Using Math Journals in Kindergarten to Deepen Students’ Understanding
Journal prompts with multiple entry points allow teachers to differentiate instruction for young learners.
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Journal prompts with multiple entry points allow teachers to differentiate instruction for young learners.
Over the years I taught, there were two books in particular that I used to help with this. Both helped begin shifting students’ thinking and identities within mathematics.
Getting students to see themselves as mathematicians (or mathers as we like to call them) can be challenging.
If you haven’t tried a morning meeting routine in your classroom yet, I highly recommend you give it a try.
What are some ways we can recalibrate how we think about data to lean into what we know about our students and not just the numbers?