Good morning, friends! Today I am going to share with you how I organize and run my Math Tubs. I have been doing tubs for 2 years and my students and I adore them!
First, I group my kids heterogeneously I have 25 students, so I made 5 groups of 4 and one group of 5. I organize the kids on the little pocket chart shown below:
I have 6 tubs, so every 6 days I change the materials inside. I bought my tubs at Target and am loving them.
My students visit their tubs daily, for about 15-20 minutes. I do them the very last part of the day. The kids are very independent during this time and know the expectations. I can use this time to pull a student or two for extra one-on-one practice if need be.
The materials that I put in my tubs vary from week to week. I typically put games and activities that review skills we've already learned. I never put a skill in there that we haven't practiced in class first.
Before winter break, I got my tubs ready for the first week of January. I put activities from my "Snow Much Fun Math and Literacy Pack" inside.
We will be reviewing 3-addend addition...
...practicing non-standard measurement.
...and of course, we always have one activity that reviews telling time!
How do you organize your Math Tubs? I would love to hear! Do you have any games that are a hit with your students?
First, I group my kids heterogeneously I have 25 students, so I made 5 groups of 4 and one group of 5. I organize the kids on the little pocket chart shown below:
My students visit their tubs daily, for about 15-20 minutes. I do them the very last part of the day. The kids are very independent during this time and know the expectations. I can use this time to pull a student or two for extra one-on-one practice if need be.
The materials that I put in my tubs vary from week to week. I typically put games and activities that review skills we've already learned. I never put a skill in there that we haven't practiced in class first.
Before winter break, I got my tubs ready for the first week of January. I put activities from my "Snow Much Fun Math and Literacy Pack" inside.
We will be reviewing 3-addend addition...
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| (included in "Snow Much Fun") |
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| (included in "Snow Much Fun") |
...and of course, we always have one activity that reviews telling time!
How do you organize your Math Tubs? I would love to hear! Do you have any games that are a hit with your students?
Love those tubs! They look perfect for math stations!
ReplyDeleteI love how you have your Math Tubs set up- Mine seems to complicated!! :) Do you have the tub signs that you can share!
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The math tub chart is great. I too use math tubs in my classroom and am enjoying it!! Do you mind sending me the tub labels that are on your pocket chart?
ReplyDeleteThanks in advance!!!
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