Daily 4th Grade Math Word Problem of the Day Yearlong Multi-Step Problem Solving

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4th, Homeschool

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Math Test Prep, Critical Thinking, Word Problems

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CCSSMP1

CCSSMP2

CCSSMP4

CCSSMP5

CCSSMP6

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We have been using these as a warm up before a math lesson and I truly think it has helped my students not forget skills from previous chapters!

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My students do accelerated math and it is a great way to review word problems that are more challenging for them.

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We all know that kids in 4th grade need help with word problems. The good news is, there's a resource for that! Daily Problem Solving for Grade 4 takes a "problem of the day" approach to avoid overwhelming struggling or reluctant learners while they work to build confidence and competence with strategies for math word problems.

Students love the format because it's both fun and engaging, with each week centering on a kid-friendly theme. A fun fact starts the week to build interest and get things started as students work through the daily multi-step word problem.

In less than 15 minutes per day, they'll build confidence and strategies for successfully approaching math story problems commonly seen on state assessments.

If you're looking for the best resource to help your students master tricky word problems and you're hoping to avoid frustration for your struggling or reluctant learners, your search is over!

Your download includes:

✔ A total of 59 weeks of themed word problems (nearly 300 story problems total)

Google Slides
Paper-Saving Printable

✔ Easy-to-follow directions for printing & prep

✔ Instructional planning guide

✔Answer keys

✔ BONUS: Step-by-step directions for assigning these in Google Classroom

*Teacher note: These problems were designed to allow students safe opportunities for struggle time. Download the preview to see a sample of the problems. If you find it too difficult, the grade level below may be more appropriate for your learners.

Fourth Grade Daily Problem Solving includes:

1) Student-friendly formatting

Clear, easy to read problems
Workspace for students to problem solve & show work
Weekly fun facts and themed problems to engage students
Provided as a 1-page printable or as daily Google Slides

2) Approachable, yet challenging, practice with key types of word problems that all students should be exposed to:

Multi-step word problems
Word problems with extra information
Single-step word problems interspersed for a confidence boost
Aligned to 4th grade standards & building in difficulty from August to July

3) Engaging, timely themes and fun facts that students love including:

January: Calendars, Music, MLK, Cats, and Hobbies
February: Groundhogs, Valentines, Breakfast, and Spring Holidays
March: Reading, Pi Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, and Space
April: Friendship, Frogs, Library Week, Earth Day, and Baseball
May: Video Games, Mother's Day, Bicycles, Summer Safety, and Barbecue
June: Vacation, Flags, Father's Day, Water Sports, and Beaches
July: Fireworks, Ice Cream, Amusement Parks, and Fish
August: Strawberries, Birthdays, Peaches, Dogs, and Watermelon
September: Chickens, School, Apples, Crayons, and Pencils
October: Pumpkins, Spiders, Pizza, Bats, and Halloween
November: Autumn, Veterans, Turkeys, Thanksgiving, and Shopping
December: Hot Cocoa, Transportation, Winter, Holidays, and Snow

4) Teacher support materials

Monthly scope & sequence includes weekly themes and skills being addressed
Answer Keys for all problems
Tips for preparation and implementation
Instructions for digital Google Drive version

*Digital Access Note: This resource includes digital access via GOOGLE SLIDES. For the digital versions, you will need Internet access and a free Google account OR Google Classroom. Learners will work on computers or iPads. Upon purchasing, you will download documents containing links to the digital files, along with easy-to-follow instructions that will get you started in minutes! These are easily shared digitally between you and your students.

Get this resource bundled with my best-selling math spiral review to help your students review key concepts taught throughout the year.

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The Benefits of Using a Math Word Problem of the Day

❑ Daily practice builds routine and structure for practice

❑ Less overwhelming to reluctant or struggling learners

❑ Helps identify students who may need additional support

❑ Encourages discussion about skills & strategies

Ways to incorporate these story problems into your math routine:

• Daily warm-ups or math center

• Whole or small group math instruction

• Independent enrichment or challenge problems for early finishers

• Test prep

• Homework

Here's what others have to say about Daily Problem Solving...

♥ 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

♥ I am obsessed with this set! My students love it, I love it, and after walking through my room when I was doing this whole group my Principal now loves it! Fantastically rigorous problems! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! - T.L.

♥ 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.

♥ I absolutely LOVE this product! I cannot say enough good things about it. It is rigorous and covers so many of our critical standards. I start each math lesson with this as a warm-up. As the students come in for math they get started on it and then we go over it together. I like that it has a reflection at the end so my kids think about what skills they have mastered and which ones they still need to work on. I like the monthly theme with the little fact. So fun! -Rebecca R.

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CCSSMP1

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Mathematically proficient students start by explaining to themselves the meaning of a problem and looking for entry points to its solution. They analyze givens, constraints, relationships, and goals. They make conjectures about the form and meaning of the solution and plan a solution pathway rather than simply jumping into a solution attempt. They consider analogous problems, and try special cases and simpler forms of the original problem in order to gain insight into its solution. They monitor and evaluate their progress and change course if necessary. Older students might, depending on the context of the problem, transform algebraic expressions or change the viewing window on their graphing calculator to get the information they need. Mathematically proficient students can explain correspondences between equations, verbal descriptions, tables, and graphs or draw diagrams of important features and relationships, graph data, and search for regularity or trends. Younger students might rely on using concrete objects or pictures to help conceptualize and solve a problem. Mathematically proficient students check their answers to problems using a different method, and they continually ask themselves, "Does this make sense?" They can understand the approaches of others to solving complex problems and identify correspondences between different approaches.

CCSSMP2

Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Mathematically proficient students make sense of quantities and their relationships in problem situations. They bring two complementary abilities to bear on problems involving quantitative relationships: the ability to decontextualize-to abstract a given situation and represent it symbolically and manipulate the representing symbols as if they have a life of their own, without necessarily attending to their referents-and the ability to contextualize, to pause as needed during the manipulation process in order to probe into the referents for the symbols involved. Quantitative reasoning entails habits of creating a coherent representation of the problem at hand; considering the units involved; attending to the meaning of quantities, not just how to compute them; and knowing and flexibly using different properties of operations and objects.

CCSSMP4

Model with mathematics. Mathematically proficient students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. In early grades, this might be as simple as writing an addition equation to describe a situation. In middle grades, a student might apply proportional reasoning to plan a school event or analyze a problem in the community. By high school, a student might use geometry to solve a design problem or use a function to describe how one quantity of interest depends on another. Mathematically proficient students who can apply what they know are comfortable making assumptions and approximations to simplify a complicated situation, realizing that these may need revision later. They are able to identify important quantities in a practical situation and map their relationships using such tools as diagrams, two-way tables, graphs, flowcharts and formulas. They can analyze those relationships mathematically to draw conclusions. They routinely interpret their mathematical results in the context of the situation and reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly improving the model if it has not served its purpose.

CCSSMP5

Use appropriate tools strategically. Mathematically proficient students consider the available tools when solving a mathematical problem. These tools might include pencil and paper, concrete models, a ruler, a protractor, a calculator, a spreadsheet, a computer algebra system, a statistical package, or dynamic geometry software. Proficient students are sufficiently familiar with tools appropriate for their grade or course to make sound decisions about when each of these tools might be helpful, recognizing both the insight to be gained and their limitations. For example, mathematically proficient high school students analyze graphs of functions and solutions generated using a graphing calculator. They detect possible errors by strategically using estimation and other mathematical knowledge. When making mathematical models, they know that technology can enable them to visualize the results of varying assumptions, explore consequences, and compare predictions with data. Mathematically proficient students at various grade levels are able to identify relevant external mathematical resources, such as digital content located on a website, and use them to pose or solve problems. They are able to use technological tools to explore and deepen their understanding of concepts.

CCSSMP6

Attend to precision. Mathematically proficient students try to communicate precisely to others. They try to use clear definitions in discussion with others and in their own reasoning. They state the meaning of the symbols they choose, including using the equal sign consistently and appropriately. They are careful about specifying units of measure, and labeling axes to clarify the correspondence with quantities in a problem. They calculate accurately and efficiently, express numerical answers with a degree of precision appropriate for the problem context. In the elementary grades, students give carefully formulated explanations to each other. By the time they reach high school they have learned to examine claims and make explicit use of definitions.

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