Recommendations For National Poetry Month

Keep Poetry In Your Life

Introduce young children to poetry. They'll be swept away by the words and imagery. Set them on a path to unimaginable possibilities. Visit your local library, and share something special with your child.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Don't Panic! Smoother Comprehension Strategies for Math Reading Problems

Not enough time is spent on math reading comprehension in the classroom or at home. I found teachers devote virtually 80% of their time going over computation. However, if more time were devoted to word problems, the benefits would be tenfold, and not just with math skills, but with reading comprehension as well.

Additional materials:

180 Think-aloud Math Word Problems: Dozens of Quick, Daily Exercises and Strategies That Give Kids the Tools They Need to Tackle and Triumph Over Math Word Problems
5-Minute Math Problem of the Day: 250 Fun, Multi-Step Problems That Sharpen Math Reasoning, Number Sense, and Computation Skills
Daily Word Problems, Grade 1 Math
Daily Word Problems, Grade 2
Word Problems (Kumon Math Workbooks Grade 3)
Math Word Problems Made Easy: Grade 4
Painless Math Word Problems (Barron's Painless)
501 Math Word Problems


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