Services:
- Professional Development
- Modeling
- Co-teaching
- Unit/Lesson Planning
- Observations/Feedback
The Literacy Link provides personalized support in best practices of math instruction. We provide various professional development opportunities:
- Guided math framework for instruction
- Small group math instruction
- Cognitively guided instruction-Importance of modeling and using manipulatives in mathematics
- Strategies and routines to build mathematical discourse
- Effective questioning to guide student thinking
- Math Workshop experiences and activities to build number sense and mathematical fluency
- Using mathematical tasks to develop problem solving skills, encourage collaboration, and build perseverance.
- 8 mathematical practice standards
- Building number sense
Guided Math Framework:
COMPONENT | TIME | LEARNING EXPERIENCES | SERVICES OFFERED |
DAILY MATH STRETCH | 10 min. | Daily review/Extension of skills
Examples of Learning: Number of the day, problem solving, find the pattern, data collection and analysis |
Professional Development
Modeling Co-teaching Unit/Lesson Planning Observations/Feedback
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MINI |
15-20 min. | Teaching and modeling of mathematical concepts
Examples of Learning: Teacher modeling with manipulatives (concrete-pictorial-abstract model), student practice with manipulatives, partner talk |
Professional Development
Modeling Co-teaching Unit/Lesson Planning Observations/Feedback
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MATH WORKSHOP SMALL GROUP |
35-40 min. | Hands on application while teacher works with small groups
Examples of Learning: Fact practice, problem solving, current skill and strategy application, hands-on investigations, independent practice from small groups _____________________________________________________________ Guided practice of skills introduced in mini lesson.
Examples of Learning: Using manipulatives to reinforce the concrete representation of skills, using whiteboards to reinforce the pictorial and/or abstract representation of skills, partner talk to explain mathematical thinking |
Professional Development
Modeling Co-teaching Unit/Lesson Planning Observations/Feedback
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SHARE |
5-10 min. | Discussion of the lesson connecting ideas to learning target |
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