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#MathWorkshopChat Reflections: Guided Math
by August 03rd, 2018
During our recent live Twitter® #MathWorkshopChat with Senior Instructional Designer Mary Mitchell and Math Workshop author Jennifer Lempp, we discussed using guided math in math workshop with our online community. Read the recap below and follow us to learn more about how guided math and the math workshop model of instruction can transform your classroom.
Teaching Adding Decimals: What If You Give the Answer First?
by July 13th, 2018
I struggle with how to teach topics that revert to learning procedures, too often without understanding. Take adding decimals. This is typically part of grade 5 math instruction. But every time I’ve given students the reminder to line up the decimal points and then add, I’m reminded of the fraction counterpart: Yours is not to…
Math Workshop Model: Empowering Students to Succeed in the Math Class
by July 05th, 2018
Jennifer Lempp, author of Math Workshop, sat down with us in our Facebook Live booth at the 26th Annual Model Schools Conference to discuss what inspires her about math workshop. Watch the video to learn more about how the math workshop model can empower students to make choices and be successful as mathematicians and problem-solvers.…
#MathWorkshopChat Reflections: Creating a Math Community
by June 22nd, 2018
Our recent live Twitter® #MathWorkshopChat with Director of Professional Learning Le’Vada Gray and Math Workshop author Jennifer Lempp offered strategies for creating a math culture that inspires learning. Read the recap below and follow us to learn more about how math workshops can transform your classroom.
Welcome Senior Fellow Dr. Matt Larson
by May 25th, 2018
We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Matt Larson to the Math Solutions family as our first Senior Fellow of Professional Learning. Matt has always believed that Professional Learning is the gateway to improving equity, access, and empowerment. He has joined Math Solutions to transform Professional Development for math educators to help students learn the…
Join us 5/30 for a #MathWorkshopChat
by May 17th, 2018
Are you interested in using the math workshop model of instruction in your classroom and putting your students at the center of learning? Join @Math_Solutions for our March #MathWorkshopChat on Wednesday, May 30th at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT. Le’Vada Gray, Director of Professional Learning, and Jennifer Lempp, author of Math Workshop: Five Steps to Implementing Guided…
Getting Your Math Message Out to Parents
by May 13th, 2018
Nancy Litton discusses getting your math message out to parents: making the home/school connection
In Appreciation of Teachers
by May 08th, 2018
My niece has been thinking about becoming a teacher and asked for my advice. Maia is a talented young woman with many career options and I found myself questioning why she should consider entering a profession which admittedly does not pay well, lacks the prestige it once enjoyed, and requires long hours outside the work…
Join Math Solutions at NCTM Annual 2018!
by April 25th, 2018
Howdy fellow educators! We hope you will be joining us in Washington DC for the NCTM conference next week, April 26th-28th . If you’re going, make sure these thought-provoking sessions with our authors and professional learning experts make it onto your schedule. Visit our booth #233 for fun activities and delicious treats, and take a moment…
Join Math Solutions at NCSM!
by April 23rd, 2018
Join our Math Solutions team of authors and professional learning experts in Washington DC next week at NCSM Annual, April 23rd – 25th! We have a fantastic lineup of informative presentations in store for attendees, including featured sessions with Jennifer Lempp, author of Math Workshop, Sherry Parrish and Ann Dominick, authors of Number Talks: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages and Cathy Seeley, author of Faster…
