Since this is Part 1 of my guided math blog post I wanted to share with you how I get my students ready for the transition from seat work to math rotations. In my opinion the only way to assure that your transitions run smoothly is to incorporate a rotation display board for you and your students to quickly reference before rotations. I hate to admit it but in the beginning of last year I kept my rotation chart and grouping sheet on a clipboard on my desk nowhere for my students to see. (WOW) How wrong is that! My students were constantly asking me questions, not because they were off task, or not listening, but because they didn't have anything to reference other than me. So to alleviate that headache, I added a math workstation display board in my classroom.
As you can see the board is easily visible for my students. The cards are laminated so that I can write the station activity on them with dry erase markers and they can be easily moved since they are glued to close pins.
Here's a look at the board filled out.
It's hard to see since I took it with my iphone but my groups are filled in with my students names and can easily be changed when regrouping. The rotations cards have the skill they will work on at each station so they know what basket to grab their materials from. I also add a clip to the round numbers (rotation) they are working on that day so they know where they are to go. Since creating the board all my students have to do is look for their group, see what round their currently on, and get to work. Easy!!!!
If your wondering about my rotations they include problem solving, concept development, numeracy, vocabulary, and stem. Make sure to check back for Part 2 where I explain some activities I use in my rotations.
If interested you can grab my Editable Math Workstation Display kit here.
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