Friday, January 24, 2014

Teaching the Concept of Dividing Fractions to Middle Schoolers Can Be Done Successfully!

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At the end of a few beautiful and restful snow days, I am getting ready to go back to work today. (It has always been a well known fact that...
Monday, December 23, 2013

A Common Core Conceptual Approach to Explaining the Distributive Property

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Hello. It has been a while since I have blogged, but I had to inform you about a great way for students to discover the distributive proper...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Today I Attended an Inspirational Teacher's Workshop with Dan Meyer

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I know, a workshop on a Saturday that I did not even get paid for... crazy right? In my 10 years of teaching this was probably one of the be...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Interactive Lesson on Relating Ratios to their Proportionate and Equivalent Forms

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This lesson worked really well last week for all levels of classes because it scaffolded the thought process needed to find equivalent ratio...
Saturday, September 7, 2013

Introducing the Concept of Rate

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This week, I finished up working on helping my students to understand basic ratios through a variety of activities. Yesterday, I introduced ...
Sunday, September 1, 2013

The First Week Went Great! We Began the Ratios Unit...

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We began the Ratios Unit this past week and I am excited to say that it went well. What a great start to the year, I have nice students that...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Exploring the Number Line

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  As I research the Common Core Curriculum, I am realizing more and more that a lot of the curriculum revolves around students being a...