Ok so my district just adopted this new math curriculum (enVision math). And man oh man am I having a time with it. Is there anyone out there using this and if so do you have any suggestions to help me out. Also if you are using it how are you incorporating WBT with it. I am trying my best but am not having much success. I teach 4th grade so I try to pull some third power pix in but then when we I do that and then try to go back the the way the book does things the students and myself are getting confused. I hope things get better inam constantly feeling like a fish out of water or swimming up stream. Thanks for any help or advice.

My school district adopted enVision Math this year as well and we just received our materials. So, we are just beginning the new program and are feeling out of sorts as well. My fifth grade team decided we were going to do our best to follow the program as it is laid out and incorporate WBT as much as possible. We are finding that we just do not have enough time to get everything in during our math time which is 75 minutes. After our reading block we have another 20 minutes that we are using as our intervention time. We also decided to use the games during intervention time, as well as, two days before the test we use the games at stations to review the concepts again. WBT seems to working well during the interactive video segment, where you can use the teach-okay. Last week, we were learning the properties of multiplication and my students came up with gestures to go with the properties. I believe that as the year goes on, our kids will understand the progression of the lessons and we will be able to incorporate more WBT strategies during math time. The 5 step lesson format yes-no way and QT are great to check for comprehension on the concepts during guided practice. This year will be a learning year for the new program and how to blend WBT effectively during the lessons.

Laura Caisse
WBT Intern, 2011-2012

Laura, I am going to share your concerns with our 5 th grade team, but this program has more than what you need. At the first grade level I have split it up. I use some of the math during prove it, I also use the games on the CD's for mind soccer or prove it. I use the daily work books for extra credit and homework books for parents to work on. Anyway, I split it up using teach/OK and as many
WBT strategies as I can. I hope this did some good.
Annette

Well, I had my great participators stand and get the classes attention with a class yes, and then share their comment or answer ( thanks for the help all). You all just had to see the smiles and the best answers of the day. Go, go, go you dudes and dudettes. You hang 10 finger wooooo on that!
Annette.