Word Problems from Literature
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Publisher Description
Help Students Master Problem Solving in Elementary to Middle School Math
You can help prevent math anxiety by giving your children the mental tools they need to conquer story problems.
Young children expect to look at a word problem and instantly see the answer. But as they get older, their textbook math problems also grow in difficulty, so this solution-by-intuitive-leap becomes impossible. Too often the frustrated child concludes, "I'm just not good at math."
But with practice, any student can learn to master word problems.
Word Problems from Literature features math puzzles for elementary and middle school students inspired by classic books such as Mr. Popper's Penguins and The Hobbit. Denise Gaskins demonstrates step by step how to solve these problems--and how to build a strong foundation of problem-solving skills that can handle any situation.
And when you finish the puzzles in this book, Denise shows you how to create your own word problems from literature, using your child's favorite story worlds.
You'll love this book, because it prepares your children for mathematical success. Order your copy of Word Problems from Literature today.
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If you're using these word problems with your children, check out the companion Word Problems Student Workbook: Word Problems from Literature.
Customer Reviews
Great book on bar modelling to solve problems based on childrens books
I am a huge fan of Denise Gaskins maths games book, as a maths teacher and mother of 2 I know how important maths games are for building understanding and practising skills.
This book is a bit different. It is an explanation and demonstration of using word problems to build mathematical thinking. It leans heavily on bar models which are the mainstay of the Singapore maths curriculum and those based on it (maths no problem for example) which is a fantastic way of visualising problems and giving students (young and old) a good way to visualise, manipulate and solve the problem. Setting the word problems based on the books children read is a great idea and it has examples of using this method building in difficulty and building with literature choice as it goes through. Each chapter focuses on a different type of mathematical problem going from the easiest addition and subtraction problems up to using ratios and fractions. Each chapter uses a different famous children's book as a basis for the problem examples (some of these are particularly American, whereas others may be more familiar to more international audiences, but it doesn't really matter in terms of understanding how to draw the mathematics out of the books).
This book doesn't do all the work for you, it gives you the ideas and tools and then it is up to you (and those you teach) to develop and solve the problems based on what you are reading together as a class or family.
A great book to inspire primary/elementary teachers and home educating families.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.