I don’t know about you, but math class gets a bad rep when it comes to teaching and understanding it. Students come into math class already hating it and claim that they just don’t understand it. That mindset can be hard to shake especially when you add in the stress of high-stakes state testing! But have no fear, strategies for math intervention are here! I love using different strategies to help with tier 2 math intervention in the ... Read the Post...
How to Prepare Lesson Plans Quickly
One of my biggest pet peeves in teaching is how long everything takes to get accomplished. I constantly have a massive to-do list (surely I’m not alone in this teacher friend!) and I just do not have the hours in the day to make it all happen. Some things should be quick and snappy, yet they end up taking 50 million years to finish (I’m looking at you, piles of grading!). One thing I have learned to do quickly is how to prepare lesson plans! ... Read the Post...
How to Set Up Math Stations in Under 30 Seconds
I remember my first year of teaching and trying to run math stations at the same time. It was total and under chaos to say the least. Not only did I not have a classroom to teach in and had really no classroom management, but I also was spending so much time finding and preparing math stations. Like so. Much. time. I wish I could get those hours back! The time spent finding good stations, printing, laminating, and cutting only for the stations to ... Read the Post...
How to Run a 45 Minute Math Block
There never seems to be enough time in my teaching day, let alone math block to get everything in. I can’t be the only one who attempts to fit in a lesson, practice, math learning centers, exit ticket, and enrichment into a microscopic amount of time. When I taught elementary school, the day could ebb and flow as it needed to but that usually left the last subject of the day (science) cut short or nonexistent. In middle school, my math block ... Read the Post...
