Student-Centered Math Lessons
Let maneuvering the middle® curriculum do the planning while you enjoy the results!
Our curriculum was designed by teachers who struggled to find resources that engaged their students and met the standards. So they designed their own and changed the culture of their classrooms.
With hands-on cooperative learning activities, students are excited to work together to solve problems — even if it’s just in math class! All of the standards are grouped into smaller units to scaffold the content and streamline your planning process.
This year I had a student who was new to our school. She was super sweet, took her notes, and whenever it was time for independent practice, she would raise her hand to ask to use the restroom, go get a tissue, or sharpen her pencil. I would give her permission, and I would watch as she spent WAY TOO LONG completing these tasks. As the year progressed, these behaviors escalated to total ...
Last week, I shared my love for the book Developing Numerical Fluency and broke down the idea of number sense. This week, I wanted to share five strategies for building number sense in the middle school classroom. Upon preparing for this blog post, I did quite a bit of research and was disappointed to see that the vast majority of books on numerical fluency are geared towards K-5 ...
If you have downloaded my Starter Guide to Math Intervention, then you know that I ask teachers what is the biggest struggle they face with math intervention. I receive many responses from apathetic students to a lack of resources (scroll to the end for more details), but the most popular question surrounds the topic of number sense and numerical fluency. “Thanks, Noelle, for the ...
