Draw & Solve Word Problems
Rob Madell, Laura Zoe Dombrowski
Perfect Paperback
(Didax, Dec. 1, 2017)
Solving word problems is a critical skill that all students need to master. Drawing is a highly effectively way for students to model and solve problems and to show their mathematical thinking at the same time. Each of these 40 classroom-tested worksheets features a word problem along with plenty of space for students to draw the problem and work through their solution. Students should model the problems with simple, age-appropriate drawings. Aligned to the standards, the book is organized by the 13 types of addition, subtraction, and multiplication problems second-grade students are expected to be able to solve: Addition: Add To/Result Unknown, Put Together/Total Unknown; Take From/Start Unknown, Compare/Bigger Unknown; Subtraction: Take From/Result Unknown, Take Apart/Addend Unknown, Take From/Change Unknown, Add To/Change Unknown, Add To/Start Unknown, Compare/Difference Unknown, Compare/Smaller Unknown; Multiplication: Equal Groups/Unknown Product, Arrays/Unknown Product.