Todd the Tallying Toad is a strategy animal in the Problem-Solving Pond series. Todd uses a special rhyming poem to teach students how to use the tally strategy to solve word problems. When students use the tally strategy, they learn to count and notate groups of 5, strengthening number sense in the process. Tallying is an easy, quick way to double-check solutions for beginning mathematicians.

Todd’s unit includes:

-Introduction to Problem-Solving Pond Unit
-Presenting Todd the Tallying Toad
-Suggestions for Use
-Detailed math intervention lesson plan using gradual release of responsibility method
-“I Can” statements
-Problem-solving journal with differentiation and reflection opportunities (perfect for center work, homework or as an assessment)
-Addition and subtraction word problem banks
-Essential questions, self-reflection stems and discussion prompts
-3 Problem-solving rubrics
-“Hazel Meets the Math Strategy Animals” book