Description
Numberless word problems are designed to provide scaffolding that allows students the opportunity to develop a better understanding of word problems.
Word problems can be a tough concept for students to understand. Often times, students will see a word problem, pull the two numbers from the word problem, and then quickly add or subtract the two numbers without taking the time to fully process what it is that the word problem is asking.
Numberless word problems guide students through their thinking and reasoning as to why they are adding or why they are subtracting.
Types of Word Problems (all included):
- Joining
- Result Unknown
- Change Unknown
- Start Unknown
- Separating
- Result Unknown
- Change Unknown
- Start Unknown
- Part Part Whole
- Whole Unknown
- Part Unknown
- Comparing
- Difference Unknown
- Quantity Unknown
- Referent Unknown
What’s Included:
- 160 teacher slides (80 numberless & 80 with numbers)
- 160 student printables (80 numberless & 80 with numbers)
- Word problem types posters
- Key questions to guide your students through the solving process
- Step by step directions
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Shelly P. –
So many options for practice, and I love that these problems really help to assess student understanding. They build math knowledge!
Christine L. –
My students were having so much trouble understanding word problems. I realized that much of their difficulty came from not stopping to understand the story, but instead just focusing on the numbers. Introduce numberless word problems!!! GAME CHANGER!! I started doing some of these problems with them and now they are finally starting to think more about the problem with less focus being just on the numbers. Thank you.
DaNel N. –
It really made my students stop and think about what the question was asking. I liked that It also had slides with the numbers in it as well.
The Craftastic Teacher –
I used these with my 4th grade students that are way behind academically. They struggle to comprehend word problems and create an equation. Numberless word problems allows us to focus on what’s happening in the story vs. the numbers.
The Mountain We Climb –
I needed to use this at the beginning of the year to review addition and subtraction word problem types for my students. I was very thankful that this resource included ALL the types, not just some of them.
Hannah R. –
I am so grateful for this resource! I think numberless word problems are so beneficial to students and this resource helped me introduce it to my students!
Tony S. –
This was really good to use with my first graders. They really liked it and it was a good strategy to use with word problems
Tiffany O. –
Word problems are challenging for 2nd graders. This was a great resource to use because it sets students up to be able to understand how word problems work. When you add the numbers in they tend to focus only on that instead of what is being asked in the problem.