Upper Elementary Simplified
Are you an upper elementary teacher in need of new ideas, strategies, and inspiration to provide engagement for your students? Upper Elementary Simplified is a podcast for busy teachers to listen to on the car ride to and from school, during lunch or planning, or by the pool during the summer to learn new ways to engage students in meaningful learning.
Danna Rodebush from Teacher Tech Studio is a former 5th grade classroom teacher who now shares teaching resources, math lessons, and classroom inspiration to support upper elementary teachers around the world. Visit teachertechstudio.com to learn more.
Upper Elementary Simplified
How You Can Turn Boring Math Into Engaging Math
Are you in a battle with your math curriculum? I’ve been there…you may be looking at the piles of math books that your district provided to you or you were told were the best of the best…and you’re thinking to yourself something along the lines of:
How am I ever going to get my students to enjoy math? Or how can I possibly plan engaging whole group and small group lessons with the way this curriculum is organized? Or how am I going to properly assess my students and ensure that they reach mastery of grade level skills? Whether you are already running a guided math classroom or if you have been thinking of giving a more structured approach to your math block a try, this episode is for you. Especially if you are nodding your head to any of the questions I just asked.
Today I am going to talk about how you can implement a guided math routine in your classroom even if you’re feeling limited by your boxed curriculum.
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