Math

Draw a Picture

Sometimes students need to see something to understand how it works. When solving math word problems, this is especially true. After your students read a word problem, challenge them to draw it. If the problem asks them to determine how many books are on two different shelves, students can draw the two shelves and the books on them and then count the pictures.

Use Manipulatives

When students first start solving word problems, they need something concrete that they can touch and see. Math manipulatives are the perfect resource for this! Your students can use counters, cubes, blocks, coins, or even miniature erasers to create a visual representation of the math problem. For example, if your students have a problem that requires them to calculate the sum of two and four, they can make one pile of two items and a second pile of four items. Then they can count how many they have all together.