These tips and tricks are ideas I learned in class or from another resource. I designed this page to share how I use Real Math and what has worked well for me.  

• Students in groups of 3 (more than 3 and at least one will stop working)

• Buy big whiteboards for them to do the work on (I used to have them on the desks, and now they hang on the wall; for more information on that, read Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl).

• Import the PDF to an app (I use Notability) and project it. This allows you to write on the stories.

• Give the students only one marker so they have to work together (for more information on that, read Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl).

• If you don't have hanging whiteboards, get 2 or 3 easels so the whole class can look at sample work.

• Use the blank storyboard if you want to tell your own story or use your own numbers. 

• When groups start finishing the work, pair them up with groups that have very different answers. This will allow them to debate and learn from each other.

• Refrain from telling them if they are right or wrong. Let them figure it out and debate. 

• As much as possible, I try to use the Rigor and Relevance Framework as a guide when I create the questions, but this is also supposed to be FUN and ENGAGING in class. There will be beauty in the chaos.