbers are you working with now? What will you do with those two numbers? Draw a picture to help you.
How tall is everyone in Carla’s family? How could you put those in order? Draw a picture.
What two numbers are you comparing? Which symbol will you use to so that your comparison is true?

Extension suggestions:

If students finish early . .

Assessing Questions

How did you find out how tall Carla and her father are? Explain your method to a classmate.
How do you know what order to put Carla’s family in? What picture did you draw and why?

Advancing Questions

What if Carla’s mom was only 55 inches tall?
How would that change Carla’s height and her dad’s height? How would that change the order from tallest to shortest in Carla’s family?

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