Thursday, March 24, 2016

Algebra 1 quadratics — which method and why

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When kids demonstrate that they don't yet have a solid-enough fluency to move on to deliberate practice with metacognitive reflection, i...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

What to do when strong students struggle

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Jessica Lahey just posted this column on the New York Times web site and I think it may be the most important read I have seen for parents o...
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Friday, March 18, 2016

Let the kids teach themselves how to do Talking Points

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In thinking about the ways in which I try to push authority downward into student groups, I have been searching for ways to get my students ...
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Saturday, February 6, 2016

Lessons from "Lessons from Bowen and Darryl"

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I had the beginnings of a blinding insight this week that I wanted to write down and think about. It all started with Ben Blum-Smith’s blog ...
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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Algebra 1 Systems of Inequalities - Dan Wekselgreene's Ohio Jones & the Templo de los Dulces treasure map

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Some of Dan Wekselgreene's early puzzles, lessons, and projects are truly love poems for Algebra 1 students. And I have loved his Ohio J...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Algebra 1 Inequalities – A minor 'How People Learn' unit

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Here's a perfectly imperfect model unit of how I use the How People Learn stages and cycles in a typical unit in my Algebra 1 class. I...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Betweenness and non-betweenness: absolute value inequalities and Patrick Callahan

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I felt a little nervous about having Patrick Callahan come to observe my classroom yesterday, but in the end, it was fun. I had asked one of...