This week in P6b we have been focusing on problem solving and developing our growth mindset.  Our new class motto is “have a go!“.

We learned about all 11 problem solving strategies. – T

The Problem Solving Strategies

• Work backwards
• Make a model
• Reason logically
• Guess, check and improve
• Try a simpler case
• Act it out
• Draw a picture or diagram
• Look for a pattern
• Work together
• Make a conclusion
• Produce an organised table or list

We played a game called the Oscars Awards. We numbered 9 people from 1-9 with whiteboards.  They had to move themselves into 3 groups of 3 that totalled 15, then 14, 15 and 16, then 12, 15 and 18.  We used guess, check and improve, work together and act it out. – S

We were learning about all the strategies but we focused more on guess, check and improve.  We completed word problems and played guess the number. – S

Guess the number game: Miss McNeil thought of a number between 1 and 1000 and the class worked in groups to create a question to guess the number.  The first time we guessed it in 14 questions and the second time we guessed it in 7 questions.  We used guess, check and improve, reason logically and work together to solve the problem. – L