Teaching multisensory math techniques as well as incorporating multisensory math activities into lesson plans is not only best practice for students

The last two components of my math block are the math lesson and lesson assessment. I use the 5-E lesson model to teach new math content. I like the 5-E model because it allows the students to explore and discover the content on their own before I provide additional information and strategies. The 5-E model also allows me to facilitate the lesson through questioning and assess the students' understanding throughout the lesson through my observations. While I regularly plan my lessons using this format, I have found it necessary to adapt the format to fit the needs of my students. With that in mind, I will add that this lesson format may take me more than one day to complete and I sometimes complete several explore and explain cycles before getting to the Elaboration stage. It all depends on the students! I have included the lesson format below along with a description of each of the five Es and activity ideas that can be used to address each component.

Middle school math coloring worksheets offer a unique and engaging way for students to practice and reinforce essential math skills. These worksheets combine the academic rigor of math concepts with the creativity of coloring, making learning enjoyable for middle school students. Designed to cater to the needs of students in grades 6 to 8, these worksheets cover a wide variety of topics, including fractions, decimals, algebra, geometry, and more. By incorporating coloring into math practice, these worksheets provide an effective means of keeping young minds focused and motivated.

Today I will share with you how you can set up and organize a math workshop model that will help you reach every student!

The biggest challenge with teaching middle school is the race against the clock! Ideas for how to structure a 60 minute class period.

Your first week of math lesson plans should include these five elements to ensure students are ready to learn, use math tools, and work together! FREE resource.

5 Exercise activities to get students excited and engaged while learning about 6th grade statistics. Thematic unit ideas and lessons for teaching 6th grade.

Engage your math students right from the start! In this post, I share five engaging lesson hooks for math, including resource links to get started.

Looking for a fun and enagaging way to teach linear measurement? Check out these monster themed measurement activities that make learning fun

Add these 6 angle activities to teach acute, right, straight, and obtuse angles to prepare your students to identify different types of angles.

Free set of printables to go along with Magnetic Tiles. Includes two levels of difficulty. Builds problem solving skills.

Are you looking for examples of "I do, we do, you do"? This blog post provides examples of it in action in the classroom and in lesson plans.

Math crafts are fun! Add art and crafts to your math lessons to make them more fun! Download a FREE math craft project. #mathcraft #firstgrademathactivities

Area and perimeter are two of my favorite math concepts to teach. It's easy to have fun learning area and perimeter.

Are you looking for a lesson plan template that can help you write your math lesson plans? This template is fully editable and includes all the important components for a successful lesson plan.

"This Exponent Tic-Tac-Toe Game / Activity is a great way for students to practice Exponents."

What kind of lesson plan sheets do you use to plan out your lessons? I use this lesson plan sheet below to help me plan out lessons and units. I copy this sheet on colored paper and use it to organize subjects. I then paper clip this lesson plan sheet to any worksheet or material that goes along with it. It helps me stay organized and each year after that, it's easier to plan. I hope this lesson plan template helps you organize your lessons. Click on the picture to download this FREEBIE! Planning out your lessons will keep your day on track. Keeping everything that goes into your lesson in one spot or on one sheet will keep you organized. This will make your lesson smooth sailing. Hopefully this lesson plan sheet helps. Here are some items that I found on Amazon that I thought might be helpful when planning: Teacher Plan Book Keep Calm T-Shirt Thanks for stopping by today! See you soon,

We wrapped up Friendship Week today. We did a lot of discussing what it means to do a friend and what are some fun/safe things you can do with your friend. I created this fun matching game to use in our sensory bin. I dyed some rice for the first time and it turned out perfect! It also reminded me of grass, so I found pictures of kids on the playground. On the cards I wrote words that describe what a good friend does, like share, help, kind, etc. Then, we picked a card, read the word, and discussed the word more. I added these fun "Buddy Builders" from Amazon and they were perfect "friends" for our park. This book is a great way to talk about the nice things our hands can do. Especially, if you have any kiddos who like to use their hands in an unsafe way ;) I also dyed noodles for the first time, too! We used those noodles to make friendship necklaces! We also used a bead kit for friendship bracelets :) Click on image to grab this bead kit! These peanut butter and jelly color matching cards were a huge hit! We played restaurant and worked together to serve the correct colors. I got these from The Homestead Teacher! Grab them HERE! We like to think of words that start with each letter. When we are out, we will see a letter and I always have to think of something that starts with that letter. It totally helps connect learning, so I made these "F is for friends!" page and we decorated the 'f' different supplies. For our play dough invitation, I printed off this cute friendship clip art set from Creative Clips! We put the friends in our play dough and pretended we were playing at the park! The last game we did was this fun math activity! We had to help the boy get to his friends by rolling our dice and counting each circle. It was a great way to practice some counting, number identification, and taking turns! Grab these activities HERE! *NOTE: the play dough friends are not included in this due to terms of use, but they are free for you to download HERE!

FREE Template for Lesson Planning in Math for preschool. Includes tips for creating a reoccurring curriculum map to help with planning for years to come.

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These Montessori math resources & printables will help you teach math with Dr. Montessori’s approach through observation and experimentation.

Why use math sorts? Discussions Differentiation Aligned to the standards No-prep FUN! 1. Discussions We constantly tell students to show their work or explain their thinking. Using math sorts weekly will give students practice in putting their thinking into words. Your students will use math vocabulary as they explain how they sorted their cards. They […]

In this Aquarium Perspective Lesson, Middle School students will dive right into learning about the principle of perspective while designing an aquarium.

Keep all of your lesson plans for the whole school year in one streamlined easy-to-access place with a Google Sheets Lesson Plan Template!

These 5 fun 3D shapes activities for kindergarten are a great way for students to learn about shape attributes while having a blast.

Ok so…I know I haven’t posted much of anything lately. That’s because I’ve been working on a Pacing Guide to use this school year. I wanted to make it editable…

Skip the stress of planning your first day of math class! Read about four first day of school math activities that are easy to plan and fun for students!

Planning for the first week of school can be overwhelming! Here are my first week of school lesson plans and resources.

Learn how to set yearlong plans, plan for a unit and daily topics, and create lessons plans.

Incorporating reading into your math lessons can be a great way to engage kids in math learning! Here are 5 simple ways to teach with math story books!

This is such an awesome way for students to keep track of their work. It also helps hold them accountable for reaching their goals. So far this bundle includes: - 4 different lesson trackers (color and b+w versions) math and reading versions of each - 100% data trackers (math and reading versions) - Color coding lesson tracker (math and reading versions) - Lesson tracker to be used however you'd like - 100% lesson punch card pages - 100% lesson color coding pages - Weekly time spent on task tracker MORE COMING SOON!

A good exit ticket can be a useful tool for your classroom! Here are exit ticket ideas for Spanish class. Click to check out the examples!

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The first 10 days of school are exhausting for both teachers and students! So many routines to teach and so many little learners to get to know!

Whether your lesson plans are detailed multi-page documents submitted to your administration each week, or they’re mostly post-it notes with concise bullet points, effective lesson planning requires strategy and intent. Great lessons need clear direction, purpose, pacing, and solid pedagogy. (Side note: If you are looking for engaging step-by-step lesson plans for the ELA classroom – especially for sub plans – check out my ELA Lessons Bundle with over 60 individual plans). While planning such successful, well-balanced, dynamic lessons takes time (think of all those observation lessons), if you get into a strong habit of working through a few key steps, it simplifies the whole process. And, as with all habits: the more you do it, the easier it becomes. Soon you internalise the steps and find yourself doing them without even realising it. Below are the four simple steps - G.A.D.E - I go through in my mind every time I plan a lesson. Do I always write them out in detail? Nope, but I still always work through them as I plan. What do you want students to be able to do, know, or understand by the end of the lesson? The most effective way to plan a route for a journey, is to start with knowing where you are trying to get to, right? Instruction is most effective when you, and your students, have a firm idea of the goal. When they know what they are working towards, the lesson is far more purposeful. Your goal should be able to be expressed in a single sentence or two: the more focused it is, the easier it is for students to digest and understand. I even suggest writing this on the board at the start of the lesson, for students to be able to see and reference. Examples of Goals: - Students will understand the impact of varying sentence patterns, in term of creating tone. - Having read chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby, students will be able to explain how an author develops a character in a narrative through the use of indirect characterization. - Students will be able to effectively back up their thoughts and ideas with appropriate textual evidence. [Grab a free lesson plan template here] How are you going to break down the substance of the lesson, to help students reach the goal? This is the nuts and bolts of the lesson: the lecture, activities, exercises, etc. Ask yourself: What are the most effective methods to help guide students to the goal: A lecture? A group discussion? A reading exercise? Worksheet practice? A video? A writing exercise? Station work? The key here is breaking the lesson down into varied, manageable chunks: rarely should you plan a 60 minute lesson with just one single activity. You want to think about dividing the class up into 10-20 minute segments with varied activities and modes of learning: all geared towards the overall goal. [Check out Room213's helpful blog post on how to build in time for productive struggle when lesson planning.] Examples of Segments for a 60 minute lesson: 5 min: Provocation - some sort of hook for the lesson to pre-test knowledge, or incite intrigue and interest. 10 min: Paired work 15 min: Teacher-led lecture and discussion 20 min: Individual work to practice a skill 10 min: Reflection and assessment of learning How will you, and your students, know if they have achieved the goal? This does not always have to be a large assessment task: that would perhaps be a unit goal. However, you should be able to place small milestones in every lesson to assess whether or not students are gaining knowledge, or developing their skills, and this need to be intentional. It may be a summative assessment task, but in the daily lesson it would likely be formative assessment. This should be a conscious decision when planning the lesson. Examples of Opportunities for Demonstrations of Learning: - Ask strategic questions: “How do you know that? Why did you write that?” - Use exit slips - Have students produce something which requires them to use what they have learned - Anonymous class polls or quizzes (or Kahoots!) - Self-reflections or evaluations - Written work / Projects What do you physically need to do, to facilitate the learning? Once you know the purpose of the lesson, and have a firm understanding of the activities and elements of the lesson, think about what you need to do to prepare. While this might be gathering resources, photocopying, finding passages, etc., it also should be about the space of the classroom: how best to facilitate the most effective lesson for your purpose. Think about desk layout, visual displays, seating arrangements, etc. Example of Environmental Elements - Move the desks into groups / pairs / individual etc. - Print, layout and organize materials - Have a specific song playing which relates to the lesson, for when students enter. - Create spaces around the room for station work or gallery walks etc. FREE TEMPLATES: If you are looking for a template for lesson planning: Click here to access a FREE editable Google Docs template (just go to “File” and “Make a Copy” to save the document to your own drive for editing). Want a printable copy? Click here to access a printable lesson plan template. Do also check out: If you are looking at planning a whole unit of study, read this great post by The Daring English Teacher.

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Hey friends! I had roadmapping on my mind during vacation, and I came back and made an example of what a road map could look like for the Kindergarten common core math standards. Hop over to my blog to read more and grab your free copy. BTW, I'm working on 1st and 2nd and they'll be available soon! Math Coach's Corner