The second component of my math block is a warm-up. Warm-ups are a great way to review recent material and to spiral required content and skills. Warm-ups should be short and require minimal time to review. There are many ways to format your warm-up. You just have to find the best one for you!
The picture below shows the warm-up program that I have frequently used in the classroom. It is modeled after the Mountain Math program and the Lone Star Learning TEKSas Target Practice program. It includes all of the grade-level content and skills my students were required to learn. I created 30 different questions. Each question is broad enough that I could change the numbers every other week to create a new problem. The students completed 3 of the numbered problems each day for two weeks. I then put up a new set of numbers to create 30 new questions and the process repeated.
- Use a basic template of 4-6 boxes and add one problem to each box.
- Use the spiraled review questions in your textbook series.
- Create a few basic questions for important skills and change the numbers each day.
- Create a slideshow of 4-6 questions and display it for students to complete.
In addition, I created a Pinterest board with more ideas. Click here to check it out!
