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Reworking the Workshop: Math and Science Reform in the Primary Grades

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Heuser shows teachers how to integrate reading and writing workshop methods into mathematics and science. Heuser guides you step by step in a new way of thinking about your teaching. This is the best education book, cover to cover, I have read this summer. Teachers are under greater pressure to teach more content in a limited day. The possibilities for greater learning opportunities are endless. If you are looking to create an exciting science and math program with your students, this is the book to buy. Reworking the Workshop is a math and science turn-around book. Buy two copies and share it with your colleagues. They'll thank you.

I have been teaching for 9 years, and every year I have thought to myself, this isn't working, for math instruction. Our district adopted a program about 7 years ago that encourages hands on math, however, any program is designed for the ideal student in mind, not the 22-25 students who are in my classroom every day. Last year I began to preassess my students before each unit to see what skills they were strong in and what skills needed more development. This year, I dove head in to implementing "math workshop" in my classroom. THis book helped to guide the process, and the idea of having a "math notebook" has improved the problem solving skills of my 2nd graders more in 2 months than I have seen in over a year the old way I was teaching it. It is refreshing to read a text that inspires teachers in encourage thinking, exploration and discovery. I reccomend this text to any teacher (or parent) who is looking for a fresh angle on math and science instruction.