MATH STATIONS in a remote, hybrid, or socially distanced face-to-face setting? YES!
MATH STATIONS engage ALL learners–no matter where they are sitting! Here are 10 FREE templates to help you with MATH STATIONS & GUIDED MATH. Begin planning for MATH STATIONS & GUIDED MATH by clicking on the Math Station Rotation Template or the Remote & Hybrid Math Instruction with Stations Template.…
“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”    -Dorothy Parker
One of the most powerful tools a teacher has available is objective observation. In a differentiated math classroom, especially one that makes use of math stations, observation is essential. I was reminded of this in a conversation with an administrator who had hired me to assist her school in the sophisticating the ways in which they instruct mathematics.…
Maria Montessori says, âWe cannot create observers by saying âobserve,â but by giving them the power and the means for this observation.â I cannot agree more and that is why Clipboard Cruising is one of the 14 Essential Elements of the Tabor Rotation Framework. Clipboard Cruising, or constant and consistent teacher observation is complimented by two other Essential Elements of Tabor Rotation, Exit Questions and Math Journal Writing.…
âHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment to improve the world.â    -Anne Frank
Many secondary teachers are fine-tuning the use of small-group instruction in their classrooms. The email below is an incredible exchange with great information. Hope it helps some of you, too.…
“The only person who behaves sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure every time he sees me. All the rest go on with their old measurements.”
-George Bernard Shaw
I was reminded of the importance of on-going assessment while watching my children swim at the neighborhood pool.…
A friend, knowing how strongly I feel about the power of engaging students in a classroom, sent me a link to a news article. After reading the article, she said it sounded like my kind of classroom. The study, conducted with Canadian college students, compared a lecture format with an interactive format.…
âA prudent question is one-half of wisdom.â -Francis Bacon
“Talent alone won’t make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: “Are your ready?” -Johnny Carson
During follow-up conferencing this week I was asked a wonderful question.…
âDreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions. ” Edgar Cayce
Many educators, who have attended my workshops concerned with simplifying small-group, differentiated instruction in mathematics using the Tabor Rotation Framework, have submitted questions. Before the year is over, my goal is to respond to as many of these questions as possible.…
âEvery piece of the puzzle that doesn’t fit gets you closer to the answer.â – Cynthia Copeland Lewis
âDoctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.â    …
“A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.” -John Ciardi
“The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.”…
MATH STATIONS in a remote, hybrid, or socially distanced face-to-face setting? YES!
MATH STATIONS engage ALL learners–no matter where they are sitting! Here are 10 FREE templates to help you with MATH STATIONS & GUIDED MATH. Begin planning for MATH STATIONS & GUIDED MATH by clicking on the Math Station Rotation Template or the Remote & Hybrid Math Instruction with Stations Template.…