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5 Football Activities for the Math Classroom

January 30, 2019

5 Football Activities to Get You Ready to Rumble!

Blue 22, Blue 22... hut, hut! I can’t even begin to think of how many times I’ve heard phrases like that on tv and have no clue what it means! While I may not know a ton about football I sure know that the boys, and even some of my girls, LOVE when it is time to bring out the football activities in math class! This time of year we are heading into Super Bowl weekend and what better time to bring i ... View Post

Filed Under: Math Workshop, Teaching Tagged With: math workshop, math workstations, Solve and Snip, task Cards, work stations

Teaching Order of Operations

October 6, 2018

Order of Operations… OH MY! | TEKS 5.4e | TEKS 6.7a

Every year it seems as if working on Order of Operations is a brand new concept for my students, as if it has all of a sudden become a foreign language. I will admit that if you are just looking at a mnemonic device it might as well be a foreign language.. PEMDAS, BEDMAS, GEMS, yep, none of that makes sense to a student and when you throw it in with other mnemonics they have been exposed to it is ... View Post

Filed Under: Interactive Notebooks, Math Workshop, Teaching Tagged With: anchor chart, INB, interactive notebook, interactive notebooks, math workshop, order of operations, work stations, workstations

Grading Math Workshop

August 3, 2018

Grading and Math Workshop… How Does it Work?

So many of you have messaged me about the struggle when it comes to grading your students work in Math Workshop and how either you HAVE to grade it for students to actually take action or you need to grade it to make sure that they are understanding what is going on. First, I want to remind you... Math Workshop stations are REVIEW MATERIAL! This is material that students have already had a full ... View Post

Filed Under: Math Workshop, Teaching Tagged With: grading, math workshop, work stations, workstation, workstations

Math Workshop in Middle School

July 21, 2018

7 Reasons to Use Math Workshop in Middle School

As challenging as it must be to incorporate our mathematical standards in each year, it is just as challenging to meet the needs of a classroom full of learners. The goal is clear each year, we must teach the standards and show growth but the pathway to get from Point A to Point B is not always as clear. We must change things up and that is where Math Workshop and Guided Math play a crucial ... View Post

Filed Under: Teaching Tagged With: guided math, math workshop, work stations, workstation, workstations

Teaching Fractions with Fraction Games Mega Pack

July 1, 2018

Frustrated With Teaching Fractions & Need Fraction Activities?

Without a doubt the number one struggle I hear when I talk to teachers is that teaching fractions is a pain. Not that the teachers don't understand them or know how to teach them but they are such a struggle of a concept for students to understand. And the fact that there are so many concepts to cover with fractions it basically could be taught every day for at least a full school year and you ... View Post

Filed Under: Math Workshop, Response to Intervention, Teaching Tagged With: Facebook Live, fractions, Intervention, math workshop, work stations, workstations

Differentiating Small Groups

June 24, 2018

Differentiating Small Groups for Guided Math

For me, Guided Math wasn’t a specific station but rather I pulled from the stations to work with a separate group. This allowed me to constantly differentiate my Guided Math Groups without changing my Math Workshop Rotation Board. I’m all about working smarter and not harder and this truly helped. The tip for this is to pull 1-2 students from each Math Workshop group to allow for the activities to ... View Post

Filed Under: Math Workshop, Teaching Tagged With: differentiation, guided math, math workshop, work stations

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Jennifer Jochen

Jennifer Smith Jochen has been an educator since 2003 with experience in elementary, middle school and college. Math has been her passion since a young age which no doubt resulted in her secondary math teaching career. Currently Jennifer is a Differentiated Curriculum Designer and Staff Developer traveling the nation to train teachers on the effectiveness of Interactive Notebooks, Math Workshop and All Things Math. When she is not traveling and training she lives in Fort Worth, TX with her husband and dachshunds where they are working to renovate their home together while channeling their inner JoJo and Chip!

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