Students go over addition and subtraction with regrouping using different strategies. In this lesson, students go over addition and subtraction with regrouping using different strategies to solve.

Make math “hands on” Helping your second-grader with math means helping him understand the meaning of mathematics concepts, not just the procedures of doing a written problem.

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

Word problems are often described as “math stories” and can put complex mathematical operations into a more approachable form for students.

Asha K. Jitendra, Edward Sczesniak, Cynthia C. Griffin, Andria Deatline-Buchman, Mathematical Word Problem Solving in Third-Grade Classrooms, The Journal of ...