Math Class Makeover: Step 1
Guided Math Fact Practice is our focus for math class makeover: Step 1. Improving student’s knowledge of math facts is the single most important thing we need to focus on daily. Guided Math Fact Practice…
Category Archives: Grades 2 – 3
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
Real life math problems in Guided math groups
How can teachers use real life math problems in Guided math groups? Let the students help you?. Real life has math in every aspect. For instance, Mrs. Bauer went snowmobiling in Yellowstone National Park. The…
Guided Math Lesson on Writing Number Sentences
As I was searching for hands on lessons to teach second grade math skills, I found this site: hand2mind.com Here is a perfect guided math lesson on writing number sentences. This sample lesson is free…