ABSTRACT
Getting all students to love word problems means that they are working on problems that interest them. Students have to learn the math and be able to understand it and be comfortable diving in and pulling it apart in new contexts. There are many different ways to get students interested in story problems. Teachers should use math mentor texts, believe it or not stories, real-life stories, poems and shared experiences. There are many different types of songs and poems that teach mathematical concepts. Songsforteaching.com has great math songs about a variety of topics. Word problem tic-tac-toe is another way to get students working with word problems. It is a game of tic-tac-toe with a twist. Shared experiences are activities that students do to understand and play around with the concepts.
