Experience Math Elementary Math Program

Experience Math®, a student-centered elementary math program, celebrates the art of teaching combined with the power of an engaged classroom. Through simple planning and high-value, in-the-moment professional learning, Experience Math allows teachers to do what matters most.

Create community through Discovery and Exploration
Strengthen learning through Intentional Teaching
Establish fluency through Practice and Game Play
Gather evidence of learning through Purposeful Assessment Strategies

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Experience Math is an elementary math program, including math videos and math resources.

Student-Centered Math Program for K-5

Experience Math was developed by renowned educator Dr. Marian Small to improve learning with intentional teaching aligned to clear goals and strategic instructional decisions.

Designed around Essential Understandings

Experience Math is designed with a focus on essential understandings, or big ideas, to help students build meaningful connections in math.

Built on Student–Centered, Rich Tasks

Experience Math increases student engagement by leveraging rich tasks as the main driver of learning in each lesson.

Centered on Hands-on Learning

Experience Math encourages a hands-on learning approach to support exploration and the development of conceptual understanding.

Focused on Developing Critical Thinking

Experience Math deepens critical understanding to help students make sense of math concepts and build problem-solving skills.

Hands-on Elementary Math Program

Marian’s Insights for Instructional Support
Embedded Student Support
Digital Instructional
Scout Progress Monitoring
Engaging Game-Based Practice

Dr. Marian Small’s Insights for Instructional Support

Marian’s Insights

As your personal coach and partner, Marian Small has embedded her own instructional insights, including mathematical contexts, differentiation strategies, and implementation tips throughout the lesson.
Minds On Coaching

Marian’s instructional supports include And The Point Is… information on the mathematical purpose of the activity. Sample student solutions and strategies help guide open-ended discussions. Professional Learning Videos for many activities offer relevant insights on the lesson concept. Connect Ideas and Experiences help students bridge the concept to their own experiences.
Action Coaching

Additional And the Point Is… notes help invest students in their learning outcomes. Differentiating instruction suggestions for Parallel Tasks aim to help students that need more support or more challenge. What Could You Do If… provides strategies for addressing common misconceptions and errors. Sample Student Responses and Strategies speak directly to young learners.
Consolidate Coaching

And the Point Is… features clarify information about the mathematical focus for each Consolidate Question. An Assessment for Learning points out what teachers should observe in their students along with strategies for reteaching materials if necessary.

Embedded Student Support

Number and Data Talks

5-10 minute discussions that support student fluency and flexibility in thinking about numbers and operations. Students have the opportunity to share strategies with their classmates and use their own problem-solving abilities.
Brain Benders

Engaging, often open-ended tasks that encourage creative problem-solving in the real world. Students decide the appropriate model for a real-life situation, consider their assumptions about the problem, then use the model to arrive at a solution.
Academic Language Activities

Provide opportunities to build understanding of critical words needed to communicate mathematical ideas and understandings.
Wonder Tasks

Three-act, problem-based activities that challenge students to come up with the question to be solved. The majority of the task is verbal, providing opportunities for students to communicate their mathematical thinking and understanding.
Making Connections Tasks

Students integrate concepts from multiple mathematical domains by providing additional opportunities to revisit and build important connections. They further apply mathematical skills and concepts they have already learned to solve a complex problem with multiple parts.

Digital Instructional

Plan and Review Mathematical Concepts

Topic and Lesson Planning allow teachers to easily review pacing, objectives, standards, and mathematical contexts. Student data is easily accessible to help adjust lesson plans. Marian’s Coaching is directly embedded to provide professional learning through short videos, mathematical backgrounds, differentiation suggestions, and questioning strategies.
Prep Print and Digital Materials

Teachers can download and/or customize their lesson presentations. Additional learning aids, activities, or assessments are available for printing. Interactive lesson activities and/or assessments can be assigned from the dashboard.
Project and Teach from One Device

With Presenter Mode, teachers can project the lesson presentation and materials with their instructional supports, including differentiation suggestions, question strategies, and sample answers, from the same device.
Getting Started with Experience Math

Professional Development Videos, Getting Started Videos, an Implementation Guide, and more comprehensive resources are available. Teachers have access to these on-demand to help them begin using Experience Math.
M Magazine

Marian Small created this online math magazine to empower math educators across the country. Every issue is filled with helpful features such as videos, demos, shareable activities, and exclusive content to inspire the best possible learning experiences.

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Observational Assessment Tool

Realize Scout helps teachers document “in-the-moment” student learning right on the Realize digital platform. Key observation goals are noted within the Scout Tool to help inform key learning moments to capture.
Measuring Student Growth

Snap photos, record observations and class discussions, and make anecdotal notes while creating a detailed picture of student growth over time. During parent-teacher conferences, these insights can be easily shared.
Inform Evaluation

The observations gathered in Realize Scout help teachers inform their evaluations and lesson planning. By storing and collecting media, observations can be validated on the spot for every student.

Engaging Game-Based Practice

Play-Based Guided Inquiry

Topics within Experience Math’s kindergarten program feature Explorations and Lessons to help teachers address standards in a play-based environment.
Explorations

Explorations are provided to suggest ways a teacher might respond to student-initiated inquiries and curiosities. Suggested centers facilitate ongoing student exploration.
Lessons

Lessons suggest planned experiences to ensure that standard explorations emerge in a natural context. Variations of each activity are suggested, so similar activities can be repeated regularly throughout the kindergarten year(s).
Purposeful Practice through Engaging Games

Games and puzzles are offered strategically within the Your Turn lesson allowing students to engage in fun and meaningful practice of mathematical skills concepts. They think creatively and critically while developing perseverance and a positive attitude. By working together, students need to develop prosocial collaborative and cooperative behaviors.

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Experience Math Makes Full Use of Your Classroom Technology

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Teachers access one curated, digital center on Savvas Realize where they can plan, prep, and teach Experience Math.

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Blended Student Materials to Engage

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Digital Student Experience
Tangible Student Support
Powerful Visual Aids
Embedded Digital Manipulatives
Home Support

Savvas Realize

Students can easily access Experience Math digitally through Savvas Realize. Resources such as interactive assignments and embedded learning aids enrich their time in class and at home.

Student Experience Book

The optional Student Experience Book provides support, also available in Spanish, along with space for practice and self-reflection as students work through the phases of each lesson.

Classroom Manipulatives

Each grade level includes a curated classroom manipulative kit to support Experience Math lessons.

Brainingcamp Digital Manipulatives

Brainingcamp Virtual Manipulatives bring math to life and improve conceptual understanding. Teachers can view student work and share screens in real-time.

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Family Engagement Site

Google Translate™ compatible, easily accessible resources provide family-friendly Topic and lesson-level support. Interactive videos, vocabulary review, and helpful search terms engage students at home—no login required!

Further Enhancements to the Experience Math K-5 Program

Multilingual Learner Support
Meet Your Students Where They Are
Personalized Programs

Embedded Teacher Support

Fully embedded within Savvas Realize, resources include point-of-use Multilingual Learner instructional teacher guidance, Spanish text, audio, and video.

Spanish-language materials include the fully translated print Student Experience Book, translated Projectable Storytime books, and Grade K posters.

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Savvas Momentum Assessment Suite

Momentum Math, part of the Savvas Momentum Assessment Suite, provides an easy and reliable way to uncover student needs and provide the right instructional content for every learner. Add the norm-referenced assessment suite to your math program via the Savvas Realize® platform and seamlessly collect actionable data to inform instruction for Grades K-8.

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SuccessMaker helps learners at every level

This adaptive intervention program continuously personalizes math instruction for student growth or differentiation.

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School Stories

In these inspirational stories, you'll learn about what schools and districts from across the country are doing to help students succeed and shape the future of education.

Experience Math Elementary Math Program

Student-Centered Math Program for K-5

Designed around Essential Understandings

Built on Student–Centered, Rich Tasks

Centered on Hands-on Learning

Focused on Developing Critical Thinking

Hands-on Elementary Math Program

Dr. Marian Small’s Insights for Instructional Support

Embedded Student Support

Digital Instructional

Inspire Your World Geography Classroom

Engaging Game-Based Practice

Watch an Overview Video

Watch an Overview Video

Experience Math Makes Full Use of Your Classroom Technology

Blended Student Materials to Engage

Savvas Realize

Student Experience Book

Classroom Manipulatives

Brainingcamp Digital Manipulatives

Family Engagement Site

Further Enhancements to the Experience Math K-5 Program

Embedded Teacher Support

Savvas Momentum Assessment Suite

SuccessMaker helps learners at every level

School Stories

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Experience Math Elementary Math Program

Student-Centered Math Program for K-5

Designed around Essential Understandings

Built on Student–Centered, Rich Tasks

Centered on Hands-on Learning

Focused on Developing Critical Thinking

Hands-on Elementary Math Program

Dr. Marian Small’s Insights for Instructional Support

Embedded Student Support

Digital Instructional

Inspire Your World Geography Classroom

Engaging Game-Based Practice

Watch an Overview Video

Watch an Overview Video

Experience Math Makes Full Use of Your Classroom Technology

Blended Student Materials to Engage

Savvas Realize

Student Experience Book

Classroom Manipulatives

Brainingcamp Digital Manipulatives

Family Engagement Site

Further Enhancements to the Experience Math K-5 Program

Embedded Teacher Support

Savvas Momentum Assessment Suite

SuccessMaker helps learners at every level

School Stories

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