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Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, She’s Leaving Math For Good!
Math Is Trending! I presumed it was an excellent day when I saw that math was trending on Twitter until I saw some of the responses and that the overall math message was lost in the problem that was...
Summative vs. Formative Assessments: Who Takes The Cake?
Formative and summative assessments are usually poorly understood. They are very different and serve different purposes. The role of assessments is to help students succeed. Let’s dig into what they...
What You Really Need For The Perfect Classroom Set-Up
Classroom set-up tips from blogs and Pinterest boards usually give you ways to make your classroom cute, warm, and inviting. Those are all great, but the tips written here are what you REALLY need...
R.I.P Keywords
Keywords have been a plague in math instruction. What do I mean by a plague? Keywords are a contagious disease that kills reasoning. It causes trouble, irritation, suffering, and sometimes tortures....
New Cubed Conference Recap
This year I attended my first New Cubed conference held by the Associations of Mathematics Teachers of New York, New Jersey, and New England. For short AMTNYS, AMTNJS, and AMTME. Get it now "New...
Worksheets: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
By definition, a worksheet is anything printed on copier paper and given to students to write on.Greg Tang has said, “the word 'worksheets' shouldn’t be a bad word.” And I would agree with that....
Rich Tasks- What’s The Big Deal?
What Are Rich Tasks? Recently there has been a lot of buzz around the word "Rich Tasks" or "High- Quality tasks". It’s not a new concept just one that has been brought to the surface....
5 Practices That Put A Twist On Whole Group Instruction
I first read 5 Practices For Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions in 2013, it’s resurfaced with its second edition. It's a whole group instruction format that allows for every student to...
Is Zenned Math Really Zen?
Kids Will Always Keep You In Check Son: Madre why do you call it Zenned Math if you’re always angry about something in education? Me: Yeah, my blog posts sometimes do sound angry. Son:...
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