Comprehensive Strategies
1.
Memory Game Ð Create a
memory game with a math problem on one card and the answer on the other
card. When they find the answer
that matches the problem, they get a point. The team with the most points wins the game.
2.
Teach students how to
solve story problems by teaching them what words mean in the context of a math
problem. For example: more means to add, less means to
subtract.
3.
Teach students how to
understand story problems by going through each sentence to determine which
sentences have information you need to solve the problem and which sentences do
not.
4. Have the teacher read the problem aloud. Ask the students what they think would be the best way to solve the problem. Come up with several different options to solve the problem.