The students in Mrs. Heiberg’s 3rd grade class at Springfield Park worked on solving multi-step word problems using the ShowMe app on the iPads. We did one sample together and then the students found a partner to work with and selected a word problem at random. I used word problems from these sites:

Click to access 3rdgrademultistepproblems.pdf

Click to access twostepwordproblemssetset2.pdf

After reading their problem several times, the students worked out the problem using this worksheet as a planning guide.
ProblemSolvingFrameTemplate.pdf

Once the planning form was completed, students were able to get an iPad and use the ShowMe app to explain and show how they solved the problem. Check out this example!