Math Workshop!

Our math workshop model is finally up and running! We start each math lesson with a 30 minute whole group lesson.  We review yesterday's skill and then I introduce our new learning material.  After our whole group lesson and practice, the kids rotate through 2 stations a day.  Each station lasts for 15 minutes.  One station is meeting with me to review the days lesson and practice any number skills that need strengthening like place value, counting money, or telling time.  Another station is independent practice where each child has a folder full of independent math work that they can practice such as simple addition, subtraction, and skip counting.  The third station is technology where the students use an iPad or chrome book to play a math game or use Dreambox. The last station is the hands-on station where students play a math game that reinforces the skills we have been working on. We've worked really hard on setting up classroom expectations so that the students understand what their objective is at each station.  Here are some pictures from our math stations in action!

Here is our math station board. It tells what the activity is for each station as well as what the daily rotation is.

 

Here are some students hard at work at my desk.

Here is some students playing "Boo Bump" for the Hands-On station.

 

For technology, the students were playing a Math Bingo app that worked on addition, subtraction, money, and place value.

Here are some students working on their independent math folders. They each get to chose the worksheet that they would like to complete.