{"id":2311,"date":"2021-07-30T19:11:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T19:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2021-08-22T14:15:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T14:15:40","slug":"2311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/?p=2311","title":{"rendered":"Creating Learning Stations with Math in the Fast Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Learning Stations<\/b>\u00a0are just a click away with your\u00a0Math in the Fast Lane<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>resource! In fact, just about everything on the resource can be utilized in station teaching.\u00a0 Utilizing math stations can reap big benefits, including, a) A smaller-teacher-student ratio – more one-one-one time with your kids! b) Increased student autonomy and self-efficacy, c)\u00a0 Higher levels of student engagement, and d) Differentiated instruction.<\/p>\n

Just about everything on the\u00a0site\u00a0can be used in learning stations.\u00a0 Here are just a few examples:<\/p>\n

Station 1<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>–\u00a0Vocabulary:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Students love to sort! Every unit on Math in the Fast Lane has sorts.\u00a0 Just print in landscape, cut, and place in baggies.\u00a0 Make just enough for pairs at the station.\u00a0(DI tip:\u00a0 omit headings for a more challenging sort for some students.)\u00a0 Word Art, Word Detective, and Taboo also make highly engaging stations.<\/p>\n

Station\u00a02<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 –\u00a0Practice:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Bowties, menus, Fast Lane Finish Lines, cubes, and practice sorts are ideal.\u00a0 For example, students can sort which numbers are prime and composite and then roll a cube for more practice. Bowties (or placemats) provide partners for support while you work with students at the teacher station.\u00a0 (DI tip:\u00a0 green problems are less difficult than the blue problems on Finish Lines.)<\/p>\n

Station\u00a03<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>– <\/b>Writing:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>RAFTS merge business writing with real-world math as students write from the perspective of a person in a career that utilizes that math.\u00a0 Bankers, contractors, computer store staff member – students take on different roles as they explain their mathematical reasoning.\u00a0 “While You Were Out’s” provide choices of summarizing key points of the\u00a0 math they are learning to an absent student.\u00a0 Both make excellent writing stations.<\/p>\n

Station\u00a04<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>– <\/b>Defend Your Position\/Extension Station:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>Error Analysis, Sometimes-Always-Never, Agree\/Disagree:\u00a0 Students take a stand and try to defend their positions in these higher order thinking stations.<\/p>\n

Station\u00a05<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>– <\/b>Teacher Station:\u00a0<\/b>Direct instruction and quick feedback is the purpose here.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>A plethora of problems are available at your fingertips on the site to\u00a0model and check for understanding.\u00a0\u00a0Students can work on white boards or their desks at this station.<\/p>\n

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Happy Station Creation!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Learning Stations\u00a0are just a click away with your\u00a0Math in the Fast Lane\u00a0resource! In fact, just about everything on the resource can be utilized in station teaching.\u00a0 Utilizing math stations can reap big benefits, including, a) A smaller-teacher-student ratio – more one-one-one time with your kids! b) Increased student autonomy and self-efficacy, c)\u00a0 Higher levels of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2311"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2628,"href":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions\/2628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathinfastlane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}