If you’ve been in my world for a while, you know my focus is secondary math. However, a question I get asked constantly is: "Juliana, what do you recommend for Elementary Intervention?" While I feel most of my BREAK it Math Intervention Framework  does work for elementary (except for one step), I also like to be clear that I’ve never taught elementary math and therefore it doesn’t feel authentic to me to share teaching strategies for a grade and situation I’ve never actually

It is so common for Math Intervention rosters to feel like a revolving door. To help you navigate this transition, here are two simple recommendations for building a community in an ever changing math intervention classroom.

By prioritizing the "how-to" of the math before diving into the "why" of the context, we meet our students where they are. This roadmap is the exact framework I rely on to ensure every student feels capable of tackling linear equations activities without the overwhelm.

For many, this is the exact moment where their math trauma and anxiety began—the day a teacher introduced a variable and suddenly "math had letters in it." To a student who is already struggling with number sense, seeing an x on both sides of an equal sign feels less like a puzzle and more like a foreign language they never wanted to speak. But we can't just skip it; having a solid foundation with equations is the only way to move onto the more complex equations that will