Daily 3 Math and Math Blog

The Sisters use a Daily 3 format for teaching math. The main lesson for each day comes from the district wide curriculum. These lessons are usually too long, so they break the lesson into more manageable chunks to be taught during 3 whole group focus lessons (7-10 minutes). To do this teacher must be mindful of the essential components that are really necessary for students to learn. The Sisters use the following format when teaching math:

• Mini Lesson 1 (I Do) - teacher explanation and modeling
• Mini Lesson 2 (We Do) - guided practice of same concept
• Mini Lesson 3 (You Do) - Students work on a problem for the focus lesson and share there thinking.

After each Mini Lesson, students are working in the following areas (30-40 minutes):

• Math By Myself - additional practice on focus lesson or what they need help on
• Math in Writing - problem solving where they are writing their thinking
• Math with Someone - math game

When students are working this gives the teacher a chance to: assess students, have a small group, or confer with students.

This Blog is a space for all those using and those interested in using Guided Math in k-5 classrooms. It will include pictures from classrooms, short instructional videos of sample lessons, lesson plans, math centers, great websites, podcast and screencasts. Most importantly it provides a space to share resources, to talk and to collaborate with others. Together we know much more than anyone of us can alone.

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Dr. Dixon video about Guided Math Groups

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtExID3SDVk