Today while going stir crazy I wanted to reflect on my math instruction this past year. Last summer I read everything I could on how to run Math Workshop in my classroom. The previous year I had implemented the Daily 5 in reading and Writer's Workshop in writing but I wanted to focus on restructuring math. I'd say it was super successful for both my kiddos and myself. If this is something you think you might be interested in for next school year I urge you to try it. One of the blogs that was most helpful to me in getting my head wrapped around how this would work was Math Workshop: Using Developmental Grouping to Differentiate Your Instruction by Beth Newingham. It lead me to reading just about everything she had written. Once I had a rough idea of how to make this work for me I decided to mix that with the way I run the Daily 5 reading program in my room and voila! I had a great recipe for making math instruction work for me. Now for implementation. I searched my favorite website, TPT and I found an AWESOME rotation board to display the management for our math block in Contemporary South {teacher}'s TPT store.
I'm not sure yet what things I want to add to continue to make math even better for next school year but I'm on the prowl now. I'll keep you posted on what I come up with :)
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