CGI Addition and Subtraction Word Problems – Differentiated CGI Story Problems

Description

Addition and subtraction word problems are such a critical part of developing problem solving skills–but they aren’t easy for many students. CGI, or ‘Cognitively Guided Instruction,’ is a problem-solving philosophy you may already be familiar with—especially if you’ve read about research on how children acquire mathematical understanding. If it’s new to you, I highly recommend digging in a bit—it’s truly fascinating!

The work is so thorough and well respected that the writers of the CCSS have chosen to base a good part of the standards on it! In fact, if you have not spent time looking at the tables in the glossary (pages 88-89), I would recommend it as the CCSS for grades 1-4 refer directly to them.

This bundled resource is designed to help teachers provide students with quality problems to help them navigate all the addition and subtraction CGI problem types. Because students come to the table with a variety of skills, each problem has 3 different “select a size” number choices to help make the problem a perfect fit!

Rather than having to find different problems for your different levels, you can teach the different problem types and the differentiated numbers are right on the page!

What is included?

• Real photos and teaching tips and suggestions
• A “teach me” problem to use whole-class to model each of the 6 problem types. Customize them by writing your student names in the blanks!
• 6 quality problems for all different problem types—all CCSS aligned
• 3 levels of challenge per problem
• Problems available with 6 of the same problem per page AND on sheets with 6 different problems per page
• Full answer key
• Blank forms to use for independent work or as assessments (use this for ANY of the problems included…students can use it for independent work or for you to collect as an assessment of their problem solving and/or to show their written explanations..)
• 2 assessment forms!

I hope you enjoy using this resource to help improve problem solving with your students! Problem solving is more than just adding two numbers–it is THINKING.. .and this resource can help!

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Looking for all my CGI “Select-a-Size” problems?

Addition and Subtraction CGI bundle

Addition Only CGI Problems

Subtraction Only CGI Problems

Multiplication and Division CGI Problems

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NOTE! This is a bundle of my Select-a-Size Addition and Select-a-Size Subtraction resources available together at a greatly reduced price. If you own either set, please don’t purchase this as it will be a duplicate.

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Want to see some other word problem resources? Here is just a sampling of the many resources in my store!

Multi-Step Word Problems for Grades 3/4

Word Problem Bundled Set for Grades 4/5

Word Problem Bundled Set for Grades 3/4

Back to School Word Problems

Seasonal Word Problem bundle (individual sets also available)

“Amazing Facts” Task Card Bundle (individual sets also available)

CGI Word Problem Bundle (individual sets also available)

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All rights reserved by ©The Teacher Studio. Purchase of this problem set entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce the pages in limited quantities for single classroom use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or commercial purposes is strictly forbidden without written permission from the author at fourthgradestudio@gmail.com. Additional licenses are available at a reduced price.