Mrs. Grigg has taped a number grid to the top right corner of each desk, so that the students can use it for math problems. The students who are struggling with math use it a lot to do addition and subtraction. The students do their math work out of a workbook. The teacher has them do a page by themselves, but the majority of them come to her when they have questions. During math time, she is usually glued to her desk while students come ask questions or have her look over the page. I fell like this time could be better used if she had more management in this area. Even if they had different materials and she was standing up and walking around to help each one, it would go a lot faster.
Mrs. Grigg has browsing boxes at the front of the room for the students for the different levels. She also introduces a read-aloud book every day. She gets these books from the school library.
The few times I was able to go to the science lab with the class, the teacher seemed to have a good resource with materials the students could use.
Mrs. Grigg has cupboards full of instructional materials. I do not know if they will use them, but they are available to the teacher and students.
How could you implement a math lesson and environment that encourages independence and also provides "just in time" assistance for all students?
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