Talking Math with One Basic Teacher Meghann

Math games are the best! Many excellent math center activities practice addition and subtraction. They are great because students love playing math games, and it gets them talking to each other about math in a fun way. 


In this episode, I will share with you four math center activities that you can use to practice addition and subtraction. 
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It’s that time of year when I teach my students to add and subtract. It can be a fun time (there are so many great ideas out there to use)! 


One of my favorite parts of teaching addition and subtraction is Number Talks. There are many great activities that get kids warming up their brains and getting ready to solve problems. Number Talks are like a puzzle for students to solve, and they get to talk about how they solved them, which is a bonus! Any time they share how they solved a problem makes them happy!


So, in this episode, I will share with you three fun ways to use number talks in your math workshop! So let’s get started!


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Math Games are a great way to engage your students in meaningful math activities and are so fun! They are great because students love playing math games, and it gets them talking to each other about math in a fun way. However, on the prep side of things, coming up with games to do for any unit can be a pain.


So, in today’s post, I will share with you three math center games that you can use with almost any unit and that your students will love. Also, they are very low prep!
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Guided math groups are fun! You get to work with students in small groups and see their thinking in a small group. It's easier to understand if a student understands the math skill you are teaching. It can tell you so much about them as a mathematician. 
Guided math is focused on teaching in small groups that make it possible to provide appropriate instruction. 
Meaning:  Small group instruction = differentiation

You can address individual students' needs, keep them engaged, understand their strengths and struggles, and use that to build their confidence in math!
In guided math instruction, students share their strategies, explore a math skill, and talk with each other (meaning, you are not talking, they are). 

So, in this episode, I will share with you what guided math is and three ideas that work efficiently so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. 

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When I first started teaching my math block, I have to say that most of my block was whole group with a bit of time for my students to practice at the end of the block. We would practice the same skill over and over and over. There wasn’t a lot of time to enrich students or remediate either. 


Then I moved to the Math Workshop Model and had problems keeping my focus lesson short to get to my math stations. It was a hot mess!


Then I started focusing on my time and how I could reduce my whole group lesson to just 15 minutes. It took a lot of time to figure out, but I can now keep my lessons to about 15 minutes. 


So in this episode, I will share how to get your whole group lesson down to 15 minutes or less.

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My favorite part of the math workshop is the Number Sense routines. I start them every day in my classroom. I love listening to my students think about the problem presented to them and make it into a math problem. This is where I will get them to raise their hand because they want to share what they discovered. 


So, in today’s episode, I will share with you what number sense routines are and how you can use them in your classroom in just 5 minutes a day. 
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