The Brain Train

Helping students understand various problem solving strategies is key when building their number sense as mathematicians. One of those problem solving strategies is using pictures to solve problems. Students will paste the math journal strip at the top of their page in their math journal. You can read it together as a class, small group, and/or individually based on your students' needs. Students will then use drawings of objects, pictures, etc. to solve the addition story problem. Then, studen

Helping students understand various problem solving strategies is key when building their number sense as mathematicians. One of those problem solving strategies is using pictures to solve problems. Students will use drawings of objects, pictures, etc. to solve the subtraction equation that they will have pasted at the top of their math journal. These math journals are ENGAGING for students because it allows them to be creative when thinking of what objects to draw when solving their subtracti

Helping students understand various problem solving strategies is key when building their number sense as mathematicians. One of those problem solving strategies is using pictures to solve problems. Students will use drawings of objects, pictures, etc. to solve the addition equation that they will have pasted at the top of their math journal. These math journals are ENGAGING for students because it allows them to be creative when thinking of what objects to draw when solving their addition equ