Ya'll. Two step word problems are hard. Just hard. No matter what you do, they intimidate kids SO MUCH!
I love a good room transformation to encourage my kids with hard content! I just feel like a broken record...'What's the first step?"..."What are they asking us first?"..."What are the two operations we're using?"
You know it's bad when you actually get tired of hearing your own self say it! So..
OPERATION TIME!
This activity is so easy to set up. I hung blue tablecloths from the ceiling and created "operating rooms". I played ER sounds on the Promethean Board. My student teacher and I dressed as doctors and made the students badges. I asked for donations of gloves and face masks to where during operations. I created patient charts for the word problems. I just typed in problems from our math unit.
Anchor chart holder turned IV/ blood transfusion holder! :) My O+ needed a little more food coloring!
The students were super engaged through this lesson! They still struggle with these problems, but they are getting better every day! I hope you can use this in your classroom!
Happy operating!!
