Math engagement strategies

Teachers, are you looking for ways to engage your upper elementary students in meaningful math discourse? Read my best strategies, discussion ideas, tips, and tricks to making sure your students discuss math problem solving and strategies in meaningful ways. Click to grab a free list of math discussion prompts and starters to engage your students and read easily to implement strategies.

Collaborative Problem-Solving in Math - group work for math where everyone works

Keeping classroom engagement high during December can be difficult. But, with some creative ideas, your classroom will continue to thrive!

"It's all about engagement" is the tagline for Kagan Cooperative Learning but it has became the mantra for my classroom for many years. It's no secret that discipline problems decrease significantly when students are engaged in what they are learning, but I've come to realize that my students are more successful learners when they are engaged as well.

Using manipulatives & models is one of my my favorite strategies for teaching math concepts. Take these strategies to your classroom.

Five tried and true strategies to teach math vocabulary to your middle school math classroom. Includes ideas for math vocabulary activities that reach all your math students, as well as math vocabulary games that will keep your middle school math students engaged in learning math vocabulary. Read more on the blog. #makesenseofmath

Math intervention with your students can be an overwhelming task. Here's how to simplify the process and do it in a meaningful way.

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Do you want to teach effective mental math strategies but aren't sure where to start? I can help! Effective mental math strategies are essential to the overall math understanding of your students. When you teach mental math concepts, your students will develop addition and subtraction fluency, gain a deeper conceptual understanding, and build flexible thinking skills. Learn how to implement mental math strategies and improve your students' fact fluency here! www.ShelleyGrayTeaching.com

How to use Low Floor High Ceiling Math Tasks in your secondary classroom to boost student engagement and promote equity today!