tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460519469680760701.post2348955770307576243..comments2023-07-06T02:48:44.872-05:00Comments on Math Workshop Adventures: Getting StartedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460519469680760701.post-66800486776247218692013-08-19T20:16:44.717-05:002013-08-19T20:16:44.717-05:00Meredith,
We use Monday to teach a whole class le...Meredith,<br /><br />We use Monday to teach a whole class lesson on the skill for that week. We then pretest the students. That pretest data is used to group students and drives our instruction for the week for all of the groups. We may focus on the skill of the week for all of the groups if needed or we may teach different skills and strategies to those groups who have already grasped the skill of the week. As for the mini lessons, we use that to simply introduce each station for the day. The stations may look the same for all groups or it may be slightly different activities based on where they tested. The main instruction on the skill is done at the teacher station. <br /><br />Thanks for reading!<br /><br />TabithaTabithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00367087124139006889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460519469680760701.post-16965769156564453232013-08-13T15:46:24.657-05:002013-08-13T15:46:24.657-05:00Thank you for your detailed description of your Ma...Thank you for your detailed description of your Math Workshop!! Very Helpful! I was wondering though, you say Tuesday-Friday's mini lesson is teaching the expected norms of the math workshop stations but I was wondering how that works that you only use Monday to teach a skill? Do you find yourselves using any Tuesday-Friday to teach different strategies rather than the expected norms? Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16256022363343329092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460519469680760701.post-87451349331914444682012-08-23T07:55:13.401-05:002012-08-23T07:55:13.401-05:00Sometimes we use children's literature in our ...Sometimes we use children's literature in our mini-lesson if it fits our topic. As for organizing materials for 50 students, we love using tubs to store materials, color-coding paper for different groups, and so on. Perhaps having a tray for each class would be helpful. Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16208097991486919725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460519469680760701.post-72375204098460369822012-08-19T22:15:13.141-05:002012-08-19T22:15:13.141-05:00I'm a fifth grade teacher and I teach two sect...I'm a fifth grade teacher and I teach two sections of math per day. I love the idea of math workshop and rotating stations, I'm just not quite sure how to put it into practice. Do you incorporate children's literature in your mini lessons? How do you suggest organizing materials for 50 or so students? Thanks for sharing your experiences!Jaclynhttp://morehead.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460519469680760701.post-83251303294440839252012-08-07T08:29:41.577-05:002012-08-07T08:29:41.577-05:00This is a great idea! I am interview to be a first...This is a great idea! I am interview to be a first year third grade teacher. My experience has not shown me an excellent way to differentiate my instruction. This is a great way to do it! I have to present what a differentiated Math classroom looks like and I am going to use your model! Thank you for posting it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460519469680760701.post-84836883346262216632012-05-27T18:25:03.525-05:002012-05-27T18:25:03.525-05:00Hi, Danielle!
This is an excellent question and o...Hi, Danielle!<br /><br />This is an excellent question and one we are often asked by colleagues within our district.<br /><br />Fortunately, our principal gave us the go-ahead to use the curriculum to support this year's learning but not as the only resource.<br /><br />When we mapped out the year we first considered which 3rd grade skills (from the Missouri Grade Level Expectations) were foundational. We plugged those skills into the year's map first. Then we tried to plan the rest of the year in the order of EM. <br /><br />You are right about the lessons bouncing between topics. Honestly, we taught the EM lesson on Monday for whole-class instruction during the time that we created an anchor chart over the week's skill. If that particular skill's unit contained multiple math journal pages and/or home links to support the skill, then we assigned those. Why create new materials when we already had several resources in EM? Yet, as you probably know, the EM curriculum does not contain content for every GLE that we are to teach. Therefore, we did quite a bit of searching and creating for those skills--properties of addition & multiplication, congruent figures, multiplication drill, analyzing and interpreting 4 different types of graphs. <br /><br />In summary, we used the curriculum as much as we could, but we certainly relied on our creativity and other available resources (i.e. Super Teacher, Smart Exchange, Brainpop!, etc.)<br /><br />Thanks for your comment!<br /><br />Tabitha & ChloeChloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16208097991486919725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460519469680760701.post-53346827874064669202012-05-16T20:27:13.593-05:002012-05-16T20:27:13.593-05:00I am loving your website!
How tight do you have ...I am loving your website! <br /><br />How tight do you have to stay to the EM curriculum? Some lessons bounce between two or three topics. I'm wondering when that happens how you make the decision for the week focus?<br /><br />thanks! Danielledaniharveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10217510019009111529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460519469680760701.post-78530687435174888322012-02-19T17:06:50.533-06:002012-02-19T17:06:50.533-06:00We typically spend about an hour on math instructi...We typically spend about an hour on math instruction each day. Sometimes we go over time. We set the pacing based on the students' needs. When the low (red) group is with us at the teacher station, we may spend 13-15 minutes; while we may only spend 8 minutes with the high (blue) group. I think you could certainly do it in the 50 minutes that you have. The smoother transitions are, the less time lost. Good luck! Let us know how it goes! Three groups might also be a better alternative for your classroom as well. <br /><br />--Chloe & TabithaChloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16208097991486919725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3460519469680760701.post-7169824823018902012012-02-16T10:42:20.501-06:002012-02-16T10:42:20.501-06:00i want to try something similar with my kiddos.......i want to try something similar with my kiddos.... my question is how much time do you spend teaching math? our third graders rotate classes. math is 50 minutes each day. i also was wondering if you have any suggestions with that block of time (50 minutes)how long each group has at a center?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com