New in ALO: Revised Card Decks and Spanish HLC Interviews

We have two updates that make math prep a little easier, and your students' thinking a little more visible.

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Try This: See Student Strategies in Small Groups With One Task

Try this one thing this week: pull a targeted small group and hand them a rich Task instead of a worksheet. Tasks offer one problem with multiple ways in.

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Try This: Go Deeper in Small Group with a Math Game

Once your small group has a clear focus, games are one of the fastest ways to get more reps of a skill without it feeling like a worksheet. The right game keeps kids reasoning, not just answering, because they have to think about the relationship between numbers, not just recall a fac …

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Try This: Start Small with a Targeted Launch for 3-5 Students

Pulling a small group can feel like a big commitment when your plate's already full. Here's the good news: your first one doesn't need to be fancy. It just needs to be targeted.

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Try This: Get a Real Read on Your Students This Fall

You've got a room full of new faces (or maybe some familiar ones with a summer's worth of change), and you're staring down the same question every year: who are these kids, mathematically speaking? Before you can plan meaningful instruction, you need to know where they're starting fro …

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Try This: Generate an Exit Ticket for Any Lesson in 30 Seconds

As the year winds down, it's a great time to check in on how students are feeling about math. Not just what they know, but how they see themselves as mathematicians.

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