This  resource out of the San Diego City Schools is a great primer for the use of math routines in math class. It introduces 10 routines and cross references them with the math content areas they support. Definitely worth looking at when preparing for your semester.

The instructional routines explored in the document are:

• Number Routines
  • Number of the Day
  • Number Lines
  • Number Strings

• Mental Math Strategies
  • Number Talks
  • Concepts of Equality
  • Thinking Relationally
  • Math Trains
  • How Far? How Do You Know?
  • Close, Far, and In Between

• Number Translations
  Silent Board Game

• Function Machines/In and Out Boxes