Key words for math operations

Keywords don't focus on context. This post gives four reasons why using keywords for math word problems fails students. Free poster included.

Facebook0Tweet0Pin0 Most students sigh at the sight of a story problem. Why? Because they require both reading and math and often involve multiple computations. This is constantly an area data shows students need to grow in. Here are a couple of tips and a resource you can use to support your students in mastering story problems. 1. Identify Key Words Story problems need to be turned into equations in order to be solved. The only way to do that is to identify the important information. It is…

Use this resource to create large, vivid, and beautiful math bulletin board posters! You can create these anchor charts with any printer! Great posters for any middle school or upper elementary mat…

This past week, we started working on multi-step word problems using the 4 operations. My students always have a hard time with this concept because they get overwhelmed having to incorporate and figure out which of the 4 operations they need to solve for as well as having to perform two different operations in one problem. Too often I see them just guessing rather than really thinking each problem through about what is actually happening in the problem. This week, we did some math skits…

Math Operations Key Words poster...

Jul 14, 2021 - This Pin was created by My Math Resources by Amy Harri on Pinterest. Operations Key Words

Use this resource to create large, vivid, and beautiful math bulletin board posters! You can create these anchor charts with any printer! Great posters for any middle school or upper elementary mat…

Last year, I found (and made my own version of) a study sheet called "Words into Math" for my students in Algebra 1. (Credit: I Speak Math ...

The Operations Key Words Vocabulary Posters will look GREAT in any 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade math classroom and will really help your students. If you are looking for cute math bulletin board ideas, this is it! These math vocabulary posters will POP off the wall!