MAS+-+Beth+Doran

 This is a story problems unit plan for 6th - 8th grade SPED students on their functional and academic level of 3rd grade. This unit was co-planned with Justine Bachrach 7th/8th grade SPED teacher. We combined the classes to teach the unit so that there was a larger group (7 students) to work with and there were two teachers to provide direct instruction and modeling. Our student samples will be taken from both Ms. Bachrach's pbworks page and my pbworks page.

 The Web 2.0 tools our students will be using are Google docs and pbworks. Students will use Google Doc by accessing the spreadsheet through their school email, to solve story problems using the 5 step strategy and the pbworks web site will be used to create and solve story problems, participate in the survey, and upload mnemonic devices.



Pre- and Post Test


 Students will take the pre- and post-test to determine their prior knowledge and their final understanding of solving story problems. The samples chosen below were chosen based upon the individual student's ability (as related to his or her disability) and the students' IEP goals.







*Please view the pbworks site to see student- created story problems, student-solved story problems, and mnemonic devices.  ** *To view the pbworks website, please go to **  **Doran pbworks** with the username: evaluator1 password: mas  or Bachrach pbworks with the username: evaluator password: mas

=Solving Student Story Problems=

**When viewing these student samples, you will need to go back and forth between Doran pbworks and Bachrach pbworks.**



<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The students were asked to view the other students' web pages (both <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Doran pbworks** and Bachrach pbworks ) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">and solve the problems that were posted. The students did well with this activity.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Dominique

username: evaluator password: mas

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Makayla

username: evaluator password: mas

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Damain

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> username: evaluator1 password: mas

=Student Created Story Problems=

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**When viewing these student samples, you will need** **to go back and forth between** **Doran pbworks** **and** Bachrach pbworks**.**

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The students were to use the story problem key words used in this unit to create their own story problem. Students were assigned operations and given assistance according to their ability.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Dominique

username: evaluator password: mas

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Makayla

username: evaluator password: mas

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Kentrell

username: evaluator password: mas

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Google Docs Word Problems
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students were to solve these problems in the spreadsheet, using the 5 step strategy. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> These 3 problems were evaluated by the percentage at which the entire class correctly finished the problem.

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=Pre- and Post-Surveys=

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students participated in a pre- and post-survey to determine their feelings towards story problem before the unit and then after the unit.

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