Guided Math in Action

by Nicki Newton

Learn how to help elementary students build mathematical proficiency with purposeful, standards-based, differentiated, engaging small-group instruction. This best-selling book from Dr. Nicki Newton provides a repertoire of in-depth strategies for conducting effective guided math lessons, scaffolding and managing learning in small groups, and assessing learning. Dr. Newton shows you the framework for guided math lessons and then helps you develop an action plan to get started. This fully updated second edition features helpful new sections on beliefs, teacher moves, planning, talking and questioning, and kidwatching. It also contains a brand new study guide to help you get the most out of the book and use it with your colleagues. Perfect for teachers, coaches, and supervisors, this popular resource is filled with tools you can use immediately, including anchor charts, schedules, templates, and graphic organizers. With the practical help throughout, you’ll be able to implement Tier 1 and 2 lessons easily. This book will help you guide all your students to becoming more competent, flexible, and confident mathematicians!

Genres: Teaching, Education, School, Professional Development, Nonfiction

234 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Dr. Nicki Newton

Reviews

[Christen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic resource!! This book offers a well laid out plan and the reasons supporting implementing guided math in your classroom instruction. This book is great for new and veteran teachers. The author is very concise with a grand total of 146 pages! She packs a punch on every page!

[Tracy Holland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good resource for teachers seeking to change how they are teaching mathematics, and helping each learner meet his/her potential.

[Chrissy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot from this educational resource. I feel confident and comfortable that I will be able to implement this well with my students.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this second addition of the book. It gives a lot of ideas about how to start Guided Math and Math Workshop into your classroom, especially with the First 20 Days guide. The other thing that it encourages you to do is to make sure that higher level thinking and deep math understanding is happening in both the teacher led station and the student work stations. I feel like it's a good beginner's guide, and even though I have been doing Guided Math rotations for several years, I want to retool and fix my schedule for the next coming up year to accommodate.

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was helpful overall. It has more specifics than the Sammons book (which was a lot of theory). For someone new to small group instruction, this book contains ideas on structuring your math block and planning for working with small groups of students. For those who have been doing guided reading and writing, this probably won't give you any ahas, but it may help you make decisions about how to structure your math time. It seemed focused more towards primary grade teachers.

[Portia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great resource for any teacher looking to implement guided math for the first time and/or any teacher who has already been doing so. This is a great resource that expounds on the what, why, & how of guided math. The only thing that could make this book even greater would be a CD-ROM with all the blackline masters as editable Word documents or PDFs. Even better yet, Google Docs.

[Mleander23 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Similar to the daily five readers workshop approach but only dealing with math. Very clear and concise explanations as to how to go about implementing this strategy into the everyday classroom. I would recommend as a start and guide for anyone looking for a guided math workshop model program .

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for getting started or refreshed on guided math! It would be awesome to read in more detail about the individual components of math workshop and guided math. Luck for me she has a new boom coming out in the Fall!

[Barb Keister · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great nuts and bolts resource for starting a math workshop, including a first 20 days plan. Good discussion on daily routines to build number sense and many examples of anchor charts to support student learning.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this! I actually liked this better than the book by Laney Sammons. Easy to read, easy to follow, great ideas, descent amount of masters and anchor chart ideas. I've heard she's amazing to see in person, too.