Sunday, December 15, 2013

Because it always pays to follow Sam around like a duckling #Made4Math

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Last week of school before the break — and it's FINALS WEEK. Because I'm so late to the game and don't really know what my kid...
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Sunday, December 8, 2013

A dented patchwork circle: new school, new impressions

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This was my first week in my new school, which means I've been going through a few simultaneous transitions: (1) from middle schoolers t...
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Thank you, Nelson Mandela

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I first heard about Nelson Mandela and apartheid at Princeton, but it was not until I was a young lecturer at Stanford that he became real ...
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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