Key words can help first graders figure out whether to add or subtract more than half of the time, but the strategy rarely works for the multi-step problems students encounter starting in second and ...

Say two-digit numbers using number words (79 is “seventy ... For tips to help your first-grader in math class, check out our first grade math tips page. TODAY's Parenting Guides were developed ...

to make word problems more approachable, said Kevin Dykema, the immediate past president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and an 8th grade math teacher in Mattawan, Michigan.

Get your imagination ready as we will have some fun with objects to show how to do addition word problems to 10. Join Mrs. Gray for Numeracy Talk with Dotson working on conservation to 10.

This video addresses Common Core Grade 3 Standard ... Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic. Solve two-step word problems using the four ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Most years, by the third week of first grade, Heather Miller is working with her class on writing the beginning, middle and end of simple words. This year ... like sharing and ...