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Read It! Draw It! Solve It! Problem Solving for Intermediate Grades, Grades 4-5

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Great resource for getting students to show their work. Have used it in grades 1-5 and it is very helpful for problem solving.

My 15-year old son is autistic and has severe language processing deficits. He has a normal IQ and can learn visually - for example, he is at the 7th grade level in math mechanics, but is still at the 1st - 2nd grade level in word problems. He can read the words, but doesn't comprehend them. He is learning to recognize "key words" to clue him in that he should add, or subtract, or multiply/divide. This workbook has our son draw his own pictures along with the word problem so that he can develop an understanding of the exact nature of the problem along with the key words. This book was recommended by my sister, a special education teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She teaches a high school class of autistic children functioning at my son's level. She recommends making several copies of each page - we should give him 4 or 5 different word problems and have him do them first with our help. We should give him these same worksheets daily until he can totally do them without our help.

I had heard that this was an excellent book for problem solving. I am not using it a whole lot because I teach grade 3/4 and it is still the beginning of the year so most of the problems in the book are too difficult for the children in my room. I think I will use it more towards the end of the year.