Every year, one of our biggest struggles is problem solving skills. Word problems are intimidating for a lot of students. My kids always struggle with knowing what to do or where to start. This year, I made a poster with some key words for my students. I used math operation symbols and inside of each typed words that help indicate which operation to use. My hope is that it will be a starting point for them as they develop these skills. I copied the poster for my kids and they cut in apart and glued the images into their composition book. We included an example problem with each image.
All of the reading in word problems is an immediate problem for students. They see all the reading and automatically shut down. I hope that having a few strategies will make them less intimidating from the start.
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