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Incorporating small groups into your math block can be tough! Find helpful strategies for structuring your routine, leveling students, and differentiated teaching, and assessment.
Understanding fractions is one of the most common math struggles for young learners. There are a few reasons this might be the case, and in today’s blog post, I want to give you some concrete methods and fun interactive activities for teaching fractions. These methods and activities can be used even if you are teaching virtually.
Author: Simone Vega, M.Ed Where Do I Start? Welcome back to a series of blog-post related to math in small groups. Starting something new can
Before I teach a new concept, I give my students a pre-assessment that includes three different leveled questions.
Author: Simone Vega, M.Ed In the state of California, our yearly state testing is called the CAASPP. Before my students take the CAASPP, I want
Meeting with each small group every day allows me to see exactly where my students need help. I can easily check in with each one individually and help them work through a misconception or a struggle as we work on the day’s math objective together.
Author: Simone Vega, M.Ed.Simone is a third grade teacher with a Master’s Degree in Math Education. She specializes in small group math instruction. You can
The thought of starting small groups in math can be overwhelming without support and ideas. The intention of this blog is to ease the minds of small groups being overwhelming or unmanageable and help support you in your math small group journey!
How I structure my one-hour math block and teach small group math instruction. I meet with all three groups each day for 15 minutes.
The math menu is a list of may-do activities that can be completed independently, and that allow for practice of the math skill.
With state testing just around the corner, Interim Assessment Blocks, or IABs, are a great way to help students and teachers prepare.
Teachers are always innovative and quick to solve problems, and that couldn’t be more true these days! Here are some of the best tips and tricks I’ve come across for teaching math virtually. Many of these can also work for your face-to-face classroom as you limit the sharing of materials.
I prefer to teach math in small groups. I begin each math lesson with everyone on the carpet as I introduce the concept. Shortly after, students rotate through three math centers in 15-minute blocks of time:
