Thursday, October 31, 2013

And *THIS* is why I love the MathTwitterBlogosphere, part 573 – Infinite Tangents interviews Lisa Henry, Part 1

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There are some very good things about Halloween on a school day, but a mandatory classroom "party" in advisory last period of the ...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Mathalicious New-Tritional Info Lesson – CC Math 6, units, calorie burn rates, celebrities, and oh, yeah, BURGERS!

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DAY 1 - Tuesday We started Mathalicious' New-Tritional Info today in my Math 6 class. We are not a fast-paced group, so it is going to...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Noticing and Wondering as a practice with my 6th graders

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When I'm using MARS tasks with my 6th graders, I have found no structure to be more effective in aligning their attentions and energies ...
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Sunday, October 20, 2013

Using Exeter problems as an intro to algebra tiles

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We are an Apple 1-1 school, so I am always happy to figure out lessons my students can use their laptops for. I also like to use manipulat...
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Monday, October 7, 2013

Teaching Mathalicious' "Harmony of Numbers" lesson on ratios, part 1 (grade 6, CCSSM 6.RP anchor lesson)

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I started teaching Mathalicious' Harmony of Numbers  lesson in my 6th grade classes today, and I wanted to capture some of my thoughts b...
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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Reading aloud in math class — it's a developmental thing

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One of the things you would see if you were to observe my mathematics teaching is that we spend a lot of time reading aloud, decoding, and r...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

"Wow, what a great question!" or Repeat After Me: A Unit Test is Still a Learning Opportunity"

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I have met teachers who refuse to answer questions of any kind at all during tests, and I admit that this puzzles me because from where I si...
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