Guided Math Questions
Cut out each shape, laminate, and glue (hot glue is
preferred) on to a craft stick. During small group
math instruction, students pull one stick and
answer the question that is on the shape.
How do you know
whether this is addition
How did you get
or subtraction? What
your answer?
are the key words?
Explain.
Create a picture
Create your own
to illustrate your
problem using
problem.
different numbers.
What strategies
What do you
could you use to
predict the
solve this
problem?
answer will be?
Can you make
Teach me how
a model to
to solve this
show your
problem.
answer?
Is there another
way to solve this
problem?
How can the collection,
organization,
interpretation, and
display of data be used
to answer this question?
Can measurement
How do we
be used to solve
break the
this problem?
number apart
into tens and
ones?
Create a related
number sentence
for this problem.
(Fact Families)
What strategies can
you use to figure
out how much or
Do you see a
pattern?
Explain the
pattern.
Can you explain
your answer in
how many you
a different
have?
way?
THANK YOU!
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© Kate Giella 2012