Posts Tagged: Planning for Small Groups in Math

Super Secondary Manipulatives: Anglegs!

When I showed a set of Anglegs to a high school math department and everyone said, “What are those?” I knew I needed to blog about these amazing manipulatives! Anglegs come in six lengths of plastic that easily snap together to explore plane geometry. When you snap two Anglegs, of any length together, you can snap a special 4” protractor to explore angles.…

3 FREE Math Games: Multiplication, Exponents, High School Geometry

It’s January and it is TIME for AHA moments!! Make one of these games or one from our website and see what happens! To download all three of these free math games, simply join the Tabor Team (it’s FREE, too) and you’re set to go! Joining will also make sure you receive a new FREE math game every month!…

Two FREE Games to Teach Exponents

Exponents are useful, applicable, mathematical, and sometimes downright annoying! I like the way BetterExplained.Com explains it. Numbers aren’t just a count; a better viewpoint is a position on a line. This position can be negative (-1), between other numbers (sqrt(2)), or in another dimension (i).   What does 3^10 mean to you?…

Top Ten Steps for Stations

In just ONE Training Day, get everything you need to begin differentiated, small-group instruction IMMEDIATELY! . . . Engage EVERY Student on EVERY Level in ANY Subject! (Not just math) . . . Increase tests scores OVER 25% this school year! Email Glenna today to learn how your school can host this new, one-day training experience and learn the first steps for learning stations for REAL RESULTS in ANY subject!…

Four Tabor Rotation Tools-FREE DOWNLOADS

After sharing the Tabor Rotation Framework at the 2016 SCCTM Conference,  I wanted to encourage the passionate educators in South Carolina as they continue on their journey of highly effective and personalized instruction using Tabor Rotation. Here are 4 Tabor Tools you can download and use immediately.…

Supporting Guided Math Using Tabor Rotation

How can I support the implementation of balanced, small-group, guided math instruction in my school? How do I keep the momentum going after attending a Tabor Rotation Training? How do I share my enthusiasm and expertise in an effective way? These questions are asked quite frequently by teacher leaders, math coaches, administrators, and specialist who want to build the grass-roots movement of Tabor Rotation.  …

What Teachers Can do to Make Tabor Rotation Successful

“Teaching is a calling, too. And, I’ve always thought that teachers, in their way, are holy- angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.”     -Jeannette Walls, Half Broken Horses In September of 2013, I began to work with a team of teachers who were looking for a way to provide better math instruction to their students.…

How Can a Skills Specialist Support Tabor Rotation?

  “Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.”     -Pete Carroll, Head Coach of the Seattle Seahawks Since she has done an absolutely AMAZING job of supporting the teachers at Carter Academy in Aldine ISD, AND they have had amazing results, I posed this question to skills specialist Amanda Rodriguez.…

How Can an Administrator Support Tabor Rotation?

“Nothing so conclusively proves a man’s ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.”     -Thomas J. Watson, founder of IBM “A leader is a dealer in hope.”     -Napoleon Bonaparte Since I’m not an administrator, I posed this question to principal Lorrie Kloss who began her journey in Tabor Rotation in May, 2014 and has seen ASTOUNDING results, “How can an administrator support Tabor Rotation?”…

Encouraging Simultaneous Interaction

  “If you have a candle, the light won’t glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.”     -Steven Tyler, Aerosmith A participant in a recent Tabor Rotation Institute asked me this question, “Why is simultaneous interaction so important?” Jeff Sapp writes about the transformational power of simultaneous interaction in at-risk schools in the Electronic Journal of Science Education, Number 30: Fall, 2006.…