Math journal prompts

Tired of the same old math problems? Use these math writing prompts to write about your math adventures & unlock your students' math potential!

Math Journals, or problem solving notebooks are a great way to get students writing about their mathematical thinking. They are also especially effective for giving you a glimpse into their problem solving process. I use math journals almost daily in my class and often start with this strategy to help my students more coherently explain their thinking. Teaching 4th grade in Nevada means teaching the dreaded constructed response math questions for our state test. One thing that I have been…

I don't know about you, but differentiating instruction has been a big push at my school. I'm completely on board with this idea...I know it's so important to meet the needs of all your students where they are. However, I was having a very hard time implementing differentation into my classroom. I felt that I was already juggling so much, and I thought that differentiating meant I would be having to make two or three sets of lesson plans to be able to give my students what they needed. I…

Daily math journal FREEBIE for you! Daily math journals are a way to spirally review math skills throughout the year. Here is a math notebook freebie for you!

Cara is on a roll with these fun linky parties. Okay---read this next sentence---and I *dare* you...like triple dog dare you not to end up...

I absolutely LOVE interactive journals!!! I am still working on other subject areas, but for now I use them in Math and Science. Here are some sample pages from my September Math Journal Prompts in action: I have always taught thematically, so the main themes in the September pack are Apples and Farm. However, about half of them are general prompts (like the dice, ten frame and putting numbers in order). All of these are based off standards taught early in the year for K students. If you're…

Are you looking for a way to spice up your math lessons? Math journals can do just that! Math journaling has become quite popular. I am always looking for ways to improve my math teaching. I wanted to incorporate math journals into my teaching last year, but just never got around to it. This year will be much different! I have created 180 common core based math journal prompts- One for each day of the school year! I plan to use math journals at least three days a week if not more. I also use…

Every week I have a Math Journal center for my students during Guided Math. I give them a question which they can respond to that pertains to the skill we have either just covered or are currently covering. Students can write, draw and create number sentences to respond to the questions. The general rule of thumb for writing in my class is that it has to have at least 3 sentences. This applies to Math Journal as well. In this package there are 50 Math Journal prompts to cover all the Math…

This year I am having my students write in math journals to explain how to solve problems. Students need to be writing and discussing math daily. Math journals allow students …

Free math journal prompts for 2nd grade are a great way to promote higher-level thinking skills for your students.