With the first week of school upon us I wanted to write a blog post on what I consider the most important first step of teaching math effectively; building a math culture in your classroom. There are many aspects that I consider really important when establishing your math class culture: open mindset, high expectations …
Building a Math Culture in your Classroom
STARTING THE YEAR STRONG!
Building Number Sense Using Collaborative Teams “How do we review basic facts in middle school so that it actually does what we want: fill the gaps for those students who don’t know them and challenge the rest at their level?” This is the question I’ve been asking for years and have yet to …
My Math Class Has Changed Forever
Happy Summer! I know most of you are winding down towards the end of the school year and I wanted to take the time to share in more detail about using collaborative math teams in the hopes that you will consider using them in September. Since reading “Mathematical Mindsets” and reading more about Complex …
Mathematical Mindsets
I recently finished Jo Boaler’s new book ‘Mathematical Mindsets’ and was, as always, blown away by her work. I learned a lot from the book and as a result am going to create some add-ons to our lesson plans and videos. Firstly, if you haven’t already been using the differentiated tasks that are in …
