What if we could alleviate some of that stress in planning our lessons for the upcoming days, weeks, and, dare-I-say, months? By anchoring our planning in producing a mathematics cycle of learning for students, we can focus on student-learning and produce ONE plan that will work for in-person, blended, or distance learning environments.
Category: Instruction
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I am [not] Giving Up on Tech!
What’s your position statement: Technology is horrible, or Technology is fantastic? I felt like a failure on Wednesday. I spent hours upon hours preparing my
Growth Mindset in Mathematics
How many times have you heard “I’m not a math person” in your life? How many times have you seen a grimace or heard a
College Career Math Ready
College Career Math Ready: Maybe you’ve seen the promo video, the research, have been trained, or maybe you have no idea what I’m talking about.
Formative Assessment Probes
Effective teachers are always adjusting their instruction based upon what their students know or don’t know while simultaneously juggling a million other plates like bus
Don’t Underestimate Unit 0
With the year underway, we’re trying something new in Oklahoma that I think you should know about. For each and every grade level covered by
Our Units Keep Getting Better
By now, you’ve hopefully seen the wonderful work of the OKMath Framework. I bragged about it here and made a little intro video about it
The OKMath Framework Released
A couple weeks ago, I announced the new Oklahoma Test and Item Specification release for mathematics grades 3-8 and 10. Then I told you not
Turning It Up: A Framework for STEM Education (updated with presentation)
Tiffany Neill and Levi Patrick Problems Understanding and Defining STEM Google “STEM activity” and you’ll see towers, bridges, and a lot of projects that use
Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide Sharing Project
There once was a hope that we could somehow utilize Google Docs to collaborate on curriculum maps across the state… oh, how innocent and naive we were
Challenging Your Students: Convinced at 34,000 feet
Conference excitement starts as early as the plane ride. It is always fun to stand in the boarding line or sit next to a fellow
Talking in Math Class – Oh My!
Talk about math. Talk about anything you like about math. Talk about it anywhere, with anyone. Tell them why it’s great. Tell them how you
Monday Math Minute (Pi Day Edition)
Math teachers, in general, are usually good at following a schedule and sticking to a routine, unless it is the week leading up to March
Problem Solving/Showing Work Chart: Monday Math Minute (Mar. 2, 2015)
How aggravating is it to look at a student’s paper and see only the answers written (sometimes incorrectly) with nothing else? Well, turn their problem solving into
Visualizing Money Value: Monday Math Minute (Feb. 23, 2015)
Specific values of coins is sometimes hard for kids to conceptualize because the size of coins doesn’t quite match the value. You can use unifix cubes