Teaching to the Beat of a Different Drummer. My place to think about education and connect with like-minded folks. This has been a busy week, but I can finally sit down to write about day 2 of our Math Rocks class. One thing that has kept me busy is reading and responding to all of the blog posts that our group has generated this week.

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.

As you may or may not recall from our session last week, I had mentioned there are two homework assignments before our next session.

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Third grade teacher on a math adventure. Is There Beauty in Math? February 5, 2016. I am thankful that I had the opportunity to participate in this group. It has sparked my curiosity . It has allowed me to meet and learn from some amazing teachers in district. Finally it has allowed me to see beyond what I must teach and see the beauty in math through the eyes of my students. The Adventures Of Number Talks.