Whether you’re a first-year teacher or an experienced teacher, it’s always great to get some new ideas for the upcoming school year, and there’s no better time to think about it than over the summer…
I’ve written a ton about quadratics on my blog and the activities we do during this part of our curriculum. In this post I want to highlight a few fun Quadratic Formula activities…
I love introducing systems of equations with a super basic example: The cost of buying a treadmill is $450 where y=450. The cost of a gym membership is $150 per year where y=150x. I explain to my students that I have a dilemma…
Understanding fractions can be quite difficult for some of our kids. Number lines have always been effective tools to teach different operations like addition, subtraction, and multiplication. These trusty lines also come in handy when…
A couple of years ago, I started using digital/paperless Number Talks during my guided math block. The results from this simple, powerful teaching practice blew me away. They instantly became the perfect math warm-up…