Get ready for the end of the year with math word problem practice. This May math journal is great for summer themed story problem practice. It's an engaging way to review and apply first grade math skills with spiraled skills. The problems are written for first graders with relevant topics like outdoor activities, family road trips, and camp fun. This is great for in class practice or even to send home as a printable summer journal for students to complete over the summer break to avoid the summer slide.

If you're looking for word problem practice that helps students retain skills, are relevant and engaging, and that they'll be able to use to apply their math skills- check out the year long bundle! It increases in difficulty and spirals all year for deeper understanding.

Can you relate?

❓Do your learners do great with skills, but don't retain them beyond chapter test?

❓Do you struggle to build word problem practice into your math routine?

❓Are you always looking for engaging and relevant ways to help students apply strategies and math learning to solve problems in different ways?

❓Are looking to up your game when it comes to mathematical practice standards to increase rigor and stamina into math solving routines?

❓ Is your plan time being stretched to the max... and you want (read "need") to save plan time with a complete resource you can print once and use all month?

This printable math journal might be just the answer you're looking for!

You'll have everything you need to print your May math journal!

1. Teaching Notes so you'll be able to confidently get started right away.
2. Digital link to a google slides presentation so you can teach whole group lessons or assign for virtual learning.
3. Journal cover so you can have all the papers in one organized place all month.
4. 15 word problems for a variety of problem solving practice
5. Sample answers so you can show students one option for solving, or use to correct student work.

Skills in this May/ Summer Math Journal include:

• Number line to add and subtract within 20.
• Interpreting data (bar)
• Using a table to solve
• Place value to 100
• Adding and subtracting 10s
• Comparing numbers within 100
• Add and subtract within 10 and 20.
• Addition within 100
• Subtracting multiples of 10 within 100

Build a math word problem solving routine that works! Use these journals as:

✔️Morning Work

✔️Math Warm Up

✔️Early Finishers

✔️Problem Solving Center

✔️Whole Group problem solving time

Once you've built this skill building routine, you and your students will want to continue to build momentum all year long, so save time and money and check out the year long bundle here!