For Middle School

 Math Stations allow each student to succeed.  Teacher has more time to work with individual students and small groups.

 5 minutes: whole group warm-up  35 minutes: whole class focus lesson  40 minutes: Independent Practice ◦ Tiered independent practice with station activities for early finishers. ◦ Meet with small groups to fill in gaps and accelerate.  10 minutes: whole class closure

 10 minutes: whole group warm-up  35 minutes: ◦ focus lesson Group A. ◦ Other part of the class works on anchor activities or independent practice.  35 minutes: ◦ focus lesson for Group B ◦ Other part of the class works on anchor activities or independent practice.  10 minutes: whole class closure

 10 minutes: whole group warm-up  70 minutes: ◦ Teacher meets with one group at a time at the Teacher Station to teach required focus lessons, accelerated focus lessons, and review or reteach (2-3 groups total for the session). ◦ Other students are refining and extending their understanding at Independent Practice, Learning Stations, and an Anchor Activity center.  10 minutes: whole class closure

Station Ideas  FACTS & CONCEPTS  GAMES  PROBLEM SOLVING  GRAPHING & PROBABILITY  TECHNOLOGY  ANCHOR ACTIVITIES for early finishers.

 List of links by strand area List of links by strand area  Middle school links Middle school links  Grades 4-6 Links Grades 4-6 Links  Ready-made games and boards Ready-made games and boards  Pyramid Math Pyramid Math

Facts & Concepts Station  Flash Card Wars  File Folder Games  Concept Activities:  Money  Place Value  Measurement  Fractions  Geometry  Decimals

Game Station  Frog Math Games (Frog Publications)(Frog Publications)  Battle Ship (for coordinate grids)  Card Games

Problem Solving Station  Daily Problem Solving Posters  Brainteasers  Daily Word Problems Daily Word Problems

Daily Word Problem Page

Graphs & Probability Station  Survey the Class  Pocket Chart for Pictographs.  Create Questions using Bloom’s Taxonomy.Bloom’s Taxonomy  Glyphs  Spinner Activities  M&M Math  Venn Diagrams & Graphic OrganizersGraphic Organizers

Technology Station  SuccessMaker  Math Spy Guys Math Spy Guys  Fact Drill Websites Fact Drill Websites  Webquests Webquests  Online Math Games 4-6 Online Math Games 4-6  Calculator Activities Calculator Activities  Middle School Resources Middle School Resources  Sites for TN Math Teachers k-12 Sites for TN Math Teachers k-12  Portaportal.com Portaportal.com

The Purpose of an Anchor Activity is to: Provide meaningful work for students when they finish an assignment or project, when they first enter the class or when they are “stumped”. Provide ongoing tasks that tie to the content and instruction. Free up the classroom teacher to work with other groups of students or individuals.

Some Anchor Activities  “Brain Busters”  Learning Packets  Learning Centers  Vocabulary Work  Drops in the BucketDrops in the Bucket  Daily Oral Math  Weekly Essentials Weekly Essentials  Math 4 Today Series

Sample Weekly Essentials

Sample Page

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