A few years ago, I had the pleasure of attending a math focused professional development put on by Greg Tang. If you don't know about Greg Tang, he is a math genius and specializes in teaching teachers how to teach math effectively. Greg Tang taught us a ton that day, but something that really stuck with me was his lesson on math story problems. He spoke about how completing 1-2 math word problems each day will have remarkable results for students. I took his advice to heart, and began implementing one problem a day (that at the time I just made up as I went along 🤪) for my first graders. The results were AMAZING. Kids were solving harder problems each day. They were able to discuss, elaborate and make judgements about math. This was when I decided that more teachers needed access to at least one math problem a day for their students.
I have created several products in my TPT Store which includes a spiral of daily math word problems for August to May for students K-3rd Grade. Each month, a new type of problem is introduced to students while also reviewing the previously taught types. The types include:
- Add to (result unknown)
- Take from (result unknown)
- Add to (change unknown)
- Take from (change unknown)
- Add to (start unknown)
- Take from (start unknown)
- Compare more (difference unknown)
- Compare fewer (difference unknown)
- Compare more/fewer (random unknown)
- Review of all types
I have created 3 sets of these spiraling one math problem a day bundles! Content I have covered so far includes: Addition and Subtraction to 20, Addition and Subtraction to 100 and Addition and Subtraction to 1,000.
Completing one math problem a day for my students rendered remarkable, fast results for me. I hope they can do the same for you!
