When I began teaching Middle School math, I became apparently aware that my students detested working with word problems. It didn't matter if I worked them with them, I asked them to show their strategies, or even let them work with partners or in groups... they HATED them. But I didn't know why. I had to think about... my students who had been sitting in similar math classes for the last five ... View Post
Implementing Math Workshop for Back to School
Last month I had the absolute privilege of speaking to over 400 3-8th grade teachers at CAMT 2019 about Setting up Math Workshop for Success in two sessions. Not only was this year the absolute best I’ve ever presented, but the 3-5th grade session was so packed that we had to relocate... seriously! We went from a room for 120 to an auditorium where they scanned in over 270 teachers! I can’t ... View Post
Test Prep Boot Camp | Making Use of Test Prep Time
I remember my first Spring as a Middle School teacher when I came in with literally SIX WEEKS left before testing and had more to cover than I could dream of. I had to make a plan and stick to it. While for the most part, I was getting support from my partner teacher I was still working day by day to stay ahead of my students. Why Test Prep Boot Camp? Because of the lack of structure, the ... View Post
5 Football Activities to Get You Ready to Rumble!
Blue 22, Blue 22... hut, hut! I can’t even begin to think of how many times I’ve heard phrases like that on tv and have no clue what it means! While I may not know a ton about football I sure know that the boys, and even some of my girls, LOVE when it is time to bring out the football activities in math class! This time of year we are heading into Super Bowl weekend and what better time to bring i ... View Post
Creating New Years Goals
Can you believe that we are coming close to the end of 2018? This means that when we go back to school we will have started a brand new year. I don’t know about your students but with mine there always seemed to be a HUGE maturity change over the winter break. Because of this, it made a perfect time for us to set new goals not only to keep with traditions of making resolutions but also b ... View Post
3 Ways to Differentiate Connect Four
When creating my latest set of activities, Connect Four, for various topics I created a very easy to follow set of directions that made it the same throughout all of the downloads so that you could implement them easily into your classroom. After working with the Connect Four games with teachers at a few conferences and then even working in the classroom with some students I knew I needed to ... View Post
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