A Word Problem A Day

Ahh word problems...

You know your kiddos need to be able to tackle them. They'll pop up in daily work and state tests and... daily life...

Doesn't it seem like the kids who get them just get them and the kids who don't are doomed to struggle with them for the rest of their lives? Well, it doesn't have to be that way. Here's a way to make word problems a part of your daily math routine and not so scary.

Each set includes 20 individual word problems that can be used as a warm up, math center, early finisher activity, or a short daily homework. You can keep them as individual sheets (3 come on a page to conserve paper). Or you could copy them into little booklets and let students work through them page by page. They're pretty versatile.

So far I've made two sets,

• Basic Addition and Subtraction - which uses 2-3 numbers with digits up to 30
• Place Value up to 6 digits

Even as a 3rd grade teacher I use the Basic Addition and Subtraction set to introduce word problems using C.U.B.E.S. as a process. It's always nice to teach a new procedure using simpler math, so that when the math gets trickier the kids already know the process.

I'm hoping to work on larger addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and all kinds of other math topics in the near future, so stay tuned! -Interventionista