Guided Math

  • I Heart Math Centers {I Can Math Games}

    Thank you for joining me in my I Heart Math Centers series of posts!  I am excited to launch this set of posts where, one by one, I’ll share all of my math centers that are used in my 5th grade math class.  Each day this week, I will be showing off one of my […]

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  • Using Technology to Create Meaningful Independent Practice!

    Shhhhhew!  Today is the first day of my second week of school.  I always seem to forget how exhausting the first week of school is.  The good news is that I survived my first week in general education and am excited to see what this school year brings me! Today, we were able to finally […]

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  • Guided Math {Chapter Nine}

    I want to begin my final *insert frown*Guided Math Book Study post with an extremely grateful, “THANK YOU!” When I began this book study, I never imagined the opportunities and connections that I would make along the way.  Throughout this book study, I have been privileged to chat with many teachers about different chapters, questions, […]

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  • Guided Math {Chapter Eight}

    I know I’m a newbie teacher but I feel that assessment has taken on a different meaning and purpose in the last decade of instruction.  When I was in elementary school, which was longer than just a decade ago, you worked on a given topic for a week or two and then took a chapter […]

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  • Guided Math {Chapter Seven}

    I don’t know about you, but I have thoroughly enjoyed the Guided Math Book Study and am kinda bummed to think about it’s conclusion here in the next few weeks.  This week, we dive into the world of conferring during Math Workshop, which is a fundamental piece of the process.  Sammons says that “in many […]

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  • Guided Math {Chapter Six}

    In the last two weeks, the Guided Math Book Study has taken us through whole group and small group instruction.  For chapter six, we move on to thinking about what students do during Math Workshop.  Math Workshop can be called many different things however these components can be applied to any period of time where […]

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