Transcript Guided Math - Mandy's Tips for Teachers

Guided Math
Mandy Gregory
[email protected]
www.mandygregory.com
Background
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Taught seven and a half years- first year in Cobb
County
Taught only literacy for three years
Taught fourth grade for five years and this is my
second year in second grade
Mathematics was my least favorite subject in
school. I always enjoyed reading and writing
much, much more!
Daily Schedule
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8:00-8:10 Math RAP (review of morning work problems)
8:10-8:55 Writer’s Workshop
8:55-9:00 Bathroom
9:00-10:50 Literacy Block (mini lessons, guided reading/
spelling/ grammar)
10:50-11:45 Math Block
11:45-11:50 Bathroom
11:50-12:20 Lunch
12:20-12:50 Recess
12:50-1:15 Science/ Social Studies/ Health
1:20-2:00 Specials
2:00-2:10 Pack up
2:10 Dismissal
Math Block
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10:50-11:05 Math Mini lesson (modeling making
change with the fewest amount of coins with
weighted money and a balance)
11:05-11:25 First Math Group
11:25-11:45 Second Math Group
11:45-11:50 Clean up/ Bathroom break
Week at a Glance
Monday
Pretest
Game
Tuesday
Mini
Lesson
Wednesday
Mini
Lesson
Thursday
Mini
Lesson
Friday
Review
Day
Two Small Two Small Two Small Target
Math
Math
Math
Students
groups
groups
groups
pulled out
Monday
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Pre-assessment is given to students
See example packet of pretests. Please note these are
nothing fancy! Often it is just a half sheet of a few
problems.
New game taught to students that focuses on current
focus/ new focus
Examples:
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Race for a Flat taught when beginning addition with
regrouping unit
Money Bags taught when beginning counting change unit
Analyzing Student Pre-Test
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Grade student pretest
Sort into four groups or stacks with like errors.
These become the math groups.
Addition with regrouping example
Planning
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After I analyze the assessments and create groups, I
begin planning.
Looking at the standard, I consider what each group
needs to meet the end goal of being successful.
I try to start with using manipulatives. It is much easier
to teach manipulatives with five students rather than 20.
Then we move to white boards to do “pencil/paper
work” and more abstract problems.
Planning Continued
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I use this planning sheet to plan for the week.
I clip the pre-assessments and this planning
sheet together with a clothespin and keep it
behind my small group table for easy reference.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
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Mini Lesson (10-15 minutes)
Examples:
Weighted money and balance to model created like
amounts of change
 Arrow math and number path to preview and review
addition and subtract multi-digit problems
 Marcy Cook Hundreds board book
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Where is everyone?
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Photo of math group
rotations
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Students are doing one
of three activities:
Meeting with the
teacher
Seatwork
Games
Where is everyone?
So What is Everyone Else Doing?
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I meet with two math groups per day
The other students rotate twice. Every student
completes seatwork each day. Seatwork is usually a page
from the math book. I try to choose pages that students
can complete independently that review past skills.
Please note I may not complete every chapter in the
math book. I first look at the standard and THEN find
it in the book.
Example:
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New Skill – money
Seatwork- addition with regrouping
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Students play games.
These are games that I
introduce on Mondays
whole group. I do not
assign which games
students play. Since
all games are either
directly tied to a
recent standard or
introducing the new
skill, students are
benefiting from any
of them. I try to keep
a mixture of games
kids play in pairs or
alone.
Games
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Only one group at a
time is playing games.
This cuts down on noise.
Worksheet/ Math Book Pages
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Students complete a
workbook page or a
worksheet. All the skills
covered at this time are a
review. Occasionally I
will have students
complete a exemplar or
word problem in their
math journals. These are
usually problems very
similar to our daily RAP.
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This is an example of our
daily RAP. Occasionally
students may complete a
problem in their math
journals like problems 3 or 4.
Whenever I do this, I have
them work with partners, with
manipulatives. Students are
required to show their
answers in pictures, number
sentences and a written
sentence explaining how they
came up with the answer.
After Completing Math Work
Pages…
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Students choose a math
tub and their target card.
Target cards are in a
white suction cup basket
on the front board.
Students then build the
problems on their target
card and color in a block
when they build all the
possible problems.
Game Ideas
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Hundreds puzzles
Race for a Flat
Money Bags
How Many Can You Grab?
Website:
http://www.mandygregory.com/guided_math_groups.htm
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Super Source Books
Frustrations and Problems
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Takes longer to complete the curriculum
Management
Making time to share
Organization- for me and the kids!
Assessing and reporting