If you teach elementary-level mathematics, you have likely heard of and at one point utilized Polya's Four Step Plan for problem-solving. Using the Understand, Plan, Solve, and Check (UPSC) model, students are able to solve single and multi-step word problems.
This resource pack is based on Polya's model with a significant (I feel) improvement -- a half-step, prior to understand: visualize.
This pack includes the following elements:
• how to’s and background information on the “4.5 Step Plan”