I Hope This Old Train Breaks Down...

I wrote previously (apparently, a while ago) about how I introduce lines visually via patterns . After the end-of-year grades closed for Gr...

I'm always experimenting with different ways to explain things, and each year, I am happy if I can just find one or two "biggies...

We were randomly reviewing word problems on the last day before the end-of-year exam, and I wrote up a word problem on the board: "The ...

My 7th-graders have been doing some lovely exploration and estimation activities on circles. It took a few days, but I think it was well wor...

I recently gave a survey project to my 7th-graders, that involved them creating/administering a survey, creating circle graphs with a protra...

Here is an MS update. I feel pretty productive lately, as I always do during the second semester. I also feel quite productive with my Grade...

Good things: I've been thinking about little changes that have big impacts. For example, recently my colleague asked me for some artic...

I have said this before and I will say it again: I find that mini whiteboards are wonderful in giving immediate feedback to students and rec...

I went to a fabulous AGIS session this morning on sign language in the elementary classroom. It was led by Armin Martin and Johnnie Wilson f...

Speaking of projects, I recently had a very lovely experience collaborating off of my colleague's percents project. I took an old projec...

It's so nice to just slow down before the semester test and to review everything we have learned. It's like taking in a deep breath,...

Maybe some of these are "radical" and "offensive", or maybe they're not. I'm just throwing them out there. Pleas...

I am a big fan of estimation, probably because I am lazy. I think that most percent problems (obviously not all) can be done with just basic...

As a kid, I was never good with mathematical terms. I was always doodling in math class and only picked up vocabulary words osmotically (whi...

This year my Grade 7s came in to my class with some missing prerequisite skills. Half of them started the year not knowing integers or order...

My fractions project in Grade 7 is almost done! We had taken a break from it to work on some introductory algebra stuff (and to allow kids t...

Do you have a killer fractions project that you just love?? I made one involving designing a dartboard with specs written in fractions, but ...

I am doing daily 5-minute drills this year in grades 7, 8, 11, and 12. It started off with my frustration that kids cannot remember unit cir...

Here are some results from my Grade 7 and Grade 9 math pop-up books! They are really fantastic. Up side: The kids were really excited about ...

It's my first time teaching circle formulas. Teaching circumference was easy: First, we went around the room and measured a bunch of cir...