{"product_id":"word-problems-with-sprout-matthew-hampton-9798189676208","title":"Word Problems with Sprout: Decodable Word Problems \u0026 Bar Models for Kids Who Can Compute but Freeze on the Words, Grades K-2","description":"Your child can add 8 and 5. So why does the word problem stop them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause it is often not a math gap at all. The child could not read the sentence - and we wrote it down as a math gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book takes the words out of the way.\u003c\/b\u003e Every one of the 20 problems is checked word by word against a phonics level before it is printed: short vowels, digraphs and blends only. And here is the part that matters - \u003cb\u003ethe reading never gets harder.\u003c\/b\u003e A child working on Level 5 reads exactly the same difficulty of sentence as a child on Level 1. Only the math climbs. That is what finally makes the level tell you something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive problem types, in the order children actually learn them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLevel 1 - Add It On.\u003c\/b\u003e Something is there. More arrives. Put them together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLevel 2 - Take It Away.\u003c\/b\u003e Something is there. Some goes away. What is left?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLevel 3 - Two Parts, One Whole.\u003c\/b\u003e Two groups, no action. Snap them together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLevel 4 - Line Them Up.\u003c\/b\u003e Compare. Two amounts, line them up, look at the gap. This is the one children struggle with most, so it gets its own level.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLevel 5 - Pick Your Plan.\u003c\/b\u003e Two things happen. Do one step, then the next.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne tool, taught deeply.\u003c\/b\u003e The Story Bar is a bar model, and it changes shape as the problem changes - a growing bar, a shrinking bar, two parts under one whole, two bars side by side. One drawing beats a keyword hunt every time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd no keyword tricks.\u003c\/b\u003e This book never teaches that \"altogether means add.\" Keywords collapse the moment a problem is worded differently. Structure does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is inside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e20 original word problems, four per level, numbers within 10 then within 20\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eRead It, Draw It, Solve It, Check It - the bar gets drawn before a single number is written\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eA worked example on every level where Sprout thinks it through out loud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhat I Know and What I Must Find boxes on every problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eA full answer key with the number sentence and the bar shape for each\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eLevel checks, a progress tracker, a small-group record sheet, and a certificate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eA calm-down tool per level, from the Sprout Feels picture books, for the child who has learned to dread word problems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo prep.\u003c\/b\u003e Open it, sit down, teach. Built for the classroom teacher, the interventionist, the tutor and the parent at the kitchen table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompletes the ladder.\u003c\/b\u003e Number Sense with Sprout builds counting. Brave Math with Sprout builds adding and taking away. This one builds meaning. Each stands alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Draw it first. The picture tells you what to do.\" - Sprout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Hampton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798189676208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.16d","brand":"Matthew Hampton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666025550079,"sku":"9798189676208","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/word-problems-with-sprout-matthew-hampton-9798189676208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}