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Teaching elementary math doesn't have to feel overwhelming. Each week, the Teaching Math Made Easy podcast brings you practical ideas and teaching tips to help your students understand math more deeply, while helping you feel more confident walking into math class. Hosted by Greg, a former classroom teacher, math coach, and school administrator with over 20 years in education, every episode is built for 2nd through 5th grade teachers who want practical ideas. Expect short, focused episodes you can listen to between planning periods or on your commute, covering everything from teaching strategies to differentiation to the everyday challenges of running your math block.If you're ready for even more support, visit elementarymathfam.com/join for tools and resources designed specifically for third-grade math teachers.
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You’re finally working with your small group, and from across the room you hear a full conversation about video games. Do you get up, or stay with the kids in front of you? Kids lose focus during small groups for a reason, and once you know the reason, the fix gets a lot simpler, no extra set of eyes required. In this episode, we look at what’s really going on at those center tables, with a quick way to figure out what’s causing it so you know exactly where to start. In this episode, you’ll e...
Your kids are quiet, scissors are snipping, and everyone is busy with the pumpkin activity. But what are they actually busy doing? Rather than asking whether seasonal activities belong in math class, the better question is whether kids are engaged with the activity or engaged with the math. In this episode, we look at the difference between busy hands and busy minds, and how to keep the fun while making sure the thinking happens too. In this episode, you’ll explore: Why a happy, b...
A student rounds 847 to the nearest hundred as 850 and explains it by saying the 7 turns the 4 into a 5. That might not be a rounding problem. Rather than assuming a student just needs more practice, you should probably look at their place value understanding and number sense. This episode connects rounding struggles back to their root cause and walks through a visual way to help students reason about numbers instead of memorizing a rhyme. In this episode, you'll explore: Wh...
A student can fill in a place value chart perfectly, every digit in the right column, and still have no idea what those digits actually mean. Rather than asking whether students filled in the chart correctly, the better question is whether they understand what each digit represents. This episode walks through how a place value chart can quietly become a labeling tool instead of a reasoning tool, and what to do differently so students build understanding instead of just following a routi...
If five different people in your building explained Tier 2, would you get five different answers? Some people think it means small group instruction. Others think it's a curriculum activity, a program, or just more practice, when it's really none of those things on their own. This episode clears up what Tier 2 really means, what it doesn’t, and ways to shift your mindset about providing support. In this episode, you'll explore: What Tier 2 requires beyond just working with a...
When you hear "Tier 1 instruction," do you picture your whole-group lesson and nothing else? You’re not alone. It's one of the most common misconceptions in the tiered support model. Let’s bust that myth. Tier 1 isn't a one-size-fits-all lesson. This episode breaks down why it's easy to confuse Tier 1 as a whole-group curriculum, what Tier 1 is, and what it isn’t. In this episode, you'll explore: How differentiation lives inside your core Tier 1 instructionWhy small groups can still be Tier 1...
A student solves 3 x 4 without hesitation. Hand them 4 x 3 a minute later, and they treat it like a brand-new fact they've never seen. Rather than treating every multiplication fact as its own separate thing to memorize, what if your students already know more facts than they think they do? This episode walks through a simple way to build that connection using a hands-on model students can see and touch. In this episode, you'll explore: Why defining a property and actually using it as a strat...
Your math block is already packed, and fact fluency practice still needs a place to live, so where's it supposed to go? Rather than searching for one more big chunk of time, the better question is: “Where you already have small pockets of the day fact fluency practice could quietly live?” This episode walks through several natural spots already you already have in your teaching day, plus what the research says about why shorter, spread-out practice sessions build more fluency than one l...
Teaching elementary math doesn't have to feel overwhelming. Each week, the Teaching Math Made Easy podcast brings you practical ideas and teaching tips to help your students understand math more deeply, while helping you feel more confident walking into math class. Hosted by Greg, a former classroom teacher, math coach, and school administrator with over 20 years in education, every episode is built for 2nd through 5th grade teachers who want practical ideas. Expect short, focused episodes you can listen to between planning periods or on your commute, covering everything from teaching strategies to differentiation to the everyday challenges of running your math block.If you're ready for even more support, visit elementarymathfam.com/join for tools and resources designed specifically for third-grade math teachers.
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