Thinking out of the bLOCKS

Do you remember having to work on WORD problems in 3rd and 4th grade? I do and I remember it being miserable! I remember having to get paired up with another student and having to come up with a solution and presenting it in front of the class! To say the least it was terrifying, and what if I was to be matched with a lazy partner that made me do all the work?!? Ugh, yuck! But do I have news for you, teachers, to help students get over their fear of word problems..

During one of the weeks of my online Math Class for elementary teachers, one of our assignments was to play this game called, Thinking Blocks. It is for to assist students learning of multiplication and division word problems. It is very easy to use and the website lays it out for the student wonderfully! I found out that it was a GREAT tool that I will be using someday to get the fear of word problems out of their heads! Here you try it out!

Interactive Thinking Blocks

I think it is very important for students to read and understand word problems because they will always be in your life and you will always be having to deal with them! Some other solutions may be out there to also assist teachers on making word problems less frightening to students but this link is a great one! I did some research and here are a few more tools for helping students learn the process of finding a solution to a word problem. 

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