The Everyday Math Mystery: Teacher’s Word-Problem Solving Guide for Ages 6–12

This teacher’s guide helps educators lead two or three 25–40-minute sessions that build a clear routine for solving word problems. Learners practise understanding the story, selecting relevant information, representing quantities with objects or diagrams, choosing a strategy, solving, and checking and explaining their answers. The guide includes story-problem cards, illustrated worksheets, and planning suggestions using counters, number lines, bar models, and operation-symbol cards. Use it for small-group math instruction or targeted practice, adapting the problem complexity to learners’ current skills.