Practical Elementary Resources

Do your students need more practice with word problems within 20? These 4 free sample puzzles help students match word problems to picture models within 20. As they complete the puzzles, they read the word problem, decide if it would require addition or subtraction, and choose the best visual model to match it. This free sample is part of a larger 28 puzzle set, found here. The full resource uses common math vocabulary such as altogether, how many more, and how many are left, and includes bot

Help your students model part-part-whole with this visualized number bond worksheet. This is a free sample from a larger 30-page Number Bonds and Word Problems workbook that builds skills progressively from counting and grouping to modeling and reasoning. In this worksheet, students use pictures to sort groups, complete the number bond, and represent the total. This supports their conceptual understanding of addition and scaffolds the connection between drawing/modeling and word problems. Thi

This free sample includes 4 word problem puzzle sets designed for first grade students. Students match a word problem, a visual model, and a number bond to build part–part–whole thinking and strengthen addition and subtraction within 20. The consistent structure helps students focus on understanding the situation in the problem rather than just computing an answer. These puzzles are a sample from the full 14-puzzle Word Problem Puzzles & Number Bonds set. What’s Included in the Sample: 4 puzz