What is a mathematician?
For me this is a simple question. For students, this is quite tricky. What is a mathematician? At the start of every school year, for the past 8 or so years, I have given this question to each of my classes within, the first few days of the school year. The assignment is two-fold. I want to know what they think of math. Who does math? What does a mathematician look like? How does a mathematician think? Their ELA teacher and I gain an ...
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Classroom Decor... or Lack Thereof
Friends, it's the time of year where we are either just starting to think about our classrooms for the upcoming year or we are in the thick of it. If this were an Instagram post I'd put a poll here asking "Do you just LOVE to set up your classroom each year or would you like to walk into a room done for you on your first day back?" Can I take a moment or two to be honest? I used to absolutely LOVE to go in and decorate my classroom every ...
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The Candy Corn Contest
Looking for a great themed activity for this week before Thanksgiving Break? Whether you are in-person, online, or doing a hybrid this is the activity for you! I am here to share with you, The Candy Corn Contest. It's simple... a whole bunch of candy corn in a jar and the students guess how many are in there. You give your students clues as to how many candy pieces are in the jar. I was inspired by Steve Wyborney and his Esti-Mystery ...
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Fall Math Chats
Looking for quick and easy, but engaging and affordable math pd this fall? Check out our new Fall Math Chat line-up.
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Virtual Manipulatives
So last week we had a post about Math Tool-kits. We have received many messages and photos from you all on what you've put together. We LOVE it!! One of the things I keep getting stuck on is- I don't plan on sending home the Math Tool-kits with my students if/when we go on distance learning. So the question is ... "If/When we go virtual, what can I do to still teach concretely and conceptually and not send home the Math Tool-kits?" If you're ...
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