Let’s chat about Math Journals today!

What should I do now?” How many times have you heard those words? A LOT, I’m sure! But not anymore!!!! Then my students are in Workbook Nook (independent work) or Math Stations. They have about 15-20 minutes to finish their activity. Many times they finish their work prior to the end of the rotation. So it is important that the students have additional activities to fill the rest of the rotation time. One of the activities that I expect my students complete every day is a Guided Math Journal.

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I organize my Guided Math Journals in file folders (that I cut down). I number the file folders from 1-15 and I store all of the file folders in a cute little chevron box that sits on top of my Math Stations Cart.

Getting Started….

When they are ready to complete a Guided Math Journal, they get their ½ cut composition notebook. Then they next do a Math Journal prompt they have to do and work on it at their desk. When they have completed the math journal, they leave their book opened to that exact page. Then they place it on a stool next to my desk.

This cuts down tremendously on the amount of time it takes me to correct their journals. If they make a mistake on their math journal, I add a post-it note to the page, and put it back on their desk. The next morning when they come in, they know that they have to correct their journal if they see it on their desk.

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What to do?

The question that I get asked most often is, “What do you do for your struggling learners that never get to the Guided Math Journals?”. This is a great question… because we all know that this happens in our classrooms. About two times per week, I will call over some of my struggling learners! My learners that I know have not been able to complete a math journal that week. We will work on a few together during morning work time.

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This allows me to do a short mini-lesson on the problem we are working on and gives me the opportunity to see if I have to do any re-teaching on a particular skill during small group instruction. So…in a nutshell that is how I manage Math Stations during my Guided Math instruction! If you want to head back to my main post to read the rest of the installments on Get Your Groove On with Guided Math, click here to head on back to my main post to read about the next component of Guided Math!

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