This unit helps middle school students at all levels of learning break down word problems to their bare bones. The unit is designed to demystify word problems for students, giving them a range of different strategies to interpret mathematical
This assignment is a fun -- and tasty! -- way to apply math standards to a real world task, and is a great opportunity to review geometry and measurement before winter break! The assignment guides students to plan a gingerbread house by creating a
Get your students involved in their school community with this fun project bringing together many middle school math skills in a community banquet! Students will use fractions, decimals, percents, proportions, and geometry to plan a four-course
This lesson guides students through the process of translating word problems into abstract mathematical expressions that will allow them to solve the problem using the order of operations. It is the seventh lesson of my larger unit, "Breaking Down
This lesson teaches students to interpret complex word problems by diagramming and illustrating them in a way that makes them easier to understand. It is the fifth lesson of my larger unit, "Breaking Down the Word Problem."
This lesson guides students to interpret mathematical operations from key terms in a word problem, including words that may have multiple meanings. It is the third lesson of my larger unit, "Breaking Down the Word Problem."
This lesson provides students the tool of constructing a timeline to sort through a multi-step word problem. It is the eighth lesson of my larger unit, "Breaking Down the Word Problem."
This lesson describes how to properly label an illustration to aid in interpreting a word problem. It is the sixth lesson of my larger unit, "Breaking Down the Word Problem."
This lesson guides students to distracting information in complex and convoluted mathematical word problems. It is the fourth lesson of my larger unit, "Breaking Down the Word Problem."
This lesson guides students to identify relevant numbers in a word problem, including those embedded in complex language. It is the second lesson of my larger unit, "Breaking Down the Word Problem."
This lesson guides students to interpret what problem a word problem is attempting to solve. It is the first lesson of my larger unit, "Breaking Down the Word Problem."