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(bright music) - [Kids] Math Mights. - Hi kindergarten Math Might, welcome back. My name's Mrs. Gray and today, we are gonna be learning some math together. We are gonna be changing the way that we ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...