Math Workshop Plus, Grades K-8

Alison J. Mello has been in education for 30 years as a classroom teacher, math specialist, director of curriculum, and Assistant Superintendent. She is a co-author of Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Addition and Subtraction, Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Multiplication and Division, Working with the Beaded Number Line, A Teacher’s Guide to Math Workshop, and the forthcoming Working with One-Inch Tiles, and Building Better Math Instruction: A Toolkit for Leaders.  She has spent the last decade as a national speaker, math consultant, and graduate instructor of in-service and pre-service teachers. Alison enjoys developing practical strategies to address issues that districts and teachers face in their schools and classrooms every day. She uses her understanding of leadership, curriculum and best practices to inspire and assist leaders and teachers in elevating and transforming math instruction. Dr. Nicki Newton is an education consultant who works with schools and districts around the country and Canada on k-8 math curriculum. She has taught elementary school, middle school, and graduate school. Dr Nicki has a Master’s of Education and a Doctorate of Education from the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University specializing in Teacher Education and Curriculum Development. She is greatly interested in teaching and learning practices around the world and has researched education in Denmark, Guatemala and India.  She has written over 45 math books and is excited to be part of the team of writers for the McGraw-Hill new series, Reveal Math. Her latest books include Accelerating K-8 Math Instruction (Teachers College Press, 2023), A Teacher’s Guide to Math Workshop (Newton, Mello & Nuzzie; Heinemann 2023) High Dosage Tutoring in Math & ELA (Newton & Ruyter w/Jemison; Routledge, in press) and Math Workshop Plus (Newton & Mello; Corwin, 2025). She is an avid pinner, Tik Toker, blogger, and tweeter. Learn more about bringing Dr. Nicki Newton to your school or district at www.drnickinewton.com

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsChapter 1. The Big Ideas of Math Workshop, Universal Design for Learning, and Social and Emotional LearningChapter 2. Design Options for Welcoming Interests and IdentitiesChapter 3. Design Options for Sustaining Effort and PersistenceChapter 4. Design Options for Emotional CapacityChapter 5. Design Options for PerceptionChapter 6. Design Options for Language and SymbolsChapter 7. Design Options for Building KnowledgeChapter 8. Design Options for InteractionChapter 9. Design Options for Expression and CommunicationChapter 10. Design Options for Strategy DevelopmentChapter 11: You’ve Got This!ReferencesIndex

Our district has been successfully utilizing Dr. Nicki Newton’s Guided Math approach for the past two years in our K–5 classrooms. By focusing on UDL and SEL, Math Workshop Plus provides easily applicable resources to enhance what teachers are doing in their classrooms to ensure equity, access, and excellence for all students.