A Portrait of the Math Teacher as an Aging Man. This morning I had the pleasure of presenting a session at the summer conference for the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics. I know a few people in the organization and in a twitter conversation with Bob Lochel. I wrote up a proposal for a session called. Escaping the Tyranny of the Textbook. This entry was posted in Uncategorized.

Always Improving The Way I Teach. Coin Perimeter 3 Act Task. The Day I Looked For Another Job. You must have lots of patience. You must have worked really hard for your graduate degrees! Modified Color By Number.

A resource for teachers and parents about the latest in math teaching research and strategies. I will share lesson ideas, book reviews, and research about how children best learn math. Another Round of Number Talks. I planned for a dot number talk as well, just in case we had extra time. We only got to the number sentence, but they were able to share great strategies! I already used the 9! It was interesting that nobody used the firs.

I started writing last June. I wrote 32 blog posts last year. People from 123 countries have been reading.

Saturday, December 31, 2016. I like to set up an exploration of 3-D shapes at the beginning of the unit on volume and surface area. Last spring I set up six stations using the outdoor courtyard of our school and the students enjoyed hands on explorations of 3-D shapes in the sunshine.

Sorry, if you keep getting emails from me saying I have a new blog post and then nothing is there. I am new at this, but I think, I hope I have it figured out. Document is a set of actions that students and teachers can do in the classroom and questions you can use. Please enjoy! October 10, 2014.

How do I review with the kids to make it meaningful and engaging? What do I have the kids do on the days we are testing math and I have a substitute in the room? Here are my solutions so far, let me know what you are doing to solve these two problems. I have found a variety of game based review activities. Many of them are on tpt. Made by Free to Discover. I know this is .