Math Workshop: Five Steps to Implementing Guided Math, Learning Stations, Reflection, and More

by Jennifer Lempp

Successfully implement the transformational math workshop model of instruction through five accessible, manageable

Step 1 : Understand Math Workshop
Step 2 : Prepare Your Students for Math Workshop
Step 3 : Decide Your Math Workshop Structure
Step 4 : Facilitate Your Math Workshop
Step 5 : Reflect on and Refine Your Math Workshop

Educators are invited to embrace this resource as their own personal “instructional coach,” first exploring what the author refers to as “three buckets” that need to be in place for a highly successful math

Classroom Arrangement
Routines and Procedures
Mathematics Community

The resource then offers “Twenty Days to a Classroom Culture That Works,” which includes twenty minilessons that support the communication and practice of expectations surrounding the workshop model. From there, it explores three classroom-tested math workshop structures, providing practical ideas for routines, focus lessons, guided math groups, learning stations, and reflections so you can get started with math workshop in your classroom today.

Streaming Video Clips
The online video clips invite you inside K–5 classrooms for a seeing-is-believing look at math workshop in action. Seeing clips of actual teachers and students engaged in math workshop is the next best thing to observing the model in a classroom.

Reproducibles
Templates, tools, and ideas are included and available in downloadable format.
 

Genres: Education, Teaching, Professional Development

272 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 12, 2020

Reviews

[Kathryn Handy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical, applicable, thoughtful- this book helped me generate so many ideas for the upcoming year. I love that she had references, video and lesson examples, resources for further reading. She believes in student choice and exploration while ensuring teachers are set up to assess content. Jennifer Lemmp knows her stuff and it shows.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

My level of understanding of math workshop was already beyond what this had to offer. Three stars because it helped me picture different structures and because I liked the suggestions for opening math class. I just wanted more. Good for beginners.

[Antoniette · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an excellent resource. It walks you through lessons to help you establish mathematical practices in the beginning of the year and then explains the three different structures of daily lessons that can be used for Math Workshop depending on the lesson. Then it goes on to explain Number Talks and their importance, what Guided Math should look like, and how to incorporate Student Reflection. It also includes QR codes that link to videos of the different things she's written about.
I can't say enough about this book! I will definitely be referring back to this book often. My only regret is that I didn't have this book when I was a classroom teacher.

[Sonia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great for any teacher who is looking to get started with math workshop. The videos are very enlightening and informative. The process is broken down and walks you through it in a teacher friendly manner. I especially love the 20 day schedule.

[Cato Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Book to help someone better understand Guided math. It gives GREAT insight into tangible applications of how to teach math effectively to students who are at various levels of their understanding.

[Sheila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for K-5 teachers. Lays foundation for setting up Math Workshop. Good video clips embedded throughout text to see classrooms in action.

[Meghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is perfect for anyone starting to implement a math workshop philosophy in their classroom.

[Sarah Bayer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to learn about and to get started with math workshop. Can be done individually or as professional development with a group.

[Brandi · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best math workshop books I've read.

[Claire Lempp · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the best math book out there. It has been very helpful to me and many teachers around me. Props to the author

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great resource! I tried implementing Math Workshop at the beginning of this school year, with disastrous results. I had very little training and was not well prepared. After reading Jennifer’s book, I can understand all the mistakes I made, and how I could have avoided them, had I just done some more thorough research. I’m moving to a school in August that uses Math Workshop as its instructional model, and I believe that I am better prepared now to facilitate this method.

[Andria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reread this for anpd that I am working on.