Beginning on Monday, October 10th, students will be placed in math groups. Each day they will have 4 different stations that they will work in during math. These are the stations:
- · Working with me on current concepts and concepts that need further review.
- · Computers for FasttMath and other math games.
- · Independent practice using math journals
- · Everyday Math Games
This allows me to meet the needs of the students and support them at their learning levels. It also provides opportunities for students to work with each other, mentor each other, and talk math.
Speaking of talking math: Ask your child how we “talk” math during class. We did this with the first math assessment on Monday. Students looked over their assessment, worked on what their errors were and why they made their errors, and helped other students with discovering various ways of approaching problems. My goal is to establish a safe environment for students to talk math. When we talk math we begin realize that there may be other ways to approach a challenging problem. We also learn that mistakes are what help us move to the next step of our learning.
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