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Volume and Surface Area Activities for the Classroom

March 13, 2015

9 Volume and Surface Area Activities for the Classroom

  It's been awhile since I've done a round up of activities – so this week I thought I'd share some activities for Volume and Surface Area! While we can always use our "textbook" to teach about various concepts in our classroom we know that it is always more fun we have interactive and engaging activities in the hands of our students. Volume and Surface Area Task Cards- Common Core and T ... View Post

Filed Under: Teaching Tagged With: work stations

June 5, 2014

Book Study: Guided Math Chapter 2

So happy to be here this week sharing some insights about the book Guided Math by Laney Sammons. I am taking the time to reach into using this in the upper elementary and middle school setting so please take time to read and feel free to leave a comment or two.  As I was reading through the second chapter I really got into each of the Foundational Principals. Each of them struck a chord with me ... View Post

Filed Under: Teaching Tagged With: centers, guided math, work stations

April 17, 2014

Left, Right, Answer Review from Live, Love, Math

Hello there! I’m Danielle from Live Love Math and I am so excited to share my review of 4mulaFun’s super cool twist on using task cards in the classroom. About a month ago, I was on spring break and like many teachers, was thinking about what I was going to do for the rest of the year. I remember being on Facebook when Jennifer posted this awesome product and just thought to myself, “I HAVE to have ... View Post

Filed Under: Guest Post, Teaching Tagged With: centers, work stations

February 5, 2014

Dollar Tree Finds for the Math Classroom

It's the first Wednesday of February which means it's time for our monthly linky - Math IS Real Life!! If you want to see how the linky works, or just want other real world math ideas, check out our Pinterest Board of all the posts so that you can look back and find some great ideas and REAL pictures to use in your classroom! If you are linking up, please include the below picture AND a link ... View Post

Filed Under: Teaching Tagged With: centers, Math in Real Life, work stations

February 2, 2014

Preparing and Using Task Cards in Middle School

First of all, preparing any activities is always better when you have a latte in hand! After speaking with a group of teachers recently about the benefits of task cards in the classroom, I realized that not all teachers use them the same way. I started using them where each student received a task card and we simply passed them around the table or the room. This was great but this didn't get my ... View Post

Filed Under: Teaching Tagged With: centers, problem solving, work stations

August 4, 2013

To Do… Someday

We all have those lists of things we want to get done, want to read, want to bake, want to make... someday. And I will tell you that Pinterest hasn't helped me in that fact at all! I've blogged before about my "Want to Make" board on Pinterest but I could probably add in my Recipes  or Dairy Free Recipes boards as well because it's all a "someday". Well today it's all about the books that I w ... View Post

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Jennifer Jochen

Jennifer Smith Jochen has been an educator since 2003 with experience in elementary, middle school and college. Math has been her passion since a young age which no doubt resulted in her secondary math teaching career. Currently Jennifer is a Differentiated Curriculum Designer and Staff Developer traveling the nation to train teachers on the effectiveness of Interactive Notebooks, Math Workshop and All Things Math. When she is not traveling and training she lives in Fort Worth, TX with her husband and dachshunds where they are working to renovate their home together while channeling their inner JoJo and Chip!

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