Processing Math Review

Math review is a time to clear up students' misconceptions and to focus on one strategy (per problem). The same strategy should be used by the teacher and students for 1-2 weeks. When processing the math review, it is not a time for the teacher to do an in-depth lesson. The teacher should process the math review at a perky pace, and any in-depth teaching that needs to be done should occur during the teacher's core lesson time.

For many teachers it is hard to understand what "processing the math review" might look like. The video below shows an example of how to process a math review problem.

The video shows how to use a place value chart to order numbers from greatest to least. Students would be expected to use the strategy of drawing a place value chart to order numbers for the entire 1-2 weeks of completing similar problem types during math review.