I think that warm ups are not only important to implement into the classroom, but that they are critical!
My personal philosophy of teaching centers around the principles of scaffolding, engagement, and excitement. I think that the use of warm up in a math class, or any class for that matter, accomplishes all of these things.
I believe that students learn better when they are able to use and be reminded of the skills they learned from the previous day in order for them to be built upon on that current lesson. I also believe that the use of warm up enables a certain "routine" for the students to become familiar with. They are able to arrive in class and begin working, and ask any questions from the previous lesson that they may still have regarding the information before moving on. This is also extremely valuable from a teaching perspective because it allows for the instructor to do an informal assessment on whether or not their students understand the material before moving on and not realizing they don't understand until the unit exam, for example.
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