4th Grade Multistep Math Word Problems: September Story Problem of the Day Work

Description

This September 4th Grade Problem of the Day is designed to help you tackle one of the most challenging skills we teach - MATH PROBLEM SOLVING! Research shows the best way to build students' skills with story problems is through short, purposeful daily practice with single- and multi-step word problems. This bundle includes Google Slides & printables with this in mind.

Designed to take less than 15 minutes per day - including giving students time to solve, discuss, and review - each month's problems include single-step, multi-step, and word problems with extra information. This helps build students' capacity for critical thinking and mathematical problem-solving skills.

The problems increase in complexity across the months. This is purposefully done to help prepare students for the types of problems they may see on state tests.

You'll receive:
• Daily Problem Solving Teacher's Guide for Digital & Print
• 5 weeks of September-themed word problems - in both Google Slides & Print
• Answer keys
• Access to step-by-step directions for assigning these in Google Classroom

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: Chickens

✔ Week 2: School

✔ Week 3: Apples

✔ Week 4: Crayons

✔ Week 5: Pencils

Get the 12-month bundle here:

4th Grade Daily Problem Solving (Print + Digital Bundle)

Please note: These are challenging 4th grade word problems. You'll likely want to complete these problems as part of guided practice activity. Initially, you may see students relying on drawing pictures or using inefficient problem-solving strategies. 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 third grade version here: 3rd Grade Daily Problem Solving

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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 during summer school

• Whole or small group math instruction

• Test prep

• Summer enrichment

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

♥ 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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4th Grade Multistep Math Word Problems: September Story Problem of the Day Work

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Brand: Differentiated Teaching with Rebecca Davies
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Math Test Prep, Other (Math)

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CCSSMP1

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Description

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: Chickens

✔ Week 2: School

✔ Week 3: Apples

✔ Week 4: Crayons

✔ Week 5: Pencils

Get the 12-month bundle here:

4th Grade Daily Problem Solving (Print + Digital Bundle)

If you view the preview and feel this may be discouraging for your learners, feel free to check out the third grade version here: 3rd Grade Daily Problem Solving

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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 during summer school

• Whole or small group math instruction

• Test prep

• Summer enrichment

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

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These were VERY hard

Rated 4 out of 5

August 1, 2025

Great value

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I really liked this resource, but I feel like they were way too challenging for the beginning of the year. I ended up using the 3rd grade ones instead.

Shelby S.

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Grades taught: 4th

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September 27, 2024

Thank you for a great resource. I love how it is laid out. It's easy to implement in my room.

Traci G.

836 reviews

Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th

Student populations: Autism, Learning difficulties, Mild to severe disabilities

Rated 4 out of 5

August 24, 2021

I used this as a part of my weekly math rotation with great results.

Jamie B.

243 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

Rated 4 out of 5

October 21, 2020

I gave my students a problem during morning meeting and then we would go over it during math time.

Deborah T.

157 reviews

Rated 5 out of 5

October 12, 2020

I really loved the layout of this product. Well made and very helpful for my students!

Marielena A.

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Grades taught: 4th, 5th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

Rated 4 out of 5

September 29, 2020

These are great for daily practice

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Grades taught: 4th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

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June 17, 2020

Thank you

Lorie N.

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Grades taught: 3rd, 4th

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February 15, 2020

A quick way to review math each day. I like the way it is organized!

Robyn M.

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Standards

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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.

CCSSMP3

Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. Mathematically proficient students understand and use stated assumptions, definitions, and previously established results in constructing arguments. They make conjectures and build a logical progression of statements to explore the truth of their conjectures. They are able to analyze situations by breaking them into cases, and can recognize and use counterexamples. They justify their conclusions, communicate them to others, and respond to the arguments of others. They reason inductively about data, making plausible arguments that take into account the context from which the data arose. Mathematically proficient students are also able to compare the effectiveness of two plausible arguments, distinguish correct logic or reasoning from that which is flawed, and-if there is a flaw in an argument-explain what it is. Elementary students can construct arguments using concrete referents such as objects, drawings, diagrams, and actions. Such arguments can make sense and be correct, even though they are not generalized or made formal until later grades. Later, students learn to determine domains to which an argument applies. Students at all grades can listen or read the arguments of others, decide whether they make sense, and ask useful questions to clarify or improve the arguments.