Guided Math: All Things Organization

Hey there friends! Although it has taken me so long to get this post up and running…here it is! The first installment of my Get Your Groove On with Guided Math blog series! Its all about organizing your guided math groups instruction! This blog focuses on my Guided Math and the 9 components of organization that go along with it.

My Guided Math Components

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organizing guided math

There are basically 9 main components of Guided Math. If you would like to get Guided Math up and running in your classroom, you will need to focus on these 9 components:

Today we will talk about All Things Organization!

organizing guided math

A well-organized classroom = a well-organized math block! It is extremely important to have all of your math materials and manipulatives organized and labeled for your students. This way they know exactly where to find what they need and where to put it back.

In my classroom, I try to give everything a “home”. This has helped the kiddos to learn where all of our materials belong. Once they have completed their activities for the day, the return their resources “home” so they can easily find them for the following day.

My Spin-Its® Math Stations

I have a 10-drawer cart for my Spin-Its Math Stations.  Each of my Spin-Its Math Stations is inside of a clear snap-close document holder. There is a number on each document holder that matches the number on the drawer cart.

My Math Journals

On top of the drawer-cart is a small bin that houses all of my Math Journal Word Problems  for the unit of study that we are currently working on.

There is a white bin on top of my manipulatives shelf that houses all of my students ½ cut composition notebooks. My students glue their Math Journal Word Problems in these ½ cut composition notebooks. I find it easiest to have all of my math manipulatives stored in covered bins that are labeled to help the students easily organize.

My Fact Fluency Math Muscles

I choose to store my Fact Fluency materials in the small white Steralite drawers. I house my Hot Dots, my Beat the Clocks, and my Fact Fluency Math Muscles Folders in these drawers.

Near my desk, I keep a basket filled with all of the different organizing materials that I need for my small guided math group instruction. I have dry-erase boards, markers and erasers, tons of clear sheet protectors for my Lesson Workmats, small baskets for manipulatives, pencils, and my bell for transitions.

I created a quick video to show you how I organize my Guided Math group binders as well!

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If you would like some Guided Math Freebies to get some of your organization up and running, click the image below!

In a nutshell that gives you a little information about how I organize aspects of my Guided Math time! 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!

Guided Math That Works

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If you are interested in learning how to implement Guided Math using a Step-by-Step approach, I have created an online Professional Development Guided Math workshop called Guided Math that Works.

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Guided Math that Works is an online Professional Development Workshop that I created for elementary teachers in Grades 1-5! This professional development workshop has been a true labor of love that took me over a year to develop. I wanted to ensure that I took all of my LESSONS LEARNED and mistakes made along the way to help YOU AVOID those same mistakes.

Guided Math that Works provides you with a clear and actionable ROADMAP to easily and efficiently get Guided Math up and running in your classroom! I am teaching you EVERYTHING I have done in my own classroom to have a calm, organized, streamlined, and chaos-free guided math block where you will begin to see your students’ math success SOAR!

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Here’s the lowdown on Guided Math that Works…

This Professional Development Workshop includes:

  • 5 Learning Modules that contain 24 video-based lessons
  • 5 hours of learning that can be used towards your professional development requirements
  • PDF downloadable workbooks for each module
  • TONS and TONS of amazing BONUSES in the bonus module of the course (OVER $40 in BONUSES ALONE)

This Professional Development Workshop can be done in the comfort of your own home (PJs acceptable) or your school district can purchase licenses for their teachers through our school district licensing program.

Here is an overview of the modules:

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Tons of BONUSES INCLUDED!!!

CHECK OUT this page to get a TON of information about

Guided Math that Works!

Chat with you soon…

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  2. Love your videos! It is a great visual to explain your organization process! Could you also share how you are organizing your notes on students? Do you keep assessment data in that binder as well? I’ve tried a couple of different ways, and I’m interested to know how you organize that system (data collection on students).

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