96 math story problems for kindergarten and first grade. Give your students structured practice in solving addition and subtraction word problems. There are also 6 BONUS recording worksheets included so your students can demonstrate their use of multiple math strategies.

When teaching math story problems, it is important to make sure you are using different types of problems. You will find varied wording and problem types in this resource so you can be confident that your students will be able to tackle any type of addition or subtraction math story problem.

To assist your students with comprehension, the stories have been created with kindergarten and first grade interests in mind.

USEFUL FOR:

• whole class instruction and practice

• small group math instruction or practice

• math warm-ups

• circle time activities

• a morning work challenge

• homework

• assessment

96 ILLUSTRATED STORY PROBLEMS for numbers up to 10

The story problems include situations of:

• Joining or adding

• Separating or taking away

• Part/part/whole relationships

• Missing addends

• Missing results

DIFFERENTIATE: The word problems are written to meet first grade math standards. They could also be used with higher level kindergarteners or second graders who need remediation. Most children will benefit from using concrete materials before recording their thinking on one of the worksheets.

6 BONUS WORKSHEETS FOR:

• working with number lines

• part/part/whole models

• drawing a picture of the problem

• using ten frames

• writing number sentences

• and a combination of all of these

THIS SET CONTAINS a PowerPoint Presentation PRINTABLE PDF with:

• 36 illustrated joining problems

• 36 illustrated separating problems

• 24 illustrated part/part/whole problems

• Instructions to tile print and make task cards

• 6 recording worksheets

You will notice duplicate copies of some of the story problems. The first copy contains Australian and British spelling. The second copy contains American spelling.