Establish a classroom atmosphere that celebrates the sharing of learning. Have opportunity for students to practice new learnings. Make student learning available to the larger community, i.e. books students write are shared with other classes, students report in school paper, student work is displayed at school, etc.

Share problems and solution cards with each other.

Objective: To share what has been learned with others.

Activity: Students share word problems with other groups. Group solution cards are compared as each group tries to solve the other equations.

Assessment: Quality of completed problems and equations.