Performance Indicator - MST3.1.PS.1:
Students explore, examine, and make observations about a social problem or mathematical situation.

Performance Indicator - MST3.1.PS.2:
Students interpret information correctly, identify the problem, and generate possible solutions.

Performance Indicator - MST3.1.PS.3:
Students act out or model with manipulatives activities involving mathematical content from literature and/or story telling.

Performance Indicator - MST3.1.PS.4:
Students formulate problems and solutions from everyday situations (e.g., counting the number of children in the class or using the calendar to teach counting.)

Performance Indicator - MST3.1.PS.5:
Students use informal counting strategies to find solutions.

Performance Indicator - MST3.1.PS.6:
Students experience teacher-directed questioning process to understand problems.

Performance Indicator - MST3.1.PS.7:
Students compare and discuss ideas for solving a problem, with the teacher and/or students, to justify their thinking.

Performance Indicator - MST3.1.PS.8:
Students use manipulatives (e.g., tiles, blocks) to model the action in problems.

Performance Indicator - MST3.1.PS.9:
Students use drawings/pictures to model the action in problems.

Performance Indicator - MST3.1.PS.10:
Students explain to others how a problem was solved, giving strategies and justifications.