tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746027850336066537.post8270527298566678200..comments2024-03-21T03:54:48.886-04:00Comments on The Elementary Math Maniac: Guided Math in Action Book Study Chapters 3 and 4The Math Maniachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06177173988483052908noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746027850336066537.post-19617342493131153672014-07-14T09:28:39.565-04:002014-07-14T09:28:39.565-04:00Hello Dr. Nicki!
It is an honor to have you stop b...Hello Dr. Nicki!<br />It is an honor to have you stop by my blog! I am a huge fan of your work and am so happy that your message reaches so many teachers. Your participation adds a great deal to this book study! I like your point about giving a variety of assessments at the beginning of the year!The Math Maniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177173988483052908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746027850336066537.post-24471985886895415932014-07-14T09:27:06.949-04:002014-07-14T09:27:06.949-04:00I love reading about your ideas! It sounds like y...I love reading about your ideas! It sounds like you are very intentional about the way you set up math workshop!<br />The Math Maniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177173988483052908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746027850336066537.post-92100606565678402932014-07-13T22:36:16.020-04:002014-07-13T22:36:16.020-04:00Hi,
This is Dr. Nicki. I am so excited that you a...Hi,<br />This is Dr. Nicki. I am so excited that you are doing a book study on the book! In terms of forming groups, I have been thinking and writing a great deal lately about testing in the beginning of the year. Be sure to give a grade level fluency test, a word problem test and tests of the priority standards.<br /><br />Happy Mathing,<br />Dr. Nickidr. nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788165157252448155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746027850336066537.post-29163240181860752732014-07-12T14:56:59.411-04:002014-07-12T14:56:59.411-04:00I am really enjoying this book:) You can read my ...I am really enjoying this book:) You can read my blog post about chapters 3&4 on my blog :)<br /><br />-Beach Teacher<br /><a href="http://primaryclassroomsareoceansoffun.blogspot.com/2014/07/guided-math-book-study-chapters-3-4.html" rel="nofollow">Primary Classrooms are Oceans of Fun</a>Beach Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857506754302369545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746027850336066537.post-14954911684064442602014-07-09T21:30:14.100-04:002014-07-09T21:30:14.100-04:00Hi Ann Elise,
I love how you have empowered your...Hi Ann Elise,<br /> I love how you have empowered your students to take responsibility for their own learning. This is an area I still feel like I need to work on more, especially for younger students. It sounds like you are going to be a great math specialist! You are going to love focusing on one subject all day long!The Math Maniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177173988483052908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746027850336066537.post-85975860488717257222014-07-09T16:44:41.634-04:002014-07-09T16:44:41.634-04:00I have just finished 13 years teaching 5th grade a...I have just finished 13 years teaching 5th grade and will now be the newly created Math Specialist K-5 between two schools. One of the first things I want to do is talk to the teachers about the structure of their math lessons and tell them all about Dr Nicki and her ideas on Guided Math. I first saw her two years ago and began then to change the structure of my Math hour to be more guided math. This year I went full steam ahead and pretty much did Guided Math every day of the week. I have quoted the phrase about reaching one third of the kids during a whole group lesson many, many times. I absolutely loved the structure of the guided math groups. A huge key to it was developing the students' independence and empowering them to take ownership of their own learning. I had them make goals and showed them the data I had on them as we collected it. I made sure the environment in my classroom was one of analyzing any assessment for strengths and weaknesses and not forgetting about the weak areas after the student took the summative assessment for each unit. They maintained a list in their safe folders on the topics they still needed to work on so that when they had free time they would watch videos or do IXL problem sets on those topics. I love having the philosophy of the flexible groupings based on topic as well. All the kids knew that I was using data to give each of them what they needed and that they had power to take over their learning if they desired. I felt like it revolutionized my classroom!! I agree that organization is a definite must!!<br />Ann EliseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746027850336066537.post-64571507690497078902014-07-09T16:38:09.198-04:002014-07-09T16:38:09.198-04:00It is a very powerful one! Even if you can squeez...It is a very powerful one! Even if you can squeeze in some small group work in addition to your whole class lessons, you will notice a big difference.The Math Maniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177173988483052908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746027850336066537.post-58122382096592022662014-07-09T15:00:27.054-04:002014-07-09T15:00:27.054-04:00This looks like a really good book. I haven't...This looks like a really good book. I haven't used groups in math, but the quote about two-thirds is a powerful one. <br /><br />❀ Tammy<br /><i><b><a href="http://foreverin1st.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Forever in First</a></b></i>Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18053983168084838303noreply@blogger.com