Check out this ENTIRE SEMESTER bundle of Morning Math products! It is PERFECT for morning work but can also be used as TEST PREP, CENTER PRACTICE, or HOMEWORK. Your purchase includes the overview of how to use in the classroom, daily practice for 18 weeks, weekly Friday Practices or quizzes, answer keys, and the scope and sequence of standards across the entire semester. What makes this product BETTER than other Morning Math products?

• DAILY INTENTIONAL inclusion of five mathematical domains
• DAILY inclusion of meaningful MULTISTEP story problems
• APPROPRIATE mathematical progression and spiral review over the course of the year
• EXCELLENT pacing through standards, giving students two weeks to practice and master material
• WEEKLY checkpoints (Friday Practices & quizzes) to track students' progress
• EASY-TO-USE answer keys, product overview, and scope & sequence

If you enjoy this product, check out my store, Joyful Frenzy, to purchase the first semester! Don't forget to rate the product and follow my store; I would love to hear about how it is working in your classroom. I currently use this in my 4th grade classroom for morning work and have seen AMAZING growth in my students this year! Enjoy!

RATIONALE FOR PRODUCT CREATION:
I used other morning math products for years in an attempt to provide brain warm-ups for my kiddos. I noticed there were missing standards, inadequate progression of difficulty, and lack of story problems. In addition, four days always seemed too short for my struggling math students to grasp a concept before quizzing and moving on to other concepts, even with additional intervention. I finally decided to create my own morning math that would properly progress throughout Common Core standards, include story problems, give students plenty of time to work on focused skills, and emerge from best mathematical practices.

Common Core Standards, my knowledge of fourth grade content, and best mathematical practices guided my creation of this product. All five mathematical domains from the standards appear in a question every day. I included at least one story problem a day. The second semester story problems advance to multi-step problems, allowing for over 12 weeks of daily practice of these advanced story problems before state testing. The content is spiral, and yet appropriately builds on students’ knowledge throughout the year to encourage productive struggle and student success. In addition, my progression focuses on five skills over the course of two weeks, giving students ample time to work with the skills. There is a quiz at the end of the two-week period as well as a practice quiz at the end of the first week.