Active Math Learners
How do teachers help their students become active math learners? During large groups lessons, students are passive learners, even if they are learning by listening, and viewing an example. Yet they are not active math…
What math tools help students?
What math tools do your students use? Not sure what math tools help students? Let me help. What math tools help students to visualize the math? My idea of math tools are concrete, hands-on ways…
Guided Math Structure
Teachers with many different math backgrounds attend my Guided Math workshops. These teachers had tried math stations but couldn’t seem to figure out how to make them run smoothly. They were missing a guided math…
Guided Math Small Group Lesson
Let’s create a guided math small group lesson based on state standards. I am going to specifically discuss creating a hands-on activity for small group lessons. When each group comes back to my table, I…
Build Math Comprehension
Bauer Educational Enterprises LLC is proud to unveil our newest workshop: Build Math Comprehension. This Professional Development Workshop is coming to Houston, TX on July 27, 2017. This workshop specializes in strategies for Kindergarten through 5th Grade teachers. Angela…
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Differentiated Guided Math Lessons
Many teachers ask me about differentiated guided math lessons to meet the needs of individual students. This discussion is an integral part of my teacher professional development workshop because this is one of the biggest transitions teachers will make. In order to help teachers in…
Guided Math Hands On Lessons for Grades 5 through 8
I believe that true understanding of math concepts comes from having a number sense. Let’s talk about Guided Math Hands on lessons for grades 5 through 8. Here are some activities that can be used as part of a large group mini-lesson or guided math…
Math Fact Fluency with Guided Math
Often I am asked if I include math fact fluency with Guided Math, and my answer is yes. The reason these superintendents, assistant superintendents, curriculum directors, and principals ask is simple. The data of their students show that there is a need for fact fluency.…
Preschool and Kindergarten Guided Math Subtraction Activities
Here are some Preschool and Kindergarten Guided Math Subtraction Activities for teachers who want some hands on activities. Students who learn through activities like these understand the concrete foundation of number sense. Guided Math expert Ashley Perry tells teachers to show the students how to…
Guided Math and Math Questioning
How do Guided Math and Math Questioning work together? Simple. Use math questioning techniques during large group guided math mini-lessons and during small guided math groups. Students learn to make sense of math when they make connections between math concepts. Guided Math and Math Questioning…