jkl Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Ds (almost 12) is working through CLE 5. He really struggles in math, and CLE has been a life saver for us! He has lots of trouble with the word problems in each lesson, though I don't think they are meant to be particularly difficult. I am looking for a way to give him more practice with these types of problems. Does anyone have any suggestions? Something with step-by-step explanations would be great, since I am weak in math myself. Thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Would something like this free pdf from the publisher help? Math Word Problems Solved Reproducible Worksheets Reproducible Worksheets for: Amusement Park Word Problems Starring Pre-Algebra https://www.enslow.com/resources/amusementparkwordproblemsstarringpre-algebra.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u2006kids Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 http://www.ace-learning.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I use math word problem ebooks from Teacher Created, Spectrum, Evan Moor, etc. You'll find a variety of kinds. Some are actually working them through how to read and understand and solve word problems. Some are the drip drip of daily word problem books. These books have lots of grade levels, so you'd just see where he fits and jump in. How to Solve Word Problems, Grades 4-5 Daily Warm-Ups: Problem Solving Math Grade 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 You might want to look at Fan Math's Process Skills in Problem Solving. These are Singapore Math type problems but with instruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Lots of good suggestions up thread. I did want to add that I am weak in word problems, too. Besides using various specific materials, other things that have helped: We would take an existing math problem (not a word problem) that we already knew the solution to and worked backwards by creating our own word problem based on that math problem. Once we had done that with a couple of problems we already knew the solution to and solved those again, we would take the same type of problem and create a new one with different numbers then try to solve that. It helped us both to see and deconstruct the structure of word problems in general when we also created our own. Also, working explicitly on math terms helped. We created an ongoing list of math terms and wrote them out, discussed their meaning, even watched youtube videos explaining the terms. We also created a math notebook with definitions of terms/concepts that tripped him and DD up so they could quickly refresh their memory as needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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