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Adventures in Junior High and Mathematics

Intervention

21 Ways to Differentiate in the Secondary Math Classroom

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In our schools we have a range of students. Some of them come with IEPs or 504 plans. Then, there are students who don’t have individual plans and aren’t in any special programs, but we know that they have a similar need for additional support. At the same time, there are the students who don’t really struggle or need a lot of extra support. When there’s such a wide range of student abilities entering our math classrooms, what can we do in our 50-65 minutes together that meets the needs of all students? How do we differentiate our math instruction to give all students a path to success in our classroom?

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7 Tips for Engaging Math Intervention

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Math intervention isn’t something that we necessarily talk a lot about in our schools. We want students to be better at math, but beyond that we often stick to a lot of traditional methods and pedagogy. I love math intervention and I’ve seen so many students have so much success and growth. There are many things you can do to make sure that you math intervention is well thought out, productive, and engaging. In this post I’ll share with you 7 tips to help maximize your math intervention time and how you can grab a free download for each of the tips.

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How to Run a Math Intervention Class

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Throughout my years as a math interventionist, I’ve used and seen a variety of structures and classes for students who struggle with math. In addition to struggling with math, most of these students in our math intervention classrooms have also struggled with reading comprehension and lacked academic vocabulary. Personally, I’ve worked with hundreds of these students. While each student is unique, there are definitely similarities and patterns that arise.  

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