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Free Grade 2 lessons for Introducing Core Notation: Problem Solving. A taught sequence with modelling and checks for understanding. Introducing Core Notation: Problem Solving is a chapter within Core Notation: Problem Solving: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
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- UnderstandExplain introducing core notation: problem solving
Explain introducing core notation: problem solving accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate introducing core notation: problem solving
Calculate introducing core notation: problem solving accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare introducing core notation: problem solving
Compare introducing core notation: problem solving accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- EvaluateJustify introducing core notation: problem solving
Justify introducing core notation: problem solving accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
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How Introducing Core Notation: Problem Solving works
Introducing Core Notation: Problem Solving is a chapter within Core Notation: Problem Solving: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
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- Read the problem and name what Introducing Core Notation: Problem Solving is being used for.
- Set out the method exactly as modelled in the lesson.
- Complete the calculation or reasoning step by step.
- Check the answer against an estimate or the original condition.
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- Read the problem and name what Introducing Core Notation: Problem Solving is being used for.
- Set out the method exactly as modelled in the lesson.
- Complete the calculation or reasoning step by step.
- Check the answer against an estimate or the original condition.
Apply Introducing Core Notation: Problem Solving in a unfamiliar context.
- Read the problem and name what Introducing Core Notation: Problem Solving is being used for.
- Set out the method exactly as modelled in the lesson.
- Complete the calculation or reasoning step by step.
- Check the answer against an estimate or the original condition.
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Learners over-generalise a special case of introducing core notation: problem solving to every situation.
Correction: Present a deliberate non-example and ask why the rule fails.
Students treat introducing core notation: problem solving as a rule to memorise rather than a relationship to understand.
Correction: Anchor the rule in a visual model first, then abstract it — the model is the explanation.
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- Start with Core Notation: Methods. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Working with Core Notation: Problem Solving, Core Notation: Problem Solving in Context, Core Notation: Building Blocks, Core Notation: Methods, which build directly on this idea.
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