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 ** Figure it Out **


 * In this four-week unit, students have the opportunity read classic and contemporary mysteries, make sense of nonsense poems, and solve riddles and math problems. **

Students delve deeply into language and vocabulary specific to mysteries and problem solving. They examine how understanding these words is key to uncovering connections made in texts. Students are asked to articulate their basis for predictions, describe why and when they revise those predictions, and share the strategies they use to solve a variety of problems. Divergent approaches to similar problems are encouraged, followed by analysis of why students chose a particular strategy. In the culminating activity for this unit, students write an informative/explanatory essay in response to the essential question.

Essential Question: How do strategies for solving math problems compare with strategies for solving?

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