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Free Halloween Math

October 9, 2018

Treats Are Up For Grabs!

Halloween is just around the corner and we all know that our students get SO EXCITED when it arrives! Long gone are the days when we get to do much celebrating in the classroom but that doesn't mean that we can't do a fun activity to make the day a little less crazy! I've created a FREE Halloween Math activity just for you! Frank has come to visit to make things fun while also doing some great ... View Post

Filed Under: FREE Tagged With: math workshop, math workstations, workstations

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

July 9, 2018

Planning Middle School Math Workshop Stations (and Upper Elementary too)

How Do I Work Smarter and Not Harder when it comes to something that involves a lot of planning and organization, like middle school math workshop, is what you may be asking me right about now. Well my friend, I'm here to tell you that it can be done. You can do this, I promise. Once you have established how you are going to organize your stations, stick with it. Don't change this up from week ... View Post

Filed Under: Math Workshop, Teaching Tagged With: guided math, math workshop, organization, 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

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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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