1. Be the Teacher

2. Directions: With your partner, develop 3 word problems which involve multiplying decimals by decimals. Determine a strategy to use for teaching/showing your “students” how to solve your problems.

3. What strategies? Think of strategies you’ve used to help solve multiplication of decimals problems.

4. Materials you can use: Base-ten blocks Unifix cubes Beans Graph paper Notebook paper Pencils Crayons Colored pencils Etc.

5. Create your lesson Create a presentation for your lesson using PowerPoint or Prezi. Type you 3 problems into three slides. When you present your lesson, you’ll project the problem and talk to the students about how to use your strategy to solve each problem.

6. Be the Teacher Rubric 51525 ProblemsDeveloped less than 2 problems involving the multiplication of decimals. Or developed 3 problems which did not involve the multiplication of decimals. Developed 2 problems involving the multiplication of decimals. Developed 3 problems involving the multiplication of decimals. StrategyDid not use a strategy to help solve word problems. Used a strategy to help solve word problems. PresentationPowerPoint presentation/Prezi has less than two different slides to show problems. PowerPoint presentation/Prezi has two different slides to show problems. PowerPoint presentation/Prezi has three different slides to show problems. AccuracyAccurately solved one problem. Accurately solved two problems. Accurately solved three problems.