The Math Mights
A Common Language for Problem SolvingMemorable Characters
Each Math Mights characters has a unique, engaging story that helps students remember the strategy.
Foundational Strategies
Math Mights strategies and vocabulary grow with students from 1st grade through 5th grade.
Communicative Reasoning
A common language helps students confidently explain their thinking as they solve problems.
Problem Solving Diversity
Familiarity with multiple strategies helps students learn to solve problems in more than one way.
Problem solving can be confusing.
Many students can solve problems the traditional way, but they usually end up memorizing a procedure for a concept they don’t really understand. Additionally, students can’t apply it to any other type of problem or situation with different kinds of numbers.
Math Mights make it fun and memorable!
The Math Mights framework is a key component of the SIS4Teachers approach to problem solving. It works hand-in-hand with the math strategies you are already teaching and easily works in tandem with your existing curriculum.
By connecting math strategies to memorable characters, students understand math processes differently and are equipped to solve problems in more than one way.
Meet the Mathville Gang
D.C.
Decomposing/Composing
D.C. has a hard hat and a big mallet. He loves to break numbers apart and put them back together.
Abracus
Compensation
This magician performs tricks with his magic wand and compensation to make problems easier to solve!
Value Pak
Partial Sums
This family of numbers clicks apart to show their own value, but together, they show their total value.
T-Pops
Traditional Method
T-Pops represents the traditional method of solving problems (the way our parents learned it).
Springling
Counting Up/Back on Number Line
Springling loves to feel the wind in her fluffy fur as she hops, counting up and back on the open number line.
Minni and Subbi
Compensation
Minni and Subbi are twins born with an adjoining tail, keep their distance as they shift their number line.
Professor Barble
Word Problems with Visual Models
Professor Barble is an out-doorsy fellow, with a step-by-step approach to solving word problems!
Dotson
The Subitizing Superhero
Dotson, a Jr. Math Might, is able to instantly recognize quantities without counting!
Resources to Support Implementation
We have a variety of physical and digital resources available to help you bring the Math Mights into your classroom!
Each character has:
- A bio card. Learn the backstory of the character, as well as any notes or specific information about the character that will help you introduce them to the students.
- A strategy video. This step-by-step tutorial helps introduce the character and explains how the math strategy works, with plenty of examples.
- A printable strategy poster. Available in a variety of formats (full page, flipbook size, and individual or combined with other characters) these posters give an example of the character’s strategy in order to provide a colorful reference for students as they solve problems.
- Independent practice sheets. These PDFs provide an opportunity for students to practice the strategy with carefully selected, developmentally appropriate problems. Great for Math by Myself!
- Games. These PDFs are a fun way to practice applying the strategies in a competitive or cooperative environment. Great for Math with Someone!
- A plushie, pencil topper, and dice! Your favorite Math Might friends can now physically join you in the classroom as tangible reminders of the strategy they represent.
Individual bundles available to support 1st-5th grades.
Choose the tools that are right for your class!
Purchase Math Mights products individually or as a bundle with everything you need to bring Math Mights to life in your classroom.
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Elementary and Middle School options available