The package comprises a series of problem solving activities and related problem solving strategies that young students can begin to apply. The package comprises:

• Two mental routines to develop student’s confidence and fluency with making an organized list or table and with spotting patterns.
• Strategy lessons and problems designed to develop strategic approaches, reasoning and to provide engaging situations for their application.
• Explicit use of the STAR model designed to help students unpack and understand what problems are asking them to find out as well as to find the important information and select a problem solving strategy that will allow them to get started on it.
• Suggestions for reflection to deepen understanding, share strategies and compare and formalize learning
  support materials in the form of interactive whiteboard (IWB) slide sequences to introduce many of the strategies and the essential vocabulary of the lessons and games.

The mental routines, problems and games in this book cover almost all aspects of the ACM for Year 4. A Planning Sheet is included that shows how the coverage is achieved.

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