Strategies to try:
1) Read the problem out loud.
2) Write down all the information you do know and draw a picture.
3) Look back at the Investigation in the book, the work done in class, and your reflections that relate to the homework.
4) Refer back to notes or vocabulary in your notebook, or on this blog related to the problem.
5) Do as much of the problem as you can and then seek help from others:
• Call a classmate.
• Ask for help from an adult or sibling at home.
• If the homework is not due the following day, I am more than happy to answer your questions the next day before school, during class, at lunch, or after school.
6) If you have followed all of steps 1-5 above and the homework is due the next day, you need to:
• Write down everything you know about the problem and draw a picture, if applicable (step 2 above).
• Include AT LEAST 3 sentences explaining why you can’t complete the problem or what it is you don’t understand.
Example:
I know the distance across the circle is ½ mile. I need to find out how far it is around the track, so I need to find the circumference. I don’t know how to use the diameter of ½ to find the circumference because……..
