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Breaking Down Barriers: How to Teach Multi-Step Word Problems in 4th Grade

Teaching Multi-Step Word Problems in Fourth Grade

When I taught 4th grade, I quickly realized that multi-step word problems were one of the biggest challenges for my students. The moment they saw a long problem with multiple steps, many of them would freeze, unsure where to begin. It wasn’t that they didn’t understand the math itself. It was the process of applying […]