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Using the Math Stations strategy to meet student needs…. Differentiation in Math. Centers are areas in the classroom where students refine a skill or extend a concept Writing center Anchor activity center Multiple Intelligences.
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Using the Math Stations strategy to meet student needs… Differentiation in Math
Centers are areas in the classroom where students refine a skill or extend a concept Writing center Anchor activity center Multiple Intelligences Stations are different places in the classroom where students work on tasks simultaneously, and whose activities are linked Backgroundbased on the work of Carol Ann Tomlinson
What would the math block look like? • Whole class warm-up • Review station assignments made based on pre-assessment • Pull a group to the teacher’s station for a structured focus lesson. • Other students work at their stations. You move around to monitor their progress when students at the teacher’s station are working in pairs or independently. • Whole class closure activity. • Whole class warm-up • On grade level focus lesson for most of the class • Above grade level students work on an anchor • After focus lesson, students refine their understanding at a specific station or through an anchor activity • Above grade level students receive their focus lesson at the teacher’s station. • Whole class closure activity.
Preparation • Use pre-assessment data to determine which indicators your students need to cover. • Collect tasks from your textbook resource, IG supplemental resources, and your own “files.”
Teacher’s Station • IG Focus Lessons • Review lesson • Accelerated pathway lesson • More guidance for on grade level students • Addressing individual needs
Proof Place • Super Source tasks that have been modeled (whole class focus lesson or Teacher’s Station) • 20 Thinking Questions • Puddle Questions • Groundworks
Practice Plaza • EDM “Math Boxes” • Harcourt workbook sheets • IG independent practice • Old files!
The Shop • Use pre-assessment or formative assessment data/errors as tasks. • Summarize • Write letters to Mr. Fuddle to explain errors in his thinking.
Management • Remember - “Math Stations” is a strategy for differentiating instruction. Students only need to go to stations that will help them in mastering the indicator. • Have an anchor activity center already in place for students who finish their station work, or who don’t need to work at a station that day.
Management continued… • Students do not move from station to station in a round-robin style. You determine which station and when! • Build in time at the TS for you to circulate. • Spend a week modeling the type of work found at, and the expectations for each station. • Collaborate with your team to develop tasks for review, practice, and enrichment.
Call EII for help at your school! (Gail, Melanie, or Kristi - 301-279-3163) Don’t worry about perfection. Try one station at a time. Use stations only when the strategy will help you differentiate your instructions. Not all units work! Model, model, model Trying it out…think BIG-start small
