"Teaching to Open Doors"

Welcome! I am so glad you are here to read about my adventures in the classroom. I believe it is my purpose as a teacher to open doors and provide every child an opportunity to experience the world around them. In this blog, I will keep you updated on my adventures, strategies, accomplishments, and opportunities to grow. My hope is that by writing and reflecting on my teaching, responding to feedback from you, my readers, and providing others with teaching tools and ideas, that I will make a bigger and better impact on this world.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The Math Center



This is the math center that will be essential to implementing guided math in my classroom. The cabinet in the corner is where students will track their progress in mastering their math facts. Each time a student passes a test, they will add a surfboard to their tower (we have a beach theme this year). Timers and the paper surfboards will be kept in the surfboard bin on the table. The wall has reference posters for students as well as expectations posters for completing the problem solving journal entries and seatwork. The large lined paper poster is for writing notes on in dry erase markers. This is a place where I can copy example problems and other notes that will help students in their seatwork and other tasks. The table has a bin with the timed math facts tests and review games. The binders hold the answers to the timed tests, seatwork assignments, seatwork answer keys, and the problem solving journal prompts. This center provides students with everything they need for their independent work. When I meet with students in small groups, we meet at a table in the front of the room near the white board. Please check back soon for posts that give more information on each of the stations students complete during math!

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