Students worked together to solve an open-ended problem about sharing cookies.
In this French Immersion class, students were asked to solve a problem in groups of three:
“There are six cookies for the three of you. Saha’s mom said he can only have one cookie. How will you share all the cookies so it’s fair?”
Students were asked to represent their thinking in any way they chose.
The video shows how students used a variety of ways to solve an open-ended problem about sharing cookies.
In the first two clips, the group shows how they have organized their thinking in a table. (They were not guided to make a table.) They presented their work first in French, then in English.
M explains that she and A will be able to eat two cookies today and S will only get to eat one cookie, but he will get a second cookie tomorrow. This shows that they are able to think beyond the present time. They illustrated their solution by drawing an arrow and a cookie and “demain” for tomorrow.
I can use evidence to make simple judgments.
I can ask questions, make predictions, and use my senses to gather information. I can explore with a purpose in mind and use what I learn. I can tell or show something about my thinking. I can contribute to and use simple criteria. I can find some evidence and make judgments.