Hidden Figures
The movie, Hidden Figures, is currently the number one movie in the country! Here are ways to include it with your math courses…
Continue readingThe movie, Hidden Figures, is currently the number one movie in the country! Here are ways to include it with your math courses…
Continue readingLast month we looked at what constitutes a rich task. How can we open up the tasks in our curriculum to be more engaging for all our learners?
Continue readingThe term “primary resource” for many would be the “curriculum” used to guide instruction. For the district in which I teach, our curriculum is the set of MN standards for math; our “primary resource” is the text (or other platform) teachers use to guide instruction on the standards and benchmarks
Continue readingOn the Pearson Perspective website (https://mn.pearsonperspective.com/perspective) there are hundreds of FREE resources available to you and your students.
Continue readingI used the book: Accessible Mathematics: 10 Instructional Shifts that Raise Student Achievement by Steven Leinwand as a springboard for some ideas to reflect upon as the new school year was underway.
Continue readingThinking ahead to the Spring Conference but your school or district is short on funds? The MCTM Foundation offers grants of up to $550 per person to supplement your costs.
Continue readingThe Pythagorean Theorem has never seemed the same to me since seeing it rendered in terms of the Mona Lisa.
Continue readingFor 3 mornings I worked with a group of math teachers lead by Chris Luzniak (@pispeak) and Matt Baker (@stoodle) aimed at promoting discussion among your students allowing for more talk from them and less talk directed at them.
Continue readingThe focus of this year’s conference was to frame the WHY of our organization in order to connect to the heart of our members and their work as educators.
Continue readingWhat are you excited about? What is working for you? What is important to you? What do others need to
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