Conquering Word Problems

$20.00

Presenter: Alex Kajitani
Core Area: Planning 1.1, Planning 1.2, Planning 1.3, Planning 1.4, Instruction 2.1, Instruction 2.2, Instruction 2.3, Instruction 2.4, Instruction 2.5,  
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary 
Hours: 1

Word problems are a great way to help reinforce math concepts for your students, because incorporating literacy improves retention. Yet it can be difficult to create word problems that students engage with well. Connecting math to literacy helps students relate numbers to the real world and shows them how math is used to make everyday decisions. In this one-hour course, author and teacher Alex Kajitani will equip educators with practical tools they can use to create better words problems in their lessons.

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Description

There’s nothing like a well-crafted word problem to help your students get their creative juices flowing, but good word problems can be hard for teachers to create. In this one-hour course, author and teacher Alex Kajitani will equip educators with practical tools they can use to create better word problems in their lessons and leverage reading and writing skills. 

Connecting math to literacy helps students relate numbers to the real world and shows them how people use math to make everyday decisions. When students are using multiple parts of their brains to learn, they retain information better. 

In this course you’ll discover:

  • Why word problems are an important part of math lessons
  • How to cultivate mathematical vocabulary
  • Word problems without numbers
  • Examples of word problem strategies

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115 reviews for Conquering Word Problems

  1. Brittany – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner)

    I really loved this course. It gave me so many strategies that I am excited to bring into the classroom!

  2. Heidi – WODEN ISD (verified owner)

    good information

  3. Kamran – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner)

    Great content, concise, and relevant

  4. Jenny – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner)

    great strategies

  5. TALYCIA – LUFKIN ISD (verified owner)

    Very useful information

  6. Valerie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner)

    5Stars

  7. Ernestina – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    Loved it.

  8. Luselva – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    Great information.

  9. Belinda – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    I loved this course! I learned SO much and I can actually use these course in my class with my students.

  10. Juliette – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner)

    The instructor gave great strategies and ways to implement them in the classroom to help students conquer word problems.

  11. Yesenia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner)

    Great ideas that you can use right away.

  12. Sara – Region 17 ESC (verified owner)

    Great ideas for use in my 4th grade math class. I will use the things I learned today this year in my teaching.

  13. Debbie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner)

    Great information

  14. Jessica – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner)

    Alex did a great job of making the content engaging and helpful!

  15. Michelle – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    AWESOME course!! Loved the ideas and it’s stuff we already do BUT gives you other suggestions. I’ve always said circling of keywords isn’t the way to go! Determine useful information, choose a strategy & determine reasonableness of answer new system!

  16. Becky – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner)

    great ideas

  17. Moises – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    lot of great insight to use in the classroom.

  18. Alissa – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    This course was very easy to follow and all strategies can be used in the math classroom.

  19. Corine – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    Knowledgeable

  20. Anna – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner)

    5 – interesting.

  21. ANTONIA – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    Very enriching!

  22. Veronica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    It had great ideas.

  23. Dawn – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner)

    I liked the different strategies to help students learn and understand math.

  24. Jenny – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner)

    Very good course.

  25. Elinor – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    Helpful

  26. Liset – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    Good

  27. DYLIELAH – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner)

    Great and useful!

  28. Shannon – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner)

    So good!

  29. Lorena – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    great ideas

  30. Stephanie – WESLACO ISD (verified owner)

    Get ideas for solving word problems.

  31. Analise – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner)

    Wonderful! I have lots of new ideas as well as affirmation that some of my current ideas are good.

  32. Glenn – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner)

    Very effective ways to teach students how to interpret word problems.

  33. Raymundo – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner)

    very fun presenter

  34. Jodi – HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner)

    Great Course! Loved the new strategies!

  35. Bobby – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner)

    One hour filled with useful information and strategies to use in your classroom.

  36. Veronica – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner)

    Absolutly Awesome Training, Awesome Strategies

  37. Rachel – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner)

    SO GOOD!!! This has been my favorite GT training so far this year!!!

  38. Scott – BIG WALNUT LOCAL (verified owner)

    video was choppy and the reflective questions did not submit and I had to do them over again

  39. Danielle – BIG WALNUT LOCAL (verified owner)

    Great examples of ideas to implement in the classroom- good for students of all ability levels in math.

  40. Jennifer – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner)

    It was GREAT

  41. Jennifer – WACO ISD (verified owner)

    Provides new information and strategies that can be implemented immediately.

  42. Leigh Ann – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner)

    The presenter described useful strategies. I wish there were more!

  43. Kevin – Mobile County School District (verified owner)

    I thought it had great ideas, and I really enjoyed the connections that the presenter made.

  44. Tom – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner)

    great class!

  45. Karmen – INDIAN LAKE LOCAL (verified owner)

    Excellent, practical ideas! Just a few minor shifts in classroom instruction can make an immense difference.

  46. Gracie – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner)

    I liked this presenter.

  47. Timothy – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner)

    Very informative and helpful to math teachers.

  48. Tony – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner)

    This course showed stragies that will help students want to solve word problems.

  49. Lezlie – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner)

    i gained invaluable knowledge. Some of the very things/strategies/etc we routinely use in reading are not being carried over to math.

  50. Annette – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    A must see, simplifies word problems.

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