Guided Math

[TamiTaylor]

I am at a new district this year and they are big believers in Guided Math. I have done Guided Reading but never Guided Math. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[arehopsveggies]

I used the acronym MATH to plan my set up
Math facts - usually did some kind of dice game here, or I had little math fact computer handheld thingys
At your seat- practice page
Teacher table - lesson with me
Hands on - manipulatives or math game.

Some years I tried having different groups work on widely different skills, or go through the curriculum at their own pace, but found that hard to manage

I did better if all groups were working on similar skills, but using more hands on for my lower groups and finding ways to extend/deepen for my higher groups.

Each time we changed topics I reassessed groups- so someone that was low in subtraction might be in a high group for a geometry unit.