Finding Joy in Math: A Teacher’s Perspective
Matt When I tell people that joy is at the heart of my math classroom, they sometimes give me a puzzled…
Teaching Math
Do Animal Emoji’s Help More Kids Learn More Math?
In my never ending quest to create a better math program that helps more kids learn more math I created…
Team Building Tuesday: Getting Started
(5-min Non-curricular tasks that motivate, activate and engage Math students) If you want to read the research on why these…
Why Math?
According to Wikipedia, “Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes…
Is “Building Thinking Classrooms” Grouping right???
As a math teacher I am constantly reevaluating my program because even if we think everything is perfect our group…
Introducing Students to the Three Read
I developed the three read (self) assessment system prior to COVID and as great as it turned out to be…
Low Floor High Ceiling High Cognitive Demand Activities
How to make every activity a low floor high ceiling high cognitive demand activity
It’s All About the Dog
Meet Rufus, a super light stuffed dog that we use to decide who reads or answers a question next. How…
The Art of Teaching
I talk and think a lot about our art. As a scientist I also think and write a lot about…
Mindset Monday: 21st Century Job Skills
Mindset Monday 21st Century Job Skills Kids have learned the power of why. Clean your room. Why? Eat your vegetables.…