ABSTRACT
There are many different ways to get students interested in story problems. Teachers should use math mentor texts, real life stories, poems and shared experiences. Math mentor texts are picture books that are written with a math premise. There are so many good books out there now, and many of them have been recorded into videos. Shared experiences are activities that students do to understand and play around with the concepts. We would have meter jump-which entailed students jumping and then measuring to see who jumped the farthest. It was just a variety of games that were kid-friendly, academically rich and extremely engaging. There are many different types of songs and poems that teach mathematical concepts. Songsforteaching.com has great math songs about a variety of topics. Mathstory.com also has excellent concept poems and songs.
