What are Math Stations?

Math Stations Made Easy is designed to show you how simple it is to use this one tool to provide math instruction and intervention for every student at their level when they enter your classroom. When you unlock the power of Math Stations in your classroom your kids will gain a deeper understanding of mathematics. Let’s look about what math stations are for the classroom.

What do your students stuggle with? Understanding math vocabulary terms? relating them to math concepts? Practicing key math skills important to their grade level content? Or applying math in word problems, by reading and understanding what to do from the text?

Students who struggle need a simplified process. A simple plan of action. Clear directions to follow. Simple clear directions that are easy to read and understand. A teacher who is facilitating and helping as needed to guide the learning process for every student.

What Math Stations Can Do

Math Stations can simplify the learning process with math skill task cards. Math Stations can provide clear directions for students to follow on every task card. During math stations, the teacher is the facilitator of the classroom managing and walking around to make sure that everyone is on task and everything is running smoothly.

Types of Math Stations

Math Stations are teaching students to use appropriate math vocabulary terms in context. Students learn the words go together at a vocabulary math station. Next, students at another math station can practice key math skills aligned to the math standards for their grade level. Students can also do these stations independently or in groups. This helps students who are stuck and may have a question about a problem. Students are making real world connections to math by reading grade level text about math being used.

Students learning to solve word problems aligned to the standards in their math skills. Practice with word problems has proven in studies to improve students’ math scores. One of the most important math stations has students focused and using appropriate interventions with the teacher. This is an important station to address intervention techniques and informal assessments with students. Last but not least, try to incoporate a computer applications station. This will help your students learn and pracitce additional math concepts on their own.

Best Practices for Math Stations

To use all all seven evidence based teaching strategies together. This will have a greater impact in your classroom. Students who complete all seven math stations will gain a greater understanding of the math concepts. Make it easy for yourself with math stations. Students who have used math stations have more confidence in math after completing the seven stations. Building upon their prior knowledge independently and in a group setting.

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