Planning for Pandemic Math Instructional Gaps
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by The ignitED Teacher
2y ago
Post pandemic planning is definitely NOT the same as pre-pandemic planning. The students are missing instruction from multiple grade levels in addition to the gaps that were there before the Pandemic. As a result of the missing instructional content, the pacing of my lessons is off and how much content I can cover during one class period is sporadic. Some days depending on the content I can teach what I’ve actually planned for that day. If you are anything like me, you’re looking for ways to cut down on your planning time by implementing a routine for planning. After four weeks of being in sc ..read more
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What are Evidence-Based Math Intervention Strategies?
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by The ignitED Teacher
2y ago
You may have heard the phrase “evidence-based” before since this buzzword gets thrown around in all types of fields, but what does it actually mean? We know from research that students with math learning disabilities struggle to understand concepts in the classroom.  What are the best ways for you to help these students? In this blog post, I’ll explain what evidence-based math intervention strategies are and how they can be implemented in your classroom. What is an Evidence-Based Math Intervention Strategy? Evidence-based math intervention strategies are those which have been shown ..read more
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End of the School Year Critical Teacher Reflections
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by The ignitED Teacher
3y ago
Towards the end of the school year, I go through this process where I think about the things that worked well and not so well with my students. I figured that most teachers would have some sort of process similar to mine. As I began to gather information to write this blog post, I was surprised to learn that there wasn’t much information on teacher reflections. This was interesting because throughout my career I’ve always been taught to allow students time to reflect after an activity. The question that pops up in my mind is, how can a teacher who doesn’t reflect on his/her own teaching pract ..read more
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3 Reasons Why Math Teachers Need to Teach Context Clues in Problem Solving
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by The ignitED Teacher
3y ago
In most reading classes, students are taught fix up strategies. Fix up strategies are what good readers use when they come to an unfamiliar word or when they stop understanding what they’re reading. The assumption that most math teachers have is that the students will use these fix up strategies in their math classroom which may be true for some but not all. Based on my experience with struggling learners, unless they were explicitly taught how to use reading comprehension strategies in other subjects it just doesn’t happen. In math, there are all kinds of unfamiliar math words and most strug ..read more
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Problem Solving: Connecting the Math to Reading
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by The ignitED Teacher
3y ago
I began teaching during a time when there wasn’t text messaging and parents didn’t shove a cell phone or iPad in their child’s hand to keep them entertained. Live streaming was a mystery and Netscape Navigator was the most popular Internet search engine. After twenty years of teaching, textbooks have been replaced with Kindles and paperless mobile classrooms. I’m not a technology scrooge, but I often wonder if the decline in reading and the ability to problem solve is connected to this change. When I first began teaching, there were less students who struggled with reading. There were even fe ..read more
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Preparing for Math Intervention Using the A.L.I.G.N. Planning Process
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by The ignitED Teacher
3y ago
When I was a first-year teacher, the veteran teachers would always tell me, “How you begin your school year is how you’ll end the school year.” Twenty years later this statement is still true. Not just for classroom management, but for all thing’s education.  Getting struggling students on grade level is not a quick or easy process. The necessary planning for designing and implementing math intervention can oftentimes be a messy process. If you’re implementing your math intervention without planning and flying by the seat of your pants, at the end of the school year your students’ progre ..read more
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3 Characteristics of an Effective Math Strategy
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by The ignitED Teacher
3y ago
Have you ever taught a math strategy to your students that was recommended by another teacher, but the strategy didn’t work for your students? Did you wonder why it worked so well for the other teacher and their students and not yours? Knowing which math strategies to use for different math concepts can be an uphill battle for some teachers. Teachers who don’t have a strong math content knowledge will often struggle with choosing effective math strategies for their lessons. The math strategies that you choose can make or break you when it comes to closing achievement gaps. So, to help you det ..read more
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Why is Rounding Whole Numbers So Difficult?
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by The ignitED Teacher
3y ago
While scrolling through my Facebook timeline, a post from one of the teacher groups caught my eye. The post was a teacher asking the question, “Why is rounding so hard? What do you use to teach rounding?” The first thought that came to my mind was it’s not the rounding that’s difficult, it’s the disconnect from the prerequisite skills for rounding that causes students not to grasp the full concept of rounding, If you follow me on social media, you know that I’m a National Board Certification Candidate in Early Adolescence Mathematics. As I think about the question why is rounding so hard, the ..read more
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3 Steps for Creating a Digital Interactive Notebook
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by The ignitED Teacher
3y ago
I’ve been using interactive notebooks for six years now. These notebooks have been my saving grace with teaching students who may not be that into math.  When my school district announced that we would be virtual until October, I began to search the Internet for the digital version of my interactive notebook. I was really shocked to find out that teachers were using digital interactive notebooks for a long time.  Since we are teaching virtually now is a perfect time to implement math digital interactive notebooks in my classroom. After creating my notebook, I realized that there wer ..read more
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3 Simple Steps for Recording Teaching Videos
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by The ignitED Teacher
3y ago
The harsh reality of distance learning is that NOT every child will make it to the live lesson. Unfortunately, this leaves teachers with no other choice but either to record their live video lessons or create separate lessons. The problem with recording the live lesson is there are other children who may interrupt the flow of the lesson, which may create confusion for the students who didn’t attend the live session. This is especially true for students who may already struggle with reading comprehension or have a learning disability. Creating your math lesson videos doesn’t have to be labor i ..read more
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