For several years I looked for the perfect math problem solving model with no avail. So I made up my own... If you read through the bolded lettered steps (left to right, top to bottom) it's a sing song (sort of) rhyming tune. "Read and Restate, What Do You Know, Decide your Steps, Now Here You Go!, Fill in the blank, Now Does It Make Sense?, Check Your Work, Now Do Your Dance!" The kids loved to repeat it with me each day encouraging the memorization of the steps. At first we practiced filling it in together with one word problem each day, then I gradually let them do their own. I had it as a poster on the board as well. By the end most could do all of the steps by memory. The second page is a more simple / pictures only copy that students were able to use during testing. It really helped a lot of my kids. Let me know how it works for you!