Author Archives: Angela Bauer

About Angela Bauer

Angela Bauer created a Guided Math Framework. She provides professional development nationally to teachers in Guided Math for over 8 eight years. She currently teaches fourth grade in Northeast Indiana. In the past she taught "Inquiry into Math and Science" Education class at Indiana University, Fort Wayne campus. She also has trained teachers in "Mastering Math Facts" program by Otter Creek Institute.

Guided Math lessons

Guided math lessons are easy to plan once you understand how. The best idea about guided math lessons is that they don’t have to be about doing a worksheet.  The students can model equations with…

Guided Math Research

  Guided Math Research Eric Jensen and Brain Based Learning He details some of strategies that put learners into the optimal learning states. Balanced Guided Math Groups incorporate activities that utilize these strategies.  During guided…

Math Stations: Bingo Addition and Subtraction

Bingo Addition and Subtraction is a hands-on activity for math stations that provides a concrete visualization for students in the area of number sense, computation, and algebraic thinking. All you need is graph paper with one inch squares,…

Guided Math and Guided Reading

Guided Math and Guided Reading Guided Math is different from Guided Reading. That is one of the hardest components for teachers to figure out.  In guided reading like Daily 5 students can read to self when…

Guided Math is similar to Guided Reading

Guided Math is similar to Guided Reading!  Guided Math groups are like Guided Reading in many ways!  In Guided Math, you meet with groups. Students are placed into groups based on data from different sources. The lessons taught within the…