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Starting the School Year
It will take time to develop your classroom culture, routines, and procedures.
You cannot jump into a full Eureka Math lesson on Day 1, doing all of the lesson components.
HOWEVER, you still need to teach core, grade level math content.Make a plan to build relationships and routines with students, while building in all of the lesson components.
Example Plan for Starting the Year
Week 1: Expectations of a mathematician and growth mindset.
- Fluency activity to review skills (5-10 minutes)
- Mini-lessons on expectations of being a good classmate and growth mindset (15 minutes)
- Teach the Concept Development as a mini-lesson (15 minutes), practicing being a good classmate and using growth mindset.
- Students complete the Problem Set (10 minutes) with a partner/group, practicing the behaviors of a good partner and growth mindset.
- Whole class Debrief on how well students worked together and used a growth mindset (10 minutes)
Week 2: Introduce additional lesson components, continuing to build a growth mindset and math behaviors.
- Fluency activities to review skills (5-10 minutes)
- Mini-lessons on mathematician behaviors and growth mindset (10 minutes)
- Partners complete Application Problems (10 minutes), practicing group behaviors.
- Teach the Concept Development as a mini-lesson (15 minutes), practicing being a mathematician and growth mindset.
- Students complete the Problem Set (10 minutes) with a partner, practicing the group behaviors and growth mindset.
- Whole class Debrief (5 minutes) on how well students used group behaviors and growth mindset.
Week 3: Continue building behaviors of a mathematician, classmate, and growth mindset.
- Fluency activities to review skills (5 minutes)
- Mini-lessons on group behaviors and growth mindset (10 minutes)
- Partners complete Application Problems (10 minutes), practicing group behaviors.
- Teach the Concept Development as a mini-lesson (15 minutes), practicing being a mathematician and growth mindset.
- Students complete the Problem Set (10 minutes) with a partner, practicing the group behaviors and growth mindset.
- Whole class Debrief (5 minutes) on how well students used group behaviors and growth mindset.
Week 4: Transition to full Eureka lessons. Review expectations and growth mindset as needed throughout the year.