Word Problem Posters

Instead of using dull, meaningless word problems in the style of a sadly named individual buying 40 watermelons and eating 15.. Why not make a poster with sticky notes using the children's ideas to make word problems for the area of operation they are looking at. 

My example is ocean life, all the children need to do is think of a topic that interests them or draw on something they may have learnt in HSIE or Science and invent relevant word problems for their sums. 

They highlight the information that will help them do the operation eg 4 had 3 baby octopuses each, how many altogether? Then they show their working under the sticky note.