Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, Elementary School
Engage Students, Improve Number Sense, and Practice Reasoning
- John J. SanGiovanni - Howard Public School System
Includes 90 Minutes of Online Video
Corwin Mathematics Series
Do your students need more practice to develop number sense and reasoning? Are you looking to engage your students with activities that are uncomplicated, worthwhile, and doable? Have you had success with number talks but do your students crave more variety? Have you ever thought, “What can I do differently?”
Swap out traditional warmup practices and captivate your elementary students with these new, innovative, and ready-to-go routines! Trusted elementary math expert John J. SanGiovanni details 20 classroom-proven practice routines to help you ignite student engagement, reinforce learning, and prepare students for the lesson ahead. Each quick and lively activity spurs mathematics discussion and provides a structure for talking about numbers, number concepts, and number sense. Designed to jump-start mathematics reasoning in any elementary classroom, the routines are:
- Rich with content-specific examples and extensions
- Modifiable to work with math content at any K-5 grade level
- Compatible with any textbook or core mathematics curriculum
- Practical, easy-to-implement, and flexible for use as a warm-up or other activity
Accompanied by online slides and video demonstrations, the easy 5–10 minute routines become your go-to materials for a year’s work of daily plug-and-play short-burst reasoning and fluency instruction that reinforces learning and instills mathematics confidence in students.
Students’ brains are most ready to learn in the first few minutes of math class. Give math practice routines a makeover in your classroom with these 20 meaningful and energizing warmups for learning crucial mathematics skills and concepts, and make every minute count.
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Webinar: Jumpstart Student Reasoning and Number Sense in Elementary Grades and Beyond
In this session led by John SanGiovanni, author of Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, Elementary, participants learn about dynamic, practical routines for developing number sense and fluency with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratio, and operations.
Routine 16: More or Less
This routine from Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, Elementary, helps students determine the reasonability of their answers and determine efficient methods for estimating.
Routine 13: Where's the Point?
This routine from Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, Elementary, helps students develop a more robust understanding of—and flexible thinking about—numbers and their relationships, which positions them for greater success when working with numbers.