The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs IV: FREE MATH LESSON - “Distance Learning 4th Grade Pattern Analysis Digital Word Problem Task Cards”

by Core Inspiration by Laura Santos
4th Grade

The 9 digital math word problem solving task cards included in this resource are designed to help 4th grade students exercise multi-step math problem solving, reasoning, critical thinking, and precise math modeling skills. They are formatted on Google Slides, and ready for you to add as an assignment to Google Classroom, making them the perfect resource for distance learning.

The focus of the tasks in this collection is on fourth grade generating and analyzing patterns concepts. While solving these complex word problems, students will practice their ability to:

Generate number patterns that follow a given rule.
Analyze patterns to identify the rule for the pattern.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED:

★ 4 Digital Making Meaning Task Cards: These tasks require students to apply 4th grade math skills to solve complex word problems using precise math models.

★ 2 Digital Challenge Task Cards: These tasks are designed to provide enrichment opportunities to students who have mastered the math concepts you’ve introduced during your generating and analyzing patterns unit. Each task requires critical thinking and the ability to apply 4th grade pattern generation and analysis skills to solve more advanced and complex problems.

★ 3 Digital Transfer Task Cards: These tasks are designed for students who are ready to demonstrate their mastery of 4th grade pattern generation and analysis through carefully-crafted summative assessment problems. Each of these higher-order tasks requires students to evaluate, design, analyze, make connections, or find patterns while problem solving.

★ 2 Completed Task Card Samples: These completed samples feature Task 1 from the Fourth Grade Addition and Subtraction Word Problem Solving Task Card Collection and can be used to set work quality expectations for your students as they familiarize themselves with these digital task cards. Sample 1 models how to use the “Simple Solution” recording sheet format, and Sample 2 models how to use the “Solution with Explanation” recording sheet format.

★ Answer Key: Scoring these complex word problems in easier than ever with a quick-reference answer key for every task.

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PEDAGOGY:

Multi-step word problems are one of the greatest challenges for many students. We should be providing students with daily opportunities to tackle complex word problems in the classroom so they can truly master this challenging skill.

These math problem solving tasks are carefully crafted so students routinely practice their ability to:

★ Carefully analyze what math skills are required to find a solution.

★ Create detailed math models that show their math reasoning.

★ Record their solution in a complete sentence.

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DESIGNED TO FIT YOUR MATH BLOCK:

Now you can easily give your students more practice solving complex word problems without having to prep your own for each unit. Here are a few ways you can use these task cards as an instructional tool in your classroom:

★ Guided practice during small group work

★ Step-by-step modeling during mini lessons

★ Guided math conversations with parent volunteers, teacher’s aides, or teacher

★ Independent practice during math workshop, guided math, math centers, or Daily 3

★ Word problem solving station during math centers

★ Formative assessment tool throughout math units

★ Summative assessment tool at the end of math units (Transfer Tasks are designed specifically for this purpose)

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DIFFERENTIATION & RIGOR MADE EASY:

This collection of task cards includes features that make it easy for you to differentiate problem solving your students.

★ Three Task Card Types: With three types of task cards to choose from, your students will participate in rigorous problem solving opportunities that meet them at their current level of understanding.

Making Meaning Tasks are designed for students who are working to apply and master fourth grade pattern generation and analysis math concepts. (4 included)
Challenge Tasks are designed for students who are ready to take their learning to the next level and tackle more advanced, complex word problems. (2 included)
Transfer Tasks are designed for students who are ready to demonstrate their mastery of a standard through carefully-crafted summative assessment problems. Each of these higher-order tasks requires students to evaluate, design, analyze, make connections, or find patterns while problem solving. (3 included)

★ Two Recording Sheet Formats: No matter what type of task card your students are solving, they can use the unique problem solving recording sheets included in this resource. The two formats include:

A sheet with a beginner problem solving process checklist.
A sheet with an advanced problem solving process checklist.

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SAVING TIME:

You will have no shortage of quality word problems this school year. Rather than crafting your own word problems, or piecing together the most rigorous problems from your math files, you can simply upload these task cards to your Google Classroom and rest easy knowing you have a collection of standards-aligned problem solving tasks that were crafted with rigor and creativity in mind. In addition to your ready-to-print tasks, you will also receive a quick-reference answer keys make scoring these complex word problems in easier than ever.

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