Great lesson planning comes from knowing exactly what you want the students to learn. 

In order to do this in the most efficient way, we use objectives!
 
Your objective will come from the Eureka Math lesson templates and resource planning guides, which are based on the standards. 

Some objectives can be broad, so you may want to narrow them down to be more specific and teach over a few days depending on the individual needs of your students.

Think of your objective as a target to hit!  The students should be aware of what you are going to teach them in the lesson, so they can know if they have learned it.
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When you think of building a house, of course you would know you have to have a strong foundation in order for the house to remain sturdy. 

​Now- think of building your math curriculum the same way!  In this case however, we aren’t talking about concrete, but something just as strong- units!
 
When you start out with the basics of Eureka Math, you must firmly establish what a unit is in the very beginning.  When shown to students using objects and pictures one unit is one object.  This is established in numbers through 10 first.  Students are given concrete manipulatives to understand the concept of a unit.  This appears basic, but later on students will apply and build on the unit based thinking in many ways.

Technology is part of our everyday lives. It's ubiquitous - and we may be getting too much of it. Agree or disagree, there is data that supports this notion. Excessive use of technology can have many drawbacks, particularly for young people who don't know how to moderate their time spent online.
 
Technology can certainly be a wonderful thing, opening doors and providing unique opportunities to explore the world. What we need is moderation. Tricky - I know. Let’s talk about how to enable our children to strategically use technology so it is only a benefit, and not a detractor.  ​

To address this issue, I created a materials guide that lists everything needed so teachers can be fully prepared.

​I created them for Prekindergarten through 5th Grade.

In the pdf documents, just click on the lesson you are going to teach in the table of contents, and you will be taken to a chart that lists out all of the materials needed for that lesson. The chart is broken down into the various lesson components, so you can gather exactly what you’ll need.

You can also print the materials guide if you would prefer to have a hard copy to reference.

Contactless shopping is not for me. Why?

Because Target is my happy place.

​I can easily spend an hour there browsing, let alone strategically shopping. I can wander through Health & Beauty, then leisurely make my way to the candle aisle, perusing a few books and periodicals along the way. 
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Kids Love Target

I encounter many children in my travels through Target. Children of all ages shop with their parents, from infancy through teen years. The children I’m focusing on here are those hanging out in the cart - specifically, ages two through five. 
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Have you ever been interviewed by a major publication? Or maybe you’ve been queried by a ten year old doing a school project. Regardless, there is an art and science to asking questions.

The way a question is asked can determine many things besides the quality and quantity of information given. Not only can it open or close a conversation, but it can also help to build or tear down a relationship. 

​The goal of asking questions is obviously getting answers. To this end, the questioner can decide how far to probe. If surface information is what is sought, it can be garnered pretty easily.
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We as teachers want to read everything in detail and be sure we are getting it all in. 

This can be overwhelming and time consuming when you are looking to get started using the Eureka Math program. It is so detailed that it can be overwhelming. However, it doesn't have to be. There is a structure and a flow that every lesson follows, and once you know what it is and YOUR STUDENTS know, lessons will run more smoothly.

​Here is the meat of what you need to know to successfully plan out your Eureka Math lesson- the routine!

Eureka Math sets up students for success with each and every lesson. 

The goal of all of these lessons is to give students the strategies they need to become fluent mathematicians. 

​What this provides for them is real- life ways to use math to their advantage. 

​When in a situation that computation is needed, the most practical and convenient way to solve is to know mental math or math fluency.

​Starting from a  very young age, students are drawn to identify numbers in base ten.  They learn to connect pairs of numbers by sight to give them ten.  When they have a ten to work with, the numbers become nice and easy to solve mentally.