Math Workshop

Step 1 - Understand Math Workshop
An exploration of what Math Workshop is—and is not

• Chapter 1: Math Workshop: What, Why, and When?

Step 2 - Prepare Your Students for Math Workshop
Best practices for establishing a Math Workshop community

• Chapter 2: Twenty Days to a Classroom Culture That Works

Step 3 - Decide Your Math Workshop Structure
A focused look at three Math Workshop structures

• Chapter 3: Task and Share Structure
• Chapter 4: Focus Lesson, Guided Math, and Learning Stations Structure
• Chapter 5: Guided Math and Learning Stations Structure

Step 4 - Facilitate Your Math Workshop
A focused look at each of the components in the three Math Workshop structures

• Chapter 6: Number Sense Routine
• Chapter 7: Learning Stations
• Chapter 8: Guided Math
• Chapter 9: Student Reflection
• Chapter 10: You’re Ready, You’re Set, Go!

Step 5 - Reflect on and Refine Your Math Workshop
Additional support

• Chapter 11: Reflecting on Implementation
• Chapter 12: Refining Your Practice—FAQs

Math Workshop is our school’s primary resource for providing all students with an opportunity to access mathematical concepts and skills. It helps teachers and students see that math can be fun. It helps build student resilience and confidence in mathematics. And it promotes differentiated instruction, student discourse, and strategy sharing. Look no further than Math Workshop!
—Jason Pannutti, principal, Bren Mar Park Elementary School, Alexandria, Virginia

Regardless of the curriculum you use, Math Workshop creates a clear vision of how math classrooms can be a space for engaging all children. By using the math workshop model, students’ learning is differentiated, students have the opportunity to work with their teacher in small groups, students are provided choice in how they spend their time, and students do math centered around big ideas. So many resources exist related to reading and writing workshop models—I’m excited that there is now one for math!
—Lucy Kersting, math coach, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada

Math Workshop drives explicit and differentiated math instruction for all students. The resource clearly lays out five steps for implementing math workshop. The “look-fors” included as reproducibles are easy to follow and a great resource for administrators to use during walk-throughs and teacher observations.
—Amber K. Walters, principal, Nora Elementary School, Indianapolis, Indiana

Math Workshop expertly blends workshop philosophy with practical ideas, strategies, and structures to engage all students in high-quality mathematics learning experiences. The resource brings together all of the components of math workshop and is supported by research-based best practices. This is an essential, “go-to” resource for all teachers of mathematics, coaches, and administrators.
—Melissa Pearson, Supervisor of Mathematics, K–5, West Windsor–Plainsboro Regional School District, West Windsor Township, New Jersey

This resource is the perfect companion text for our district course for teachers who are seeking to implement math workshop. The included structures and components enable teachers to meet students’ individual learning needs while empowering students to be more self-directed. As teachers promote collaboration, problem solving, and communication throughout their learner- driven classrooms, Math Workshop helps them take their instructional practice to the next level.
—Sarah Putnam, Director of Teaching and Learning, Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, Virginia