8th Grade Math Word Problem of the Day | October Math Problem Solving
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Engage and challenge your students with this 8th Grade Problem of the Day: Fall & Halloween Math Word Problems resource for October. Packed with fun and relevant math story problems, this resource is perfect for daily problem solving practice. Each problem of the day is specifically designed for middle schoolers, addressing essential 8th grade math skills and standards while integrating the excitement of October holidays and events.
Your students will become skilled mathematicians as they analyze and solve these stimulating story problems, promoting critical thinking and mathematical fluency. With a month's worth of intriguing and diverse word problems, you can give your students ample opportunities to strengthen their math proficiency.
This resource is invaluable for any 8th grade teacher looking to inspire a love for math and build strong problem-solving abilities in their students.
This 8th Grade Word Problem of the Day Pack includes:
✔ Daily Problem Solving Teacher's Guide
✔ 5 weeks of October word problems, including a fun fact & related word problems for a five-day school week in two formats:
- Daily Google Slides
- Paper-saving Problem of the Day weekly printables
✔ Daily Problem Solving Teacher's Guide
✔ Answer keys
Word Problem Themes:
Each week includes a fun fact and the word problems are themed to align with monthly holidays, special events, and kid-friendly topics. This month's topics are:
- Week 1: National Pizza Month
- Week 2: Autumn
- Week 3: Pumpkins
- Week 4: National Cookie Month
- Week 5: Halloween
This October Problem of the Day resource for 8th grade includes:
1) Student-friendly formatting
- Engaging multi-step word problem practice for 25 instructional days
- Problems encourage the application of problem-solving strategies
- Weekly reflection to encourage a growth mindset view of math through goal setting & metacognition
- Provided as a 1-page printable or Google Slides for each week
2) Multi-step word problems aligned to 8th grade standards & skills, including:
- Calculation with decimals, fractions, and mixed numbers
- Converting between units to solve
- Percents
- Proportions
- Unit rates
- Solving multi-step equations and inequalities
- Systems of equations
- Measurement
- Measures of central tendency
- Interpreting data in tables
- Probability
- Scientific notation
- and more!
3) Teacher Support Materials
- Suggestions for implementation to help you get started right away
- Answer keys for easy grading & to help model one potential method for solving
- At-a-glance guide for a snapshot of weekly themes and skills addressed
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Please note: These are challenging 8th grade word problems. You'll likely want to complete these problems as part of guided practice activity. Encourage them to break down complex problems and explore multiple solution methods. These challenging problems foster a growth mindset and the skills needed for future academic success.
If you view the preview and feel this may be discouraging for your learners, feel free to check out the seventh grade version here: 7th Grade Problem of the Day
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Benefits of the Problem of the Day Format:
❑ Increase students' confidence with a variety of math word problem formats
❑ Build confidence with multi-step word problems in 10-15 minutes a day
❑ Identify misconceptions or skill gaps & address them quickly & effectively
❑ No prep paper-saving format fits on a single page & doesn't overwhelm students
❑ Encourages discussion about math problem solving skills & strategies
Way to Incorporate Daily Problem Solving into your 8th grade math Classroom
• Use it as part of your daily warm-up or as a bellringer
• Include it in whole or small group math instruction
• Build these problems into your plans for test prep
• Offer these problems as Independent enrichment for early finishers
• Send the daily problem as homework
Here's what teachers say about this resource:
♥ My students benefited tremendously when I began using these! Their confidence lacked when it came to word problems, but having one every day became routine and their confidence grew. The reflection at the end of the week told me a lot about how students were feeling, too. I also love how they aligned with holidays and true information… - Jennifer H.
♥ These have been very helpful to provide the students with much-needed problem-solving practice. It's challenging but short and sweet, so the students don't get discouraged - built-in "struggle time" that they need and try to avoid! It ensures I get some problem solving in regularly, even if we don't get to this every day. Thank you for this product! - Jacqueline T.
♥ AMAZING RESOURCE! I have my kiddos do daily math each week but wanted to incorporate more word problems. I staple this each week to their original daily math page. The problems are diverse and challenging. I love how many skills are covered and how they are multi-step. Perfect!! - Samantha M.
♥ This was a game-changer. My students hate/or are afraid of word problems. We do these problems as a math bell ringer and then we go over them together. The best part for me was seeing them go from sitting there staring at the wall to actually TRYING to do the problems themselves. They made mistakes, but they tried! The kids love that each week has a theme. Thank you! - D.M.
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