This supplementary worktext series teaches math students how to solve the kinds of word problems found on today’s standardized and proficiency tests. Based on current research, Math Story Problems provides carefully sequenced instruction in the process, skills, and strategies that successful problem solvers use. Each 8-1/2" x 11" book is 96-pages with a 4-color cover and 2-color interior. A separate 16 to 24-page teacher’s guide for each title provides teaching notes and an answer key. Lessons are two-page spreads with instruction and worked out examples in the upper left. The exercises that follow the instruction provide guided and independent practice. To ensure steady progress between the levels each book is consistently organized based on a 2-part format. In Part 1 of each worktext students learn the four-step process of problem solving and practice related skills. In Part 2, students learn and practice specific problem-solving strategies. SKILLS:
Skimming & scanning
Separating details from the main idea
Recognizing too little or too much information
Understanding the question being asked
Sorting information
Eliminating possibilities
Choosing a method
Writing an equation
Basic math facts
Aligning whole numbers and decimals in algorithms
Regrouping and renaming
Estimating
Checking for reasonableness
Sharing your thinking STRATEGIES:
Act it out
Draw a picture or diagram
Guess & check
Look for a pattern
Make a graph
Make a list
Make a table
Use proportions
Work a simpler problem
Work backwards Sample Set Includes: 3 Worktexts that progress in grade level + 3 accompanying Teacher's Manuals