Posts Tagged: Comprehension & Connections in Mathematics

Why Teach Guided Math?

“We always hope for the easy fix: the one simple change that will erase a problem in a stroke. But few things in life work this way. Instead, success requires making a hundred small steps go right – one after the other, no slipups, no goofs, everyone pitching in.”    …

Guided Math via the Teacher Time Station

The most popular math station during a week of Tabor Rotation? In every survey, formal or informal, the answer is always Teacher Time. This is the guided math station, of the Tabor Rotation Framework, where teachers plan to teach a small group of  the most difficult concepts for the week.…

Movies, Math, & the Moon: Visualizing in Math

Fred Haise: I know why my numbers were wrong. I only figured it for two people. Jack Swigert: Maybe I should just hold my breath. -from the movie, “Apollo 13” “We’ve made our Whole-Group Mini-Lesson on Fridays about problem solving. Word problems, especially multi-step ones, are really challenging for our students.…