Word problems

Ok so I think I am understanding the word problems now. I was very wrong on my first attempt at ordering those problems. I thought for sure the problems that start with "some" would be at the very end of the framework. After we got the row names it was a easier and I realized that these problems were higher up, but I was still wrong on the last row which is comparing. I knew that 3 was the hardest, I at least had that right. But the others I was wrong. It is so hard to think like a child and try to use the manipulatives like they would. Once I understood how a child would do it I understood why they were ordered the way they were. Doing this framework was really interesting and eye opening, I never thought to examine a word problem that in depth. I plan on holding on to this framework and and implementing it in the classroom. It will be easy for me to examine word problems, assess students by going through the framework, and write my own word problems. I already got a taste of writing my own using this framework. I used Spongebob and Patrick from the Nickelodeon show and they had jellyfish. By changing names and numbers in the problems you can easily get new ones. I am looking forward to more work in this class and more of trying to think like a child, I know this will help me to understand my students better.