Guided Math Update
Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today was our first day back with kiddos, and it was a great day! I felt well-rested and well-planned…a perfect combo! I’ve had lots of questions about our guided math routine lately, so I snapped a bunch of pics today to share with you.
(I have no idea why these first 2 pics are wonky, but I can’t fix them!)
We do math right after lunch. As soon as we come in, the kids get their weekly 5-a-Day Math from their busy bee folders and get to work. This takes about 5 minutes.
After the 5-a-day, the kids come to the rug. Someone usually starts the Quiet Game while we’re waiting for our friends to all finish. This is my teacher table at the front where I have all of materials prepped for the math lesson.
 We do most of this whole group, and I walk around and check while they are working independently. It's about 10 minutes tops. While we are not required to use the workbook, they will very likely use them in upper grades, and we want the kids to be familiar with the format and expectations.</p>
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Today, in my group, we used a math game to practice our skill of the day. This game comes from my January Math Centers. Tomorrow I’ll add it to our math tubs! The teacher table group always looks different depending on the skill. I do love when I can play a game with them, though!
If students finish their paper practice activity, they are able to move to technology. We have ipads, so they are able to do an ipad math app or a QR scavenger hunt if available.
(This is a pic from last year.)
These are also from my January Math Tubs. We ordered the little foam snowflakes from Oriental Trade, and the adorable penguins were my son’s. I almost threw them away!!
A few notes: between each round, students come back to the rug and we rotate the circles. I release them group by group. This seems to work much better than just rotating between rounds-less chaotic!
Alright, ya’ll. Sorry if this is jumbled. I’m tired!! I hope you find this helpful. What do you think of guided math? Let us know! Thanks for stopping by!
