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Math Problem Solving Resources and Strategies
Teaching students to read and understand word problems is one of the most difficult challenges math teachers face. Many of these word problems are multi-step…and often times not grade appropriate. What’s a teacher to do?!? Here’s some resources that have been game changers for me when helping my students learn to be great math problem solvers.
First off, we ditched CUBES and other similar strategies. If you use this and it has worked excellently for you, then keep on keepin’ on! No judgement here! I’ve had many, many students who were able to follow the steps but were not able to think deeply about the problems. We now spend more time working to deeply understand problems and less time on acronyms.
If you are wanting explicit steps to guide the problem-solving process, you can check out this awesome resource from Brittany at Mix and Math. I love that it comes in a bookmark form! This makes it easy for students to keep track of where they are in the process. You can check out her blog on supporting students in problem solving here ! We loosely follow this process, but I never make students work strictly through the steps.
Problem Solving without an Acronym
When faced with a challenging word problem…or any word problem for that matter, I train students to read the problem more than once. For the first read, we put our pencils down. This helps students who like to just start circling things or who like to pull numbers and guess at operations. We just read! Then we reword and tell back the problem in our own words. This might sound something like this:
“There were 14 bags of candy. Each bag of candy had 35 pieces of candy in it. The candy will be split evenly among 9 students. How much candy will each student get?”
After reading the problem we might paraphrase by saying, “Okay, we know we have several bags of candy that each have a certain amount of candy in them. Then we are going to take all the candy and share it with 9 students.”
Next, we will read the problem a second time with our pencil in hand. As we read, we circle or underline important information. I am not specific on whether students circle or underline. This is just to help us pay attention to the special information. Here is what I am specific about: students MAY NOT just circle numbers. So, for instance we wouldn’t circle just 14, we would circle 14 bags of candy. The number 14 means nothing by itself, we need to know what we have 14 of and what that means in the story.
After reading a second time and identifying the important information, we will begin to discuss the action or actions happening in the story. This will help us determine the number of steps we think the problem has. The most important question we ask ourselves is “Do we have the total?” This guides our thinking in almost every word problem we solve! For this question, we do not currently have the total, so we know we will either need to add or multiply to find the total amount of candy we are starting with. Once we know the total, we know the candy is being split, shared, or divided between students.
As we begin to solve, we eliminate answer choices along the way, especially trick answers! So, for instance, we would immediately get rid of 490 since that is the total amount of candy, not how much candy each student gets. I do not provide students with explicit written out steps we follow when solving word problems. The goal is to practice this process enough that many students can execute this type of thinking when working on their own.
- We read problems more than once to help us really understand what is happening.
- We think about the actions of the story and whether we have the total or if we need the total.
- We eliminate wrong or unreasonable answer choices as we work
Rachel at Chalk and Coffee also has a fabulous anchor chart for this! She uses the acronym FAST to teach her students problem solving strategies: identify the Facts, take Action (what’s your plan?), Solve and show your work, Think if your answer is reasonable or not. This is a great acronym that still focuses on understanding!
Lastly, y’all know I love all things Lead4ward! Sometimes students are just plain stuck! And that’s okay! Getting stuck is an important part of problem solving. Productive struggle is my favorite! Lead4ward has some great resources for helping students get “unstuck!”
These questions help students guide themselves out of being stuck! Or help you as the teacher with what to ask students to help them get unstuck, without having to take away the power of productive struggle.
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Math anchor charts can be used to support independence and facilitate student self-regulation. Three types of math anchor charts are commonly seen in classrooms: procedural, process, and strategy.
Procedural anchor charts help reinforce the teaching of classroom routines and procedures. Examples of procedural anchor charts include how to pack away math center materials at the end of a session, how to log on to an online math game using the classroom laptops, or procedures for how to turn in homework.
Process anchor charts remind students of how to work through a process. These often focus on new math content or concepts such as how to solve a division problem using an area model or how to multiply a fraction by a whole number.
Strategy anchor charts support students in developing strategic behaviors. For example, a strategy chart for a multiplication unit may include multiple strategies to solve a multiplication problem or focus in on one particular strategy.
Student-sized copies of process and strategy anchor charts can be used to scaffold learning. These can be stored in a math tool kit or pasted into student notebooks so that they are readily accessible at all times. These should also be shared with interventionists who work with students so that consistent vocabulary, strategies and models are used school-wide.
Both process and strategy anchor charts can provide a source of visual reference to support student thinking, reasoning and problem solving. A good math anchor chart:
- has a single focus
- reflects recent math lessons needing support and scaffolding
- helps students remember the process of a skill or strategy
- supports the development of precise math language
- is organized and accurate
- is temporary in nature
After a chart has been introduced it should be positioned where students can make use of it and revisited several times over the next few days to remind students to refer to it as needed. Having charts positioned where students can easily see them will increase the likelihood of them being used. Having too many charts up at one time may be overwhelming for students. Math anchor charts should always reflect the current unit of study and be removed once students are secure with the content.
Take a moment to reflect on the math anchor charts in your classroom:
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This notebook chart is a 4 Square Organizer filled with Key Words for each of the four basic operations.
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- Teach your students how to determine what operation the Math problem is asking them to do by looking for key words. I have my students BOX the Math words in every problem- this would include the key words as well as the numbers they will work with.
- As a Poster in your Math Center to go with task cards or other Math activities.
- Glue into Math Journals as a tool for students to use during Independent Practice.
- Send home with parents as a helpful guide to assist their students with homework.
- Use the blank charts to generate the list of words with your students at the beginning of the year.
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Bingo Bingo sheets are included, which have questions from the article. Students read the informational text about Veterans Day. Then, they answer questions on the bingo grid. The grid comes in 26 different versions. Having each student use a different version of the answer grid will allow you to reinforce the content of the informational text by playing a game of bingo possibly on Veterans Day or at the end of the week. The questions range from vocabulary, finding the main idea, using text features, as well as finding key details.
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July - Hurricanes Text Set (Informational Text Set)
August - Video Games: Harmful or Helpful? (Opinion Text Set)
September - Homework: Harmful or Helpful? (Opinion Text Set)
October - Bats (Informational Text Set)
November - Paid to Play: Should College Athletes be Paid?
December - Polar Bear Problems (Informational Text Set)

Grammar & Vocabulary Notebook Charts
- Perfect Punctuation
- Relative and Demonstrative Pronouns
- Relative Pronouns
- Relative Adverbs
- Ordering Adjectives
- Who or Whom?
- Prepositions (with a dog for an example)
- Prepositions (with a cat for an example)
- Prepositional Phrases
- Prepositions List
- Types of Nouns
- Plural Nouns
- Modal Auxiliaries
- Contractions
- Types of Verbs
- Irregular Verbs 1
- Irregular Verbs 2
- Verb Tenses
- Coordinating Conjunctions
- What makes a complete sentence?
- Types of Sentences
- Complete Sentences, Fragments, and Run-Ons
- Compound and Complex Sentences
- Tackle Tricky Words Tips Page
- Commonly Confused Words 1
- Commonly Confused Words 2
- Commonly Confused Words 3
- Homophones Word List
- High Frequency Word List
- Multiple Meaning Word List
- 4 square organizer (meaning, synonyms, antonyms, picture and sentence
- 4 Square Vocab (meaning, picture, synonym, antonym)
- 4 Square Vocab (meaning, picture, sentence, part of speech
- Prefixes (Word List Chart)
- Suffixes (Word List Chart)
- Suffix Sort
- Suffix Sort (Blank)
- Prefix Sort
- Prefix Sort (Blank)
- Latin Roots (Word List Chart)
- Greek Roots (Word List Chart)
- Shades of Meaning (Feeling Words)
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Informational Writing Unit
Get your students excited about informational writing! This complete informational writing unit includes daily lesson plans, notebook charts, mentor texts and more. This unit takes your students through the whole writing process. Students will begin with getting ideas and end with a published piece of informational writing. The informational writing lessons included can be used in two ways:
- Students get their own ideas for their essay.
- Students write based on a prompt.
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✋ This unit is also part of the Writing Units Bundle which includes Narrative, Opinion, & Informational Writing Units. 🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership ? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.
What is included in the informational writing unit?
✏️Writing Minilessons:
There are a total of 24 minilessons. The lessons can be skipped, moved around, modified as needed based on your students' needs.
- Study a Mentor Text
- Writers are teachers.
- Getting Ideas
- Prepare for research
- Writers research
- Look for Big Ideas (Main Ideas for Text)
- Sort Information
- Plan with Boxes & Bullets
- Draft Paragraphs
- Paragraphs with Purpose
- Use Text Evidence
- Balance Facts with Voice
- Using a Teaching Tone
- Elaboration: Using Mini Stories
- Using Figurative Language
- Craft Moves & Elaboration Strategies
- Expert Words (Domain-Specific Vocabulary)
- Transitional Words & Phrases
- Introductions
- Conclusions
- Revise: Add Text Features
- Revise: Eliminate Unnecessary Words
- Polish & Publish!
✏️PowerPoint:
For each lesson above, PowerPoint slides are included that can be used to model and teach the lesson.
✏️Notebook Charts/Binder Charts for Students (see full list below):
For each lesson, a notebook chart is included to support student learning.
✏️More Writing Resources Included:
- Rubrics & Checklists
- Graphic Organizers
- Mini Word Wall
- Teacher Example Essay + Planning
- Mentor Text Recommendations
- Publishing Paper
✏️ Writing Notebook Anchor Charts + Graphic Organizers
- Characteristics of an Informational Text
- Writing an Informational Text
- Wise Readers Ask Questions
- Cause and Effect
- Sort Out the Details
- What does the TEXT say?
- Using Text Evidence
- Transition Words for Informational Writing
- Organizing an Informational Text
- See, Think, Wonder
- See, Think, Wonder Notes on How to Use the Strategy
- Text Features
- Informational Writing Editing Checklist
- Informational Writing Checklist and Rubric
- Solving Our Spelling Problems
- Instead of Says
- Building the Main Idea of a Paragraph
- Craft Moves and Elaboration Strategies 1
- Craft Moves and Elaboration Strategies 2
- Craft Moves and Elaboration Strategies 3
- File it Away! (Graphic Organizer/Boxes and Bullets)
- Show Me the Evidence (Graphic Organizer for gathering evidence from 3 sources with lines)
- Show Me the Evidence (Graphic Organizer for gathering evidence from 3 sources without lines)
- Show Me the Evidence (Graphic Organizer for gathering evidence from 4 sources with lines)
- Show Me the Evidence (Graphic Organizer for gathering evidence from 4 sources without lines
- Sorting My Evidence (Graphic Organizer to sort information)
- 4 Square Boxes and Bullets Writing Planner
- Boxes and Bullets Planning Page
- Informational Writing Checklist
✅ You can try a sample of this unit for FREE here!
✅You can also read THIS BLOG POST about the unit.
What other teachers are saying about the unit:
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My Not-So-Pinteresty Anchor Charts
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Although I am not the best at making them, I believe strongly in Anchor Charts. At the beginning of the year, my walls are bare. No cutesy posters and decor. Just blank walls. As the year progresses, my walls are quickly filled with charts from all of my minilessons. My students use these charts during a unit, and well after. They serve as a “point of reference” for my students whenever they should need some help.
Math Anchor Charts
These are the charts I used during math workshop. I created some of these for lessons and some were created during a lesson. The key to any “good” anchor chart is making it useful and relevant to your students.
You can also check out my favorite math resources to use in your classroom!

Reading Anchor Charts
This is my collection of Reading charts. Some have two versions; one incomplete and one completed.
You can also check out my favorite Reading resources to use in your classroom!

Writing Anchor Charts
Next, you’ll find just a few of my key writing charts. I always include my planning sheets in my anchor charts for students to reference throughout the year.

Grammar Anchor Charts
While I saved only a few of my Grammar Charts, I used lots throughout the school year. Grammar is a critical part of becoming a good writer and is often overlooked or forgotten.

Thanks for checking out my collection. I hope you can use some of these chart ideas in your classroom. Also, hopefully, my “not so pinteresty” anchor charts made you feel better about your own. Haha!
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