Eight mini-posters remind your math class of strategies to try when attacking a problem. Print each one on a different brightly colored piece of paper, laminate, and post in your classroom for year-long reference. Strategies include:

• Draw a picture
• Look for a pattern
• Guess and check
• Make a table
• Make a list
• Write an equation
• Work backward
• Solve a simpler problem

Concepts

Problem Solving, math applications

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Additional Tags

problem solving strategies, classroom support

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Pros

• Each poster is printed in a unique and bold font for easy reading from a distance
• An attractive addition to classroom walls
• Can minimize frustration when learners are struggling to solve a problem

Cons

• None