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Sharing successes and challenges through teaching while becoming a (hopefully) published author.
Graceful Tree Problems and Assessment: My 1st In Person Pro-D in TWO Years
Feeling grateful for in person pro-d! This post shares an easy number sense routine and non curricular task you can do in your class. Routine: What is the answer? Task: The Graceful Tree Conjecture. I am also working on how to infuse ideas from Building a Thinking Classroom in Mathematics as well.
A Case for Real Data: Where Math, Language Arts, and Science Collide
Use real data in your class to create cross curricular hands on lessons with high engagement! This post explores two activities that link science, language arts, and math that I have done in my classroom in the last two weeks as a way to inspire YOU to collect your own data with kids!
Refugee Crisis + Math Lesson = Compassion and Understanding
This outlines a cross curricular refugee crisis math/social studies lesson I did today. It includes graphing, counting collections, and the refugee crisis. It is hands-on and each class I worked with loved it. It is our job to help kids unpack and make sense of hard topics.