Sequence word problems

The process is:

• The teacher says, ‘You’re going to make number families for problems that tell about Start or End and work them. Write part one on your lined paper with the letters A, B and C below. Make an addition number family arrow after each letter’, and observes students and gives feedback.
• The teacher says, ‘I’ll read problem A. Follow along and get ready to tell me the sentence that tells about getting more or less. Listen: Jan started out with some eggs. Then she gave away twenty-two eggs. Jan ended up with thirty-seven eggs. How many eggs did Jan start with? Here’s the sentence that tells about getting more or less: Then she gave away twenty-two eggs. Say the sentence that tells about getting more or less. Get ready’ and signals (auditory).
• The teacher says, ‘Raise your hand when you know if E is the big number or a small number for Jan’ and scans students. ‘What is E?’ and signals (auditory). ‘What is S?’ and signals (auditory).
• The teacher says, ‘What’s the number that tells how many more or less?’ and signals (auditory).
• The teacher says, ‘Make the family for problem A with a number and E and S’ and observes students and gives feedback.
• The teacher continues to work through the problem, guiding the students with the questions for each step.