10 Math Expressions Resources Every Teacher Should Know About
Shannon Kiebler 
Find free and paid Math Expressions resources for planning, classroom routines, math talk, materials, back to school, unit planning, and daily lessons
If you teach with Math Expressions, you don't need more random math resources. You need the right support for what you're trying to accomplish right now.
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Classroom Routines & Setup | Math Planning | Ongoing Teacher Support
Maybe you're setting up your classroom, trying to finally get Quick Practice running consistently, planning your first unit, building better math talk, or simply wishing tomorrow's lesson didn't take so long to prepare.
I've pulled together some of my favorite Math Expressions resources, both free and paid, so you can find the support that fits what you need.
Classroom Routines & Setup
1. Quick Practice & Daily Routine Slides | FREE
Quick Practice and Daily Routines are an important part of building number sense and automaticity in Math Expressions, but they work best when they actually become part of your daily rhythm. These free grade-level slides give you ready-to-use support for Quick Practice in K-6 and Daily Routines in K-2, along with additional resources to help you use them successfully with students.
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2. Math Expressions Classroom Toolkit | FREE
Wondering what all those manipulatives are, when you're supposed to use them, or how to keep them organized? The free Math Expressions Classroom Toolkit helps you make sense of your materials, visual models, and classroom setup so the tools that came with your curriculum can actually support instruction instead of living in a cabinet all year.
3. Puzzled Penguin Posters | FREE
Puzzled Penguin isn't just a cute Math Expressions mascot. He gives you a simple way to teach students how mathematicians respond to mistakes, ask for help, persevere, and learn from one another. These free classroom posters reinforce those messages and help you build the kind of Helping Community where students feel safe sharing their mathematical thinking.
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4. Partner Talk Cards & Math Talk Resources | FREE
If you'd like more students talking about math instead of the same few hands going up, start here. These free Partner Pick Cards and bulletin board printables help you establish Partner Talk and create more opportunities for students to explain ideas, use mathematical vocabulary, listen to one another, and participate in the reasoning already built into Math Expressions.
5. The Must-Haves of a Math Expressions Classroom | FREE VIDEO
Not sure what actually matters most when you're setting up a Math Expressions classroom? This video is a great place to start. I'll walk you through the must-haves so you can focus your time, materials, and classroom setup on the pieces that will actually support the way students learn and participate in math.
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Math Planning
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6. Yearly Math Planning Calendar | FREE
Before you start planning individual lessons, zoom out and look at the whole year. My free Yearly Planning Calendar helps you map out your school calendar, units, assessments, reteaching time, and other interruptions so you can create a realistic Math Expressions pacing plan instead of discovering halfway through the year that you're two months behind.
7. The First Ten Days of Math Class
The beginning of math class shouldn't force you to choose between building community and beginning your curriculum. The First Ten Days gives you a strategic grade-level plan for doing both. You'll establish Math Expressions routines and expectations, build mathematical mindset and community, and begin preparing students for Unit 1 through daily slides, activities, manipulatives, math talk, and other ready-to-use support.
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8. Math Expressions Unit Planning Workshops
If you want to understand a unit before you teach it, come plan it with me. In these guided Math Expressions planning sessions, we backward plan using the actual curriculum, work through the mathematics, examine assessments and Big Ideas, think about pacing and student needs, and identify what deserves your instructional time. You leave with a unit plan, but more importantly, a planning process you can continue using throughout the year.
Ongoing Teacher Support
9. Math Focus Wall Bulletin Board Kits
Your bulletin board can do more than decorate the room. The Math Focus Wall Kits help keep important unit information visible and usable throughout instruction, giving students a consistent place to reference the vocabulary, ideas, language, and structures they're using in math class.
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10. Math Genius Squad
If you're looking for support that follows you all year long, this is where everything comes together. The Math Genius Squad is lesson-by-lesson support created specifically for Math Expressions teachers, with lesson and unit resources, planning tools, Quick Practice and Daily Routine slides, scaffolds, small-group support, assessments, teaching videos, and support for the five core structures. Instead of searching for something that might work, you can go directly to the grade, unit, and lesson you're teaching and find support built for it.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Start with the problem you're trying to solve.
If you're new to Math Expressions, begin with the Classroom Toolkit and Must-Haves video.
If you're working on classroom routines and student participation, grab the Quick Practice slides, Partner Talk resources, and Puzzled Penguin posters.
If you need help planning, start with the Yearly Planning Calendar or join a Unit Planning Workshop.
And if what you really want is ongoing help figuring out what matters, what your students may need, and how to make Math Expressions easier to use from one lesson to the next, that's exactly why I created the Math Genius Squad .
You don't need every resource today. Pick the one that solves the problem in front of you and start there.
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