MathematicsMathematical ThinkingAges 6–7

Guided Multi-Step Problem Solving

With teacher guidance, make sense of multi-step and more complex problems by planning a pathway to the solution, identifying relevant information, and choosing appropriate operations

Lesson

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Plan, solve and check a two-step problem with a helper.

Before teaching

Use this short check, then start teaching.

Activity

Inferred, not a taxonomy edge: learner can access the supplied prompt with agreed support and can explain or mark a response. If earlier skills are unfamiliar, use the prerequisite topic for teaching; an authored prerequisite is not proof this learner is ready.

Printer, credit, and teaching notes

Sequence

Keep the two adult-only cards off the learner screen. Have a pencil and scrap paper if useful; oral pointing/typing/AAC can replace handwriting unless spelling or composition is the target. No printing, cutting, account or purchase is required.
Open Show first, read the explanation together, and pause to check the central idea. Then do Guided Try together.
For Try, close earlier models and the adult keys unless the task explicitly supplies a reference. Record any hints, read-aloud help or model reopening; do not call supported work independent.
Use only the active learner card. Keep the private key closed until an attempt is recorded. Stop or take a break on request; practical claims stay not observed unless actually done.

No Printer

Use on screen; read aloud or recreate a tactile model only with declared support. No printer or purchased kit.

Privacy

Never display adult keys or dictation spellings with a learner task; no family financial, identity or conflict disclosure.

Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view.

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Plan, solve and check a two-step problem with a helper.

Family records and proof options

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Save photos, notes, and attendance. Export a proof packet for compliance or portfolio reviews.

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Learning resources

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NRICH · Practice link — not the full lesson

Primary

Open practice(new tab)

Before you open · source notes

Primary supports Guided Multi-Step Problem Solving. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.

Free educational page, no sign-in required for the tested path.

Before you open

Ask the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.

Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.

Source, access and review notes

Public NRICH page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.

NRICH. “Primary.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.

Unknown — link only

Check understanding

When given a word problem within 20 or 100, identify the known information and what needs to be found
Try a strategy (drawing, number line, known fact) and switch approach if the first attempt stalls
Check the reasonableness of an answer using estimation or a different method

“If your child works out that 3 children each get 12 sweets and ends up with 5, does your child pause and say "that doesn't seem right" rather than just writing it down?”

Curriculum record

Type: Meta
Subject: Mathematics
Domain: Mathematical Thinking
Age range: Ages 6–7

Standards

ccss-math:MP.1