Thinking about teaching, learning and math
We made it. The school year we couldn’t have imagined is ending or ended. I went on a date with my husband and ate in a restaurant without a mask for the first time in 16 months. There are still things to worry about (aren’t there always? at least for those of us inclined to …
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I’m feeling a little more hopeful, and have a little more bandwidth to take in media again. I’m finding self paced classrooms, tips to enjoy studying and the connection between working memory and students’ tech skills
We’re beginning what is likely the strangest back to school of our teaching careers. … And the internets are full (sometimes overflowing) with suggestions for managing it all. A few links that made it through my mental filters: Adult Ed Friendly Math Packets (Thanks, CUNY!) Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel …
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What to write in these strange times? On the one hand, we’re settling into something like a new normal of remote work / social distancing / online learning. On the other, it’s more strange and stressful than ‘normal’. The Difference between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning (Educause Review) Four Core Priorities for Trauma Informed …
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Happy almost-February, Friends! I can’t quite believe we’re a month into 2020. The internets have been busy this winter. Here are a few of the resources I’m emailing myself… Math Tiles Freebie (via Teacher Thrive on TeachersPayTeachers) Invisible math … made visible (via pamjwilson and ICT Tigers on Twitter) Principles for Multimedia Learning (via Learning …
A Thanksgiving round up of math links, plus a new resource to teach percent proportion word problems
I took a break, but the rest of the web did not. A few things that crossed my math teaching radar this spring: Laissez-Faire Questioning (via The Effortful Educator) Algebra games (via CAST) Mixed format numberline review (I can also see using this structure with other math skills…) What’s going on in this graph (via …
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The second snow day of the year for our little school, so I’m catching up on the interwebs! Fractions in the wild (although I’m wondering how I can get a photo of our local highway sign….) (from Robert Kaplinsky) Math Reflection Spinner (from Jennifer Findley) Cool Practice Structure (via Sarah Carter) Math-y TED talks (via …
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What I did with my winter vacation: Rest, try not to think too much about work. Put together a complete lesson plan, for one of my favorite lessons: Stuck Strategies) (I first wrote about it here. I kept the focus on getting over the feeling of being stuck in math, but added a couple …
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Thanksgiving is here. The fall has been a whirlwind. But the internet is full of ideas. Here’s what I’m emailing myself Combining Like Terms Search (Hat Tip to Math Equals Love) Why Teachers Should Experience Productive Struggle Fraction War Cards Three in a Row (Second Hat Tip to Math Equals Love, because she had a …