Description
eBook Order #: RHP1509
Print Book Order #: RH1509
ISBN13: 978-0-22832-223-8
Grades: K-2
Reading Level: K-2
Total Pages: 95
Author: Joan Westley and Kelly Stewart
Build comprehension skills and teach vocabulary with these clever word problems.
Students listen carefully, visualize, then solve the problem using different strategies. Word problems are a terrific way to build comprehension skills. Teachers have long recognized that when students solve word problems, their biggest stumbling block is often not the math computation but understanding the problem. Learning to understand problems should begin early, as young as kindergarten.
Word Problem of the Day is a unique approach to problem solving because it presents problems that focus on language skills rather than on math skills. The problems follow the typical word problem format, but children need only the most rudimentary math skills to solve them. Unlike many word problems in math texts, students must really listen to the wording of these problems in order to solve them. Simply taking the numbers and performing the operation that they are studying is not sufficient. The focus is exclusively on making meaning from the story. Students must pay careful attention to details, visualize the situation, and solve the problem.