Students in Ms. Shaffer’s first grade class spent the first week of school setting up the routines for Math Workshop. Math workshop is a time each day where students have a free choice of stations or games that build on the skills of the unit.
During the first week, the class works on learning how to choose their station, how to transition from one station to another, take turns, work together, and what to do when you’re finished. While learning the routines, the 1st graders reviews skills learned in Kindergarten like decomposing shapes and counting sets of objects the most efficient way.