Last month my Stenhouse editors Philippa Stratton and Toby Gordon took a welcome break from their Maine winter to visit Houston at the start of our spring season! They visited classrooms at Askew Elementary where I’ve been working all year in preparation for filming a video on math work stations in grades 1 and 2 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘math stations’
My editors visit Houston
Posted in Books and videos, math, My travels, tagged math stations, smart board station on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Math data station
Posted in math, tagged math stations on November 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Recently I worked with a second grade teacher who was teaching her students about collecting data and recording it on a variety of graphs. As a class, they collected data about which food was their favorite, and then they made a table, pictograph, and bar graph to represent the information. As I watched the lesson, I thought [...]
Out of the mouths of babes
Posted in math, tagged math, math stations on April 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Recently, I got this email from a teacher about my upcoming math book. Just had to share it with you all to put a smile on your faces: Hi Debbie, It is an IMMENSE RELIEF to hear you only have two chapters remaining in your math book adventure. This is why. While reviewing units [...]
Math teachers rock at Stehlik Intermediate
Posted in math, Uncategorized, tagged math, math stations on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I had the privilege of observing and working with fine math teachers at Stehlik Intermediate in Houston. These folks rock at teaching 5th and 6th grade math! Their instruction was clear, consistent, and creative. Here’s a peek of some of the things I saw there.
Loving kindergarten at Lovett
Posted in math, tagged math, math stations on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the highlights of recent weeks has been working with kindergartners at Lovett Elementary School in Houston. It’s one of the places where I’m studying math work stations. The other day we read my big book, One, Two Buckle My Shoe, from www.reallygoodstuff.com and then acted it out with retelling pieces. It will be [...]
Going batty over math stations
Posted in math, tagged math, math stations on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, Mary and I examined her 1st grade math stations closely and made decisions about which to switch out. Some of the things we’d put in them the students have mastered by now, and some just needed to be updated based upon new things she’s teaching. Because her first graders are now learning about [...]
Starting stations, one at a time
Posted in Introducing stations, tagged math, math stations on September 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It is so good to be back in classrooms again! All summer I worked around the U.S. with teachers, but the kids were off for the summer. Last week our schools were open, so I got to go to a few of my favorite rooms to work with the students (and their teachers). I visited [...]
