Evan-Moor Math Skill Sharpeners for Guided Math

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I’m always looking for new resources to use for my guided math centers. At the problem solving center, my students work with their group to apply the day’s lesson. When I saw the Math Skill Sharpeners book from Evan-Moor, I knew it would be perfect for that center.

This book has 128 pages of math practice covering all of the grade-specific skills. There are activities to match every math lesson I teach from addition to mulitplication to fractions. All I have to do is copy the page and put it at the center so my students can practice the day’s skill.

The Math Skill Sharpeners also make it really easy to differentiate. There are 10 different units, and they get progressively harder. For my division unit, I chose a basic division activity from Unit 5 for my lowest group, a more challenging division word problem activity from Unit 7 for my middle group, and a division with remainders challenge from Unit 10 for my highest group.

My students often struggle with word problems and figuring out what they are asking them to do. This book has lots of word problem pages that require the students to decide what operation to use and how to solve the problem.

Another amazing feature of the math skill sharpeners is that they have an answer key in the back. That makes it so easy to check the center work and have students make corrections.

Other Ways to Use Skill Sharpeners

Even if you don’t do guided math, you can still use the Evan-Moor Math Skill Sharpeners. There are lots of ways to incorporate them into your daily lessons. Here are just a few.

Morning Work

The skill sharpeners are a great warm-up as your students enter the classroom in the morning. They can review the previous day’s skill or use it as a spiral review of previous concepts.

Remediation

If you have a group of students who are still struggling with a specific skill, these activities are perfect for remediation. You can pull a small group or have a resource teacher use the pages to review the skill.

Homework

Another option is to send the skill sharpeners as homework. They will give your students extra practice at home, and your students’ parents will know what they are working on at school.

Assessment/Test Prep

There are “Test Your Skills” pages throughout the book that review multiple skills. You can use them to assess your students’ understanding. They have multiple choice questions that are structured like the state tests, so they can be used for test prep, too.

Try It in Your Classroom

The Evan-Moor Math Skill Sharpeners books are available for every grade level. Just click the link below to check it out for the grade you teach.

Pre-K

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

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Multiplication Mastery Tips for Your Classroom

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Of all my math units, multiplication is the one where my students’ abilities are the most different. Some students come in knowing all of their basic facts. Others haven’t even heard the word “multiplication” before. I use guided math to differentiate my math lessons and meet all my students’ needs. My multiplication guided math unit challenges my high students and provides lots of support for my strugglers.

Tip #1 – Choose a way to track your students’ progress.

I used to use timed tests to assess my students’ mastery of the multiplication facts. All the students started at 0’s, and as they passed a level, they added an ice cream scoop to a cone on a bulletin board in the classroom. At the end of the year, we had an ice cream party.

That method was very time-consuming. I had to copy the tests, score them, and keep track of who passed each level.

Now, I use XtraMath to track my students’ progress. It gives them a pretest to see what they already know about multiplication. That way, students who already know their facts don’t have to start back at 0. They do XtraMath at their technology center each day and work through it at their own pace. They get a prize when they pass multiplication and move right on to division.

Tip #2 – Start by teaching strategies for multiplication.

Sometimes it’s tempting to jump right into memorizing multiplication facts. However, students need to know how multiplication works before they can memorize the facts. Using strategies, like arrays, repeated addition, skip counting, the distributive property, and multiplication tables helps your students understand multiplication. Once they know the strategies, they can figure out the answers faster and begin memorizing the facts.

Tip #3 – Use music to help them learn the mulitplication facts.

For my students, singing their multiplication facts has really helped them remember the answers. We start each math class with a quick multiplication song. Everyone sings along, and just like they remember the lyrics to songs on the radio, they also remember the lyrics to the multiplication songs.

There are some of our favorites:

• Schoolhouse Rock (Yes, it’s been around since before I was in elementary school, but the kids still love it!)
• Mr. DeMaio Multiplication Songs
• Multiplication Mash Up
• Numberock

Tip #4 – Play multiplication games.

Making memorizing the multiplication facts fun will help your students remember them. My students love playing multiplication games! I put them at their problem solving center, and they play when they finish their performance tasks.

My students still love the game “Around the World”. I remember playing it in my fourth grade classroom, and I always begged my teacher to play. That hasn’t changed. My students want to play it every single day.

These are some of our other favorite multiplication games:

• Multiplication Snap It Up
• Multiplication BINGO

• Zoom!
• Multiplication War
• Multiplication SPLAT!

There are also lots of fun multiplication games online.

• Freckle – There is a special fact practice section.
• Math Play
• Math Playground

My students also love doing an Unlock the Box Mystery to review their multiplication facts. They enjoy working together to solve the clues and get a special prize.

Tip #5 – Make flashcard rings.

Once your students have mastered some of the multiplication facts, have them make flashcard rings. We use XtraMath to see which facts they still need to practice. Then, the students write the multiplication problems on cards. I love these flash cards that are already hole punched and come with a few rings.

I attach these to my students’ backpacks at the end of the day, and they practice for 5 minutes each night. When they come back in the morning, they attach them to the metal part of their chairs. Then, they practice with parent volunteers and partners when they have a few minutes.

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Must-Have Guided Math Supplies

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Meet with the Teacher Center

When my students come to meet with me, I like to have them do their work on whiteboards to save paper. Here are some supplies that I keep at that center.

• Whiteboards – I have about 10 whiteboards at this center. My guided math groups usually have about 7 or 8 students in them, so 10 is plenty. In addition to saving paper, writing on the whiteboards is a novelty for my students. They stay more focused when they get to write on them. However, if they start drawing on the whiteboards when they’re supposed to be solving math problems, they lose the whiteboards for a day and have to write on looseleaf paper. Next year, I might try to get 10 Double-Sided Dry Erase Clipboards with my budget money. Every once in a while, we do a paper during group, and these clipboard would be great for holding those.
• Dry Erase Markers – I keep a full class set of dry erase markers at this center. I label them with tape and write my students’ names on them. That way, they are responsible for that one marker. Before I started doing this, I was going through markers way too quickly. They would get pushed down, and no one would want those markers. . .and of course it was no one’s fault. Now, if the tip gets pushed down, they only have themselves to blame.
• Whiteboard Erasers – I keep about 10 whiteboard erasers at this center, too. That way, each student has his or her own.
• Whiteboard Supply Organizer – I have the Really Good Revolving Dry Erase Rack from Really Good Stuff. I really like how well it stores the whiteboards, markers, and erasers. The only problem is that you can’t lift it far off the ground because the base falls off. Now, they have a different one called the Dry Erase Board and Supplies Storage. It looks like it might be more sturdy while still storing as many supplies.

Problem Solving Center

At my problem solving center, I have differentiated materials for each of my math groups. There are also lots of math manipulatives my students can use to solve the problem solving tasks.

• Different Colored Folders – My guided math groups are labeled by color. I have a blue, red, and green group. The color of the folder matches the group’s color so they know what task to do.
• Extra Time Activities – If my students finish the main task for the day before the rotation is done, they move on to the extra time activities. I keep them in the Store More Hang-Up Totes and Sturdy Rack. Each bag has a colored sticker on it, so the group knows which extra time activity they should do. I put the extra time game and all the supplies needed for it in the totes. This has really helped to keep all the pieces together.

• Manipulatives – My problem-solving center is stocked with all different types of manipulatives. There are rulers, place value blocks, clocks, fraction strips, and flashcards.

Technology Center

My school district is 1:1 with Chromebooks. At technology center, my students use math websites to do fact practice and to practice the current concept.

• Earbud Organizer – I absolutely love this earbud organizer from Really Good Stuff! Before I bought it, my students kept their earbuds in their desks. At least once a day, I was untangling earbuds. This organizer completely solves that problem. It also provides the perfect spot to keep my students’ password cards.

Guided Math Lessons

If your school district has a math program, you can use that to create your guided math lessons. My school district uses the enVision math program, so I follow those lesson topics. I just find ways to add problem solving to every lesson and websites for my technology center.

If you don’t want to create your own activities, check out the guided math lessons in my TPT Store.

Place Value and Rounding Guided Math Lessons

Money Guided Math Lessons

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Incorporate Problem Solving into Every Math Lesson

As a third grade teacher, problem solving has to be a huge focus. The second grade enVision curriculum doesn’t incorporate problem solving nearly as much as I’d like. The third grade tests require a lot more reading and figuring out what the problems are asking you to do. My students always struggle with this at the beginning of the year. That’s why I’ve found lots of ways to incorporate problem solving into every math lesson. Use these tips to make your students better problem solvers.

#1 – Use an open-ended question as the hook for your lesson.

Start every lesson with an open-ended question that uses the skill you’ll be teaching that day. Give the students a chance to read the question carefully and try to figure out what to do to solve the problem. Training them to read a question and figure out the important parts are the first important steps to becoming problem solvers.

My students know that I’m happy as long as they’re trying something. Sitting there and doing nothing isn’t an option. They can underline the important words, draw a picture to solve the problem, or write a number sentence.

Once the students work independently for a few minutes, I have them turn and talk to a partner to share what they were thinking. Then, we talk about the problem as a whole class before breaking into guided math groups.

Find out more about my guided math groups.

#2 – Incorporate math vocabulary into every lesson.

A huge part of problem solving is knowing math vocabulary. Students don’t stand a chance at solving a lot of problems if they don’t know what the math terms mean. I make a point of addressing new vocabulary words during my minilesson. Then, we add the words to our math word wall. We review the words often, and I encourage the students to use the terms in their mathematical discussions and open-ended responses.

Click to download the math vocabulary cards I display on my word wall. The cards are available for every grade level for free.

#3 – Teach your students the problem solving process.

Having steps to follow really helps my students with open-ended math problems. If they are stuck on a question, they look at the Problem Solving Process chart that is posted in our math area, and that helps them get started.

My students also have a small problem solving steps chart in their math folders. They refer to it when they’re solving problems in class, and some of them take it home at night to help with their homework.

Download a free copy of the problem solving steps chart at the bottom of this post.

#4 – Set up a problem solving center.

My students do 3 different rotations for guided math. One of their centers is a problem solving center. This is where the students answer open-ended questions using the day’s skill. I have 3 different levels of math groups, and I differentiate the problem solving center to meet all of their needs.

The students work together at the problem solving center. They discuss the questions and work through them together. They explain their thinking and write mathematical explanations.

Check out my Do You Want to Build a Snowman Math Performance Task to practice money, division, and geometry.

#5 – Make your math supplies easily accessible.

Sometimes students need manipulatives to complete the problem solving tasks. I keep all of my math supplies right next to the side table where my students do their problem solving center. They know where everything is and can get anything they need. We spend a lot of time at the beginning of the year talking about using math manipulatives as tools, not toys.

#6 – Give your students feedback on their open-ended responses.

If your students do the problem solving center and never get any feedback about how they did, they won’t put forth their best effort. Students need to hear what they did well and what they can improve.

At the beginning of the year, I always get, “I just knew it” as the explanation to open-ended questions. We talk about how to teach someone else how to do the problem. Just telling them you knew it doesn’t help them solve the problem at all. I do a lot of modeling of great open-ended responses, and the students start incorporating my strategies into their own work. I usually start my Meet with the Teacher rotation by going over the previous day’s problem solving center.

#7 – Close your lesson with another open-ended problem.

In each lesson, the students do a problem-solving activity with you at the beginning of the lesson. They work with their group to complete a performance task at a center. Finally, they complete an open-ended question completely independently as an exit ticket. This will show you if they are really able to apply the day’s skill.

Creating Great Problem Solvers

Incorporating problem solving into every math lesson will help your student become better mathematical thinkers. They will know the steps to follow to solve any math problem they encounter.

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The History of Math Instruction

Whole Group

When I first started teaching, whole group math lessons were the way it was done. I stood in front of the class delivering my lesson for 30 minutes.

Half of the class was sleeping.

Then, we started independent practice. The students either got it and were able to do it on their own or they were completely lost and had no clue.

The next day, we continued on to the next lesson, and those students who didn’t “get it” got farther and farther behind.

Homogeneous Groups

Then, my school was chosen to pilot homogeneous math groups. At the beginning of the year, we looked at all of the students’ math data from second grade and split them into four groups.

• The “high’ group
• The “mid-high” group
• The “mid-low” group
• The “low” group

The two lower groups had a few less students, but you were still trying to teach the content to about 20 students who struggled with math.

The years you got the “high” group, you were golden. The students came to you able to score proficient on the standardized tests.

However, when you got the “low” group, you had a year of stress ahead.

Every lesson was torture!

As soon as you felt successful with one student, you realized you had 19 other students who didn’t understand it.

Enter Guided Math

The primary grades in my building started using guided math a few years ago. They set up five centers each week.

• Games
• Reading math books
• Technology
• Writing math problems
• Using tools to solve performance tasks

My principal wanted the intermediate grades to try guided math, too. She thought it would help us better meet the needs of our students.

At first, we were skeptical, and we had some concerns.

1. The primary teachers weren’t meeting with all of the students every day.  Some of the students were just working at the centers if they “got it”. We’ve always worked really hard to challenge our strong math students.
2. The primary grades have all year to cover their math content. They were able to spend several weeks introducing this model to their students. In the intermediate grades, we have to get started right away, and we have to cover all of our math content prior to the state tests.

As a result, the five center model of guided math didn’t seem like it would work for us.

Our Guided Math Model

My team sat down and thought about what our students needed in a math lesson. We came up with a list of four things.

• A lesson with us to practice the new math skill
• Some type of performance task, or application of the skill
• A review of concepts we already covered
• Fact practice.

With these areas in mind, we developed a version of guided math that uses three centers.

Meet with the Teacher

I think it’s very important for every student to meet with me for a guided group every day.

Above-Level Group

This group is made of students who completely understand the concept. I like to help them dig deeper. We do more challenging problems based on the same skill. Sometimes, I look at the fourth grade standards to see the types of problems to give them.

On-Level Group

My on-level group usually works though the regular lesson.  We have the enVision math program, so this group works through the problems in the textbook.  We do a few together, and they solve the rest on whiteboards while I monitor and check.

Below-Level Group

This group meets with me first each day. That way I can spend a little bit more time with them if they aren’t understanding the concept. I do a lot of modeling for them, and we work through some problems together before they try a few on their own.

Problem Solving

The problem solving center is where students complete performance tasks and apply the day’s skill. They work together and talk about the math problems to solve them. The problem solving tasks are differentiated, so there are three different performance tasks for each lesson.

Some days, the students struggle with the problem solving tasks. Then, we go over the problems together in small group the next day.

If the students finish early, the problem solving center is stocked with flash cards and games, so students can review previously-covered concepts.

Find out how to incorporate problem solving into every math lesson.

Technology

The third center is a technology center. We have Chromebooks for each student.

Even if you don’t have a whole class set of devices, you might have enough for one group of students.

At the technology center, students complete a variety of activities.

• practice their math facts
• review concepts we’ve already covered
• practice the current skill.

You can read about the specific online programs I use at my technology center in my post about the best online math programs.

Forming Guided Math Groups

The enVision math program is divided into topics. Before each topic, I give the students a few questions about the next topic to see what they already know. I use that data to divide my class into 3 groups.

Usually it works out pretty evenly, and I end up with between 6 and 8 students in each of my groups.

The groups are very flexible. If a student didn’t do well on the pretest, but they are able to answer questions without support in my guided group, I’ll switch them to the on-level group for the next lesson.

My Guided Math Schedule

I have 75 minutes for math.  This is what my math block looks like using guided math.

Minilesson – 10-15 minutes

Rotation 1 – 20 minutes

Meet with Teacher – Below-level group

Problem Solving – Above-level group

Technology – On-level group

Rotation 2 – 20 minutes

Meet with Teacher – On-level group

Problem Solving – Below-level group

Technology – Above-level group

Rotation 3 – 20 minutes

Meet with Teacher – Above-level group

Problem Solving – On-level group

Technology – Below-level group

Exit Ticket – 5-10 minutes

Are You Ready to Try Guided Math?

Want some ready-to-use guided math units? Go to my Teachers Pay Teachers store to get my guided math lessons for Place Value and Rounding, Money, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, and Time.

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Each lesson includes:

• A minilesson slideshow
• A lesson for each guided group
• Differentiated performance tasks for the problem solving rotation
• Online activities for technology center
• An exit ticket

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Top 5 Math Websites

#1 – Prodigy

My students absolutely love playing Prodigy! They even choose to do it during indoor recess.

Why Students Love It:

• Prodigy is set up like a video game.
• The game allows the students to interact and “battle” with each other.
• They have lots of choices – different avatars, worlds, and bonuses.

Why I Love It:

• My students are engaged while practicing math skills.
• Prodigy is free! (There is a paid version, but it just lets the students earn extra bonuses. Some of my students purchased it at home.)
• Students take a pretest, and the program differentiates the practice problems based on individual needs.
• The teacher can assign specific math skills based on what is being taught in class.
• Prodigy provides lots of data in the “Reports” section. I use that data to create my guided math groups.

What I Don’t Love About It:

• Sometimes it seems like there is more playing involved than actual math practice.

How Do You Sign Up?

1. Go to the Prodigy website, and click “Get Your Free Account.” Enter your information, and create an account.
2. Write down your class code.
3. Have the students go to the website. They will click “Get Your Free Account” and select “Student.” It will walk them through setting up their accounts.
4. Give them the class code to enter when they are prompted. That way they will be added to your class, and you can give them assignments and track their progress.
5. Have the students write down their usernames and passwords. They will need those to play next time.

#2 – Khan Academy

Before we discovered Prodigy, Khan Academy was my students’ favorite website to practice math skills.

Why Students Love It:

• They love earning energy points and badges for answering math problems correctly.
• They can choose what skills to practice.

Why I Love It:

• The questions align directly with Common Core Standards, and you can see which domains students have mastered and which ones they still need to practice.
• Khan Academy is completely free.
• It keeps my students engaged while I meet with my guided math groups.

What I Don’t Love About It:

• The students can practice skills that aren’t at their level. They can go back to lower grades and do really easy problems or ahead to higher grades and try to solve hard problems.

How Do You Sign Up?

1. Go to the Khan Academy website. Click “Teachers, Start Here”.
2. Create your account. You will be given a class code.
3. Send the students to the Khan Academy Login page.  They can click “Log In With Google”.  Then, have them enter the class code, so you can see their data.

#3 – Freckle

Freckle has a reading program in addition to a math program. Both are great for center time.

Why Students Love It:

• They earn coins for solving math problems correctly. Then, they can spend those points in the Piggy Store and design a character and a house.

Why I Love It:

• I can choose the type of practice I want to assign. “Adaptive Practice” gives the students a pretest and differentiates their assignments. “Targeted Mode” allows me to assign specific math skills that we’re working on in class. “Fact Practice” just reviews basic math facts.
• There are separate “Inquiry-Based Lessons” that make students apply math skills they’ve learned. They watch short videos that explain what they need to do. My enrichment guided math group loved doing the multiplication lesson at their problem solving center!

What I Don’t Love About It:

• There are limits to the free program. You can only post one assignment at a time. That means if a student hasn’t completed the previous task, you have to delete it to give the rest of the class a new assignment.
• You can’t access past data with the free program. The only scores you can see are for the one assignment that is currently active.
• Some of the “Inquiry-Based Lessons” are only available in the paid program. My school piloted the paid version of Freckle last year, and it was definitely worth it for these lessons alone. I’m hoping my administration decides to purchase it for our district this year.

How Do You Sign Up?

1. Use my referral link to go to the Freckle website. By using that link, you will get a free month of the School Edition of Freckle. Click “Sign Up Free.”
2. Enter your information, and create a class by inserting your students’ first and last names. Freckle will give you a class code.
3. When the students are ready to sign in, they will go to the website and click “Student Sign In.” Then, they will enter their first and last name and the class code to get started.

#4 – XtraMath

XtraMath is a program for practicing basic facts. It covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Plus, you can mix up the different operations.

Why Students Like It: (They don’t love this one, but I do.)

• They like seeing how they did that day. XtraMath shows a color based on how quickly students answered problems that day. If they do really well, they get a green light, yellow for okay, and red for not so great. Once I started giving out stickers for green lights, they worked much harder to earn one.
• They like when they’ve mastered an operation. Once they know all the facts, XtraMath provides a certificate for each student. They love collecting those certificates!
• They like seeing their overall progress.  When my students weren’t very motivated by XtraMath in the beginning of the year, I decided to visually show their growth. I started a chart in the back of my room to show XtraMath progress. My students love watching their butterflies move up as they master more facts.

Why I Love It:

• Students master their math facts much faster with the daily practice of XtraMath.
• It is completely free!
• The data allows me to see how quickly students are mastering their facts. If their percentage doesn’t increase for a few days, I can find other ways for them to practice their facts.

How Do You Sign Up?

1. Go to the XtraMath website. Click “Sign Up.”
2. Type in your information and create your class. Each student will be assigned a pin number.
3. When the students are ready to log in, they will click “Sign In.” They will enter your email address, their name, and their pin number. Luckily, they can save all of this information, so they can sign in quickly at the beginning of the technology center.

#5 – Sumdog

Sumdog is a fun, game-based math program.

Why Students Love It:

• The games are like a video game, and they’re lots of fun.
• They can buy things to decorate their characters and houses.
• They can play against other students.

Why I Love It:

• It is a great program for center time and keeps the students engaged.
• I can create assignments based on what my students need to practice.
• The math program is completely free.

What I Don’t Love About It:

• Sometimes my students spend too much time playing in their house and buying decorations instead of doing the math problems. There is an option on the Teacher Dashboard to close the house, so I’m going to try that this year.

How Do You Sign Up?

1. Go to the Sumdog Website. Click on “Sign Up”.
2. Choose “Teachers” and fill out your information.
3. You will create your class by entering your students’ names, and each student will be given a username and password.
4. When students are ready to start, they will go to the Sumdog website and click “Log in”.
5. They will enter their username and password.

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Set Up Your Technology Center

Using these 5 math websites will make it easy for you to set up your guided math technology center.  I put the links to the websites on a Google Slide in the order I want the students to complete them.  Then, I assign it in Google Classroom.

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