"Yes." That's the answer I received when I asked a third grader if his answer made sense. Our problem involved grandma eating pizza for dinner last night. The ultimate question was, "How many slices of pizza did grandma eat?" It took a lot of self-control to keep...
PART 3 How do we prevent the shut down in our mathematics classrooms? Simply, treat mathematicians like you treat writers. I find it fascinating the content areas where we are more apt to allow students to be creative, to work on their craft before submitting a ‘final’ idea,...
If your math class consists of your students grabbing a workbook as soon as they walk in and then proceeding to just go over math problems one by one, without a glance at your teacher’s edition, I am asking you to step away from the...
Your learning objectives are killing your learning. Yes, I said it, but before you call the math police, hear me out. Posting or showing your students the math objective for the day is not helping your lesson. It’s actually hurting your students’ learning. I find that math teachers...
Note to my teacher friends: this post contains affiliate links to books I own, love, and recommend. Should I run my math classroom using small group instruction? When should I do them? Every day? I get these questions A LOT. I find the teacher universe is divided...