Welcome to week 7! We are at the end! In week 6 we talked about getting your materials organized for math workshop. This week we are talking about using exit tickets in the classroom. When I was in college preparing to be a teacher, I remember my professors talking about exit tickets. However, I never […]
I recently had a question from a lovely blog follower about suggestions on how to schedule her math workshop. It got me thinking, so I decided to do a follow-up to the 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Math Workshop blog series. She was basically asking about how to organize the math workshop if you are […]
Welcome to week 6! This week we are talking about staying organized for math workshop. I just wanted to share what I do in my class to keep things running smoothly. It doesn’t really matter how you organize the materials for math workshop, as long as you have a plan and you train your kids to […]
Welcome back to Week 5 of 7 Habits of Highly Effective Math Workshops: Know Where to Find Inspiration! Now that you have a handle on the basic structure of math workshop, and you know how you will track your students’ progress, you actually have to start planning the activities for the different centers. This is […]
Welcome back! We are on week 4 of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Math Workshops Series. So far we have discussed having a plan that meets the needs of your class, having high expectations, and having a board to show schedules and assignments. So, what is the 4th habit? Know your kids. I know, […]
Welcome back! If you are joining us in the middle of this series, we have been discussing 7 “habits” or procedures that are necessary to have effective math workshop or guided math time. The first week we talked about having a plan for how many groups you will have and what centers they will be […]
Welcome back! In this blog series, I am discussing how to run a successful math workshop in your classroom. Hopefully, this series will not only be able to help teachers who have never run math workshop before, but also help those veteran math workshop wizards with a few new ideas and an occasional freebie! Week 1 […]
The concept of math workshop has been around for a long time. However, I was always really hesitant to try it. You know the excuses…too much planning, too chaotic in the classroom, and… did I say too much planning? The list could go on. Out of college, I was afraid of centers in general. How […]
