This easy sheet builds the vocabulary of word problems before solving them. First graders trace the words solve, total, minus, left, plus, and fewer so the key clues become familiar. Then they read four short stories: Tom has 5 apples and gets 3 more, 9 birds with 4 flying away, Mia's 7 crayons plus 6 more, and a box of 10 balls with 3 rolling out. A true-or-false section checks whether 6 + 5 = 11, 14 - 7 = 6, and 8 + 4 = 12, locking in the bridge between story language and number sentences.