Mathematics

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Based on current research, Math Story Problems provides carefully sequenced instruction in the process, skills and strategies that successful problem-solvers use. The curriculim for this series is based on NCTM standards and fits well with all major basal math programs.

Each 8-1/2" x 11 book is 96-pages. 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.

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.

• 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

• 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