Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8 (Teacher Ideas Press Books) - Softcover

Brown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591589479 ISBN 13: 9781591589471

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2009

Synopsis

The No Child Left Behind Act has caused schools, teachers, and students to be more accountable for the learning that occurs during the school day. However, the data gathered since its launch shows that students in grades 3, 5, and 8 continue to have difficulty passing the math portions of the tests.|This challenging compilation of multi-step word problems is designed to strengthen basic math and problem-solving skills among 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.|Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8 offers students who struggle with math a daily opportunity to improve their skills. The book offers 180 math word problems. The first 30 focus on 6th-grade math standards, the second 30 on 7th-grade standards, and the last 30 on 8th-grade standards. There is also a section of more difficult, extra-credit problems titled "Hard-Hat Thinking". All of the activities are designed to strengthen basic math skills and problem-solving ability. Six visual cues—a hammer for adding, a screwdriver for subtracting, gears for multiplying, a saw for dividing, a tape measure for measuring, and a level for averaging—remind the students which math process to follow and further reinforce their skills. ||Catering to the growing need to prepare students for gateway tests, the problems here target the areas that appear on these tests most frequently. In this era of accountability, every teacher is concerned with student achievement and adequate yearly progress. This book can help.|

• Supplies daily practice in problem solving, the area that has the lowest test scores for the gateway tests
• Offers visual cues that have been shown to have a significant impact in helping students remember which steps to take in the problem-solving process
• Enforces the repetition of working through word problems daily instead of once every two to three weeks, strengthening the students’ ability to solve the problems quickly and easily
• Builds confidence in their abilities among students who struggle with solving math problems

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• Comprises 180 word problems (one for every day of the school year) and five sheets of "Hard-Hat Thinking" problems, each with five problems
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• Includes a skills instruction section for beginners using modeling to solve word problems
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• Offers tips for solving word problems
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• Provides helpful icons to aid in solving word problems
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• Keyed to National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards for grades 6, 7, and 8
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About this title

About the Author

Melony A. Brown, MEd, is a professional writer and former special education teacher. Her published works include Libraries Unlimited's Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 3-5.

Edition details

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591589479
• ISBN 13: 9781591589471
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160