Teaching guided math small groups have been a game changer in my classroom! Read about how I plan for my math groups, differentiate my instruction and more!
It is possible to use math small group instruction in middle school with a bit of upfront planning! Tips for implementation and ideas to get your math small groups running smoothly.
Practical advice for how to run math small groups effectively during guided math block and math workshop. Read this guide for teaching tips and strategies you can use in your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade classroom and grab the free guided math small groups planning templates.
Use these number sense math activities to build number sense in first grade! Students will love these engaging, fun games too!
Learn my flexible Guided Math Set Up and how to manage your small groups so your students are responsible for their own learning!
It is possible to use math small group instruction in middle school with a bit of upfront planning! Tips for implementation and ideas to get your math small groups running smoothly.
Math triads were designed with the “three before me” routine in mind. A student should ask three people to assist him/her before asking the teacher.
This simple literacy or math warm up is easy to use and fun for kids to play in a small group setting. Perfect for kindergarten, first or second grade.
Find 5 number sense activities for kindergarten that build a solid foundation of math skills including counting, ordering, comparing & more.
Ready to make math centers work in shorter middle school class periods? Get the details - structure, scheduling, activities, and more!
Read about activities, lessons, and centers you can implement to help teach numbers. Download 6 free activities for your students.
Learn my flexible Guided Math Set Up and how to manage your small groups so your students are responsible for their own learning!
Bethany from Math Geek Mama is here with us today with a great active math game – puddle jumping! It’s good for all ages and especially for kids who love move around. Puddle Jump: A Get Up and Move Math Game Practicing math facts or learning to count and recognize numbers can be challenging for […]
My oldest son starts half day PreK in a few weeks. I made some activities for him to practice basic skills such as letters, shapes and numbers. I am so excited to share them with you! These activities are perfect for Preschool and Kindergarten. I love that they practice fine motor skills as well. Each activity can be printed and placed in a clear view pocket (such as the dry erase kind), or the activities can be laminated and then placed in a Math or Literacy center. Just add your favorite manipulatives. I chose to use pom poms. First up are Letter Cards. The cards come in 4 different printing options: -Full sheet color -Full sheet black and white -Half sheet color -Half sheet black and white Students practice building capital and lowercase letters. Next are the Shape Mats. Students practice building 2D shapes. The sheets come in color and black and white printing options. Next, is Color Word Practice The Find and Cover Alphabet Sheets and Find and Cover Number Sheets are designed to help practice letter and number identification. Find and Cover Teen Numbers The Find and Cover Numbers 0-10 is FREE to download in my store here. Lastly, I have made a few sets to practice sight words. All of these sheets can also be used as Print and Go activities. Just grab markers, crayons, colored pencils, bingo dabbers, etc and you have activities for morning work, small groups, sub tubs, fast finishers and more! If you haven't already grabbed the Number Freebie, just click the picture below! I hope you love these activities! Be sure to check these out it my money saving bundle here! Please be sure to note that when purchasing the bundle the items have been discounted by 50 percent!
These math activities for kids make learning math fun and engaging! Whether you are looking for free printables or activities, you will find lots of hands-on and playful ways for kids to learn math concepts and develop number sense. They are perfect for math centers, small group instruction, homeschool or just for fun!
These are small group classroom management tips on how to keep the rest of your class on task during centers.
Tips and ideas for managing small group instruction to keep your students engaged while you are working with a small group!
Want to maximize your small group math instruction? Check out this post for free planning forms and tips to help you plan your small group instruction.
Sorting is such an important skill for early learners and they will LOVE using this shapes sort printable in your math center!
Looking for visuals to help your kids make sense of math? Grab this free set of printable math manipulatives for all the hands on resources your kids need.
Small group ideas, tips, and tricks to make small group time meaningful in your preschool, pre=k, or kindergarten classroom and a giant FREE idea list too.
As a reading specialist there is one question I get asked the most from teachers...... What do I do during small groups? Although it seems like this should be the EASY part of your day. After all, there are only a couple of kids to teach, you have them grouped by level, they are all sitting RIGHT THERE.....in front of you. Have a go at it right? Wrong. Small group instruction is probably one of the most difficult things to do as a classroom teacher especially if you haven't been teaching reading to little ones. It is HARD and it is COMPLICATED and no one taught us how to do it. Seriously, no one! Teacher school didn't prepare us for a lot of things but when it came to small groups that part was skipped all together. So here is what I DO during small groups. I don't claim to have all of the answers but I can surely give you helping hand! #1 Have a plan! When I started doing small groups I was SO EXCITED on our first day. I had grouped all of my kids so I knew who needed what, I had some small group instruction books to use on their level, and I had a horseshoe table. I was all set right? WRONG! We cruised through that leveled reader in about 10 seconds and then what? I couldn't remember what it was this group really needed the most work on. I scrambled to figure things out on the fly but I didn't feel very effective. After a day or two I was ready to give up! To alleviate this FRUSTRATION I started writing down my plans for each group so no matter what type of day I was having I would be READY for them when they came to sit down. You can click on the picture or HERE to get this simple planning page. Just print it out and jot down what you are going to do with each group. That way when they show up to you, you know just what to do! #2 Differentiate We hear that word all of the time but what does that mean REALLY? It means you should REALLY be doing different things with each group. My 2 low groups usually are right on the same path but one generally needs WAY MORE work with letter sounds so I plan extra letter naming activities in for them. I find they are not ready for the leveled readers so I work with these Word Family Guided Reading plans. They give them extra practice with letter names/sounds that they need before moving into traditional leveled readers. #3 Be Consistent Don't be like me and have a bad day and skip groups. Although I FEEL that way sometimes I resist the urge and press on. It would be SO EASY to just have free time but that is not where readers are made. I promise. Little readers are created right there at your small group table. #4 You Don't Have to do it ALL! Once I got organized enough to be effective with my lessons in small groups I started to run into that "I can't fit it all in!" scenario. We love to freak out about that as teachers right? There is not enough time!! Well actually there is, and it doesn't all have to happen at once. One way I combat this is I use our Word Family Guided Reading books as a mini lesson between groups. We all come back together and read the book on our big screen together. That way we can reinforce the skills with the groups that are working on word families. THESE BOOKS include Powerpoint copies of the books to play all together. #5 Be Flexible and Grow with the Group Just because you placed a student in "Group 2" doesn't mean they have to stay there forever. Make your groups flexible. If Johnny is DONE with letter names he shouldn't be sitting in a group with students who only know the letter x....and o.......why are those always the 2 they know?? The most important thing I have learned from running small reading groups is that I LEARN as we go! Every year I discover a little more about these little readers. Pay attention to what works and what doesn't work. Here are a few links you might find helpful. And don't forget to download the free planning page to help get you started. RTI Made Easy Letter Naming RTI Made Easy Phoneme Segmentation RTI Made Easy CVC Words RTI Made Easy Digraphs Middle A Word Family Guided Reading Lesson Plans Middle I Word Family Guided Reading Lesson Plans Middle E Word Family Guided Reading Lesson Plans Want to Pin this for later? Here you go! P.S. Get a FREE ALPHABET ACTIVITY when you sign up for my newsletter HERE!
Free labels and organization of guided math manipulatives for Kindergarten through fifth grade. Labels and resources Guided Math.
I love these math games for middle and high school students! They are great for small groups or whole class activities.
Looking for kindergarten math activities? These math games with dice are perfect for whole-group math instruction, small group, or even centers! Activities include roll and color worksheets, dice graphing, and four in a row! All of these math activities require no preparation. Simply print the activity and add a die!
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Let’s take a look at different ways you can organize your math workshop block. The three versions below are just examples. You can always modify and come up with your own. Three Groups (start here) Four Groups (good for skill groups) Extra Choice (24+ students) THREE GROUPS Below I will write about two ways that […]
Small group ideas, tips, and tricks to make small group time meaningful in your preschool, pre=k, or kindergarten classroom and a giant FREE idea list too.
This product contains one worksheet and answer key for finding the area of rectangular shapes. Visit my store for a larger set! This worksheet can be used for whole group practice, homework, review, or small group work. Reviews are appreciated :)
Grab these free Unifix Cubes Counting Activity Mats with a fun school supply theme! They're perfect for Back to School season or anytime of the school year!
+JMJ So I've been working on this below.... Feel free to download if you can use them. The first one is actually specific to our Texas Process Standards for 5th grade. The others are just general to help you if you need help in small groups. I'll actually add more specifics for the other contents soon. Happy Teaching! Edit: I will not be able to put up a free editable version as intended. I apologize for the inconvenience. =( Please feel free to print out the above. =)
Spring is definitely my favorite time of year to teach Science! There are just so many hands-on concepts that are so interesting to the students. Plants, of course, is always so interesting because they are something the kids can see all around them and they all have some kind of experience with. First up, here are some of our centers we have going on during our study of plants. This first one is the same green mat as the one below, just with different sorting objects. This is our Spring Sensory Tub. So far, it contains flowers, pots, rubber bugs, and bug cards that the students can match with the rubber bugs. This seed matching center is one of my favorite Science centers. Each large card contains an empty seed packet and some seeds. The students find the small card with the same seeds and matches it to the large card. One of the student's favorite activities was going on a nature hunt and then using what they found to create their own nature collages. And of course, no study on plants would be complete without planting our own beans! We planted pinto and lima. (The clear cups make it easy to see how the roots grow!) Want to completely amaze your Kinders?! Just change white carnations into colored carnations with food coloring and water! At the end of our unit on plants, I split the students into five groups and they made posters to present to the class about what they learned. Watching them work together and figure it all out on their own is always my favorite part of group projects. I wrote the title for each group on a piece of paper, but the students did all the planning, writing and drawing on their own. "How to Plant a Seed" "Plant Needs" "What We Know About Plants" "Types of Plants" "Parts of a Plant" Update: I have created a Living & Nonliving Mini Unit to continue our study of living and nonliving things. You can see it on Teachers Pay Teachers, here. Or you can read about it on my newest blog post, here.
A sneak peek into 10-Minute Math Interventions! This includes step-by-step lesson plans and many engaging activities for math intervention.
Here's a list of 52 fellowship activities that groups in my church have used through the years. This list is meant to serve as an idea starter for your group so you can come up with your own activities and plans for implementing them. The key is to do it together.
Hey Y'all! Hope everyone is well. I'm in my 3rd week of school and things are going well. I am well into daily five routines and practice as well as math stations. There is still so much to do and so much to teach my little ones! I'm also 35 weeks pregnant and getting a little anxious about delivery quickly approaching. I still don't know my long term sub but I'm trying to get as organized as possible to help her transition into my classroom. I've also been very busy creating and customizing my TEKS cards for other Texas teachers. I use the second grade set in my classroom every day and I love them! They are great for goal setting and ensuring that students know the objectives for the lesson. They are also on sale until midnight tonight at my "Teachers Pay Teachers" store. Have fun getting back into your classrooms! While organizing my binders I realized I wanted to change my small group plans/organization. I just whipped up this documenation form to help me keep track of student progress in small group reading or math. To keep track of student progress I use those little check marks at the bottom of the page. It's quick, easy and effective. Feel free to grab it if you think you can use it! :)
Engaging multiplication centers for third grade. Build fluency and master multiplication properties through hands-on activities!
Take your kids on a learning adventure with these fun printable monster math activities! From color matching to counting, explore a variety of educational games perfect for kids. Unleash the fun
Want to know how I keep math centers running smoothly in my classroom?! I love maximizing my time with small groups by making sure that my centers are meaningful and low-prep! Click here to read more!
