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If your students are like mine, word problems can be exceptionally tricky. One of the things that has been most beneficial is beginning my problem solving instruction with a deep dive into how to use bar models and part-part totals to support understanding. Students will receive direct instruction in two areas: Building visuals (Part-totals and Bar Models) that match word problems and writing equations that accurately. reflect those visuals. Students will then have practice with the following