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Math Mini-Lessons
Middle School Math Courses
OUR MATH SOLUTIONS
Math Mini-Lessons provides a full year math courses for grades 6, 7, 8 and Algebra I. Students can learn at their own pace or with an instructor. Math Mini-Lessons provide instructional programs to schools and homeschool families, professional development and consulting with instructional leaders. Math Mini-Lessons emphasizes learning by doing, purposeful practice in context for preteens and using data to support learning needs. All students deserve access to high quality math education. The Math Mini-Lesson program makes math accessible to students. The program is sustainable for teachers and creates dramatic results.
SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
PARENTS
Teachers reported 2x improvement in student engagement in just 3 months.
24% increase in student proficiency in grades 6-Alg 1.
7th and 8th grader students with disabilities were more than 2x more proficiency than students in their district.
“Mathematics is not about numbers, equations and computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.”
“Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach.”
Inspiring Math Marvel
for Every Child
Mission
Our mission is to offer families access to quality math education, bridging the gap between school and home. We support classroom learning and empower families to nurture independent, critical thinkers. Math Mini-Lessons aims to reinforce foundational math skills, helping students grow into confident, lifelong learners.
Vision
Every child deserves access to a quality mathematics education. At Math Mini-Lessons, we believe online math education can empower children, helping them develop essential math skills in ways that are engaging, accessible, and equitable. Our vision is to build a learning community where educators break down math concepts, sparking the potential within every student to become a “Math Marvel.”
We emphasize hands-on learning, where activities and purposeful practice are designed to be both challenging and enjoyable. We are committed to providing equitable education, ensuring that every child—regardless of race, class, language, or gender—has the opportunity to excel in math.
Supporting Teachers with Engaging
Tools & Training
General Info
Teacher: Sarah Fuentes
Grade Levels: 6 – Alg I
Location
Westchester, New York
Supporting Public New York City Department of Education and New York Charter Schools
ABOUT US
Welcome to Elementary School Math where Math Marvels develop a comprehensive understanding of fundamental mathematical concepts. The math kids learn here will shape their experience in middle school where math becomes abstract. Math Marvels in grades 3-5 explore patterns and algebraic thinking, number operations with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. They also learn measurement and data, and geometry. Instruction emphasizes problem-solving, reasoning, and the application of mathematical practices to real-world situations, ensuring students build a solid foundation for advanced mathematical learning.
Welcome to Middle School Math where Math Marvels are actively involved in learning sound mathematical thinking and developing math reasoning. The Middle School Curriculum is broken down into five categories: Number Sense, Ratios and Proportional Reasoning, Algebra, Data and Statistics and Geometry. Math Marvels investigate problems and value understanding the process of algorithms as much as finding the solution. Rather than memorizing facts, Math Marvels learn how and when to apply mathematics to different problems. Beginning with a review of numbers and operations, Math Marvels become fluent with number computations with rational numbers (fractions, decimals) as well as positive and negative numbers. 8th grade Math Marvels broaden their understanding of algebra by studying linear relationships and functions, preparing them for High School Algebra .
Welcome to High School Math where Math Marvels take three courses, Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry. These rigorous courses are designed to prepare students for end of year, college readiness exams such as the NYS Regents exam. Videos are being created for Alg II and Geometry.
“The world needs mathematicians who are thinkers, not robots. And I’m here to educate, empower and help you excel. Anyone can develop a mathematical mindset, anyone can become a Math Marvel”
Testimonials
What Teachers are Saying
Math Mini-Lessons is so intentional and tightly backwards planned so teachers can empower students to see their own progress while empowering their own planning to address misconceptions with surgical precision. This can change how teachers plans to reach all learners.
Math Mini-Lessons gave me more time. I had everything I needed and could focus on other parts of the job I never had enough time for. The lessons are high quality. The videos break the lessons down so easily. And I know my students are being challenged. Love it!
This bundle was well-organized with links to everything a teacher would need! Thank you Math Mini-Lessons! Everything was all right in the document! You could link to anything you need to prepare for students…this would be great for first-year teachers!
Sarah is an excellent math teacher and coach. Her support, knowledge, and ability to aid educators is superb. She goes out of her way to make sure that the students are being challenged as they engage in the resources Math Mini-Lessons provides. We have seen academic growth in math and enhanced understanding in our students critical thinking. Our 8th graders grew from 35.3% to 61.9% on the NY state test, an all time record for the school! And 64% pass the Algebra I Regents!
As a teacher Math Mini-Lesson has proven to be quite helpful in my everyday needs as a math teacher. The passing guide along with the lessons she has created enable me more time to focus on differentiation. Her CFU’s are a great resource for me to see we’re my students needs support in real time. Her videos are very detailed and useful in guiding student prior to teacher facilitating a lesson or as an intervention tool for re-teaching. Math Mini-Lesson is a fantastic investment!
What Parents are Saying
“Sarah has really helped me and my daughter understand how to get the conceptual parts of fourth grade math. Being a educator myself and not being great at teaching math but being able to reach out to her and ask questions and have her address it on a platform where everybody can understand has been really helpful. “
“Sarah’s an amazing teacher and eductor and she always makes sure her students understand. Seeing her in action I’m able to recognize how amazing she is at teaching. She really understands students and how they think. And she really thinks about the easiest and simplest way to get kids to think about how to do the problem and why they do it that way. And I think that’s what sticks with kids, when they understand why they use a certain strategy that way.”
“This amazing human who is known to most as Ms. Fuentes has taken me under her wing from my first year teaching to now! She has gone beyond the call of duty during this quarantine to create videos and a FB group to help students, teachers, and parents with math from elementary through middle school! She’s created this platform for anyone that needs help! She has taught me to understand numbers in a new way that allowed me to be a better educator and teacher mom. She’s the best math teacher in NYC!”
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