In the past several years, especially with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, emphasis has been placed on connectivity among different academic subjects as well as between those subjects and the world. Simultaneously, there has been an increasing trend toward examination questions that are wordier and require more thinking and unpacking of the concept (McTighe & Wiggins, 2014). The purpose of this public story is to elaborate on some classroom techniques that might assist students in becoming comfortable and more successful with interpreting and answering text-based mathematics questions.