I've found that students tend to struggle with problem solving because they read a word problem, pull out the numbers, and jump to conclusions about what to do with them. In my fourth grade class, I always use this process to slow students down. It makes students close read a problem like we do with texts in ELA. They have to read with a purpose each time and think about the main idea of the problem, rather than look for clue words. Thus, I created this organizer to help students slow down when