Problems Solvers at Work

Earlier this month we completed our first of hopefully many math exchanges.  We'd been learning about addition and subtraction, as well as using these operations to help us solve math word problems.  Students worked together in small groups to create word problems together.  Then they used the draw a picture strategy and wrote the number sentence that would solve the problem.  But, we stepped it up a notch and turned this into a collaborative global project and worked with Mrs. Goodwin's students in Indiana.  During our first Skype session, her second graders shared their problems.  During the second Skype session, our classes shared our created problems.  During each call all students worked to solve the problems on their dry erase boards.  Finally, a student shared the solution with the other class.