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Penning Pi-kus (Pi Day 2015)
This was my second year to celebrate Pi Day with my students. During my first year of teaching, I fully intended on celebrating Pi Day, but the day ended up being spent at urgent care and in the...
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Helping Students SOAR
I just finished my fourth of twelve classes for my master's in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in math education. That means I'm officially 25% done with grad school! And, yes, I am...
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Things Teenagers Say: Volume 30
Today's Monday which in my classroom means a time to share "Good Things." It's getting to that point in the school year where I'm looking forward to summer vacation. Spring Break seems like a distant...
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The Wall Art to Prove It
Math really does equal love, and now I have the wall art to prove it. :) For the past two years, I've been part of the secret pal program at my school. You fill out an info sheet about yourself....
View ArticleAsking Questions About My Blogging
My approach to blogging is changing. My approach to the #MTBoS is changing. Let's be honest. My approach to teaching is changing. Life, in general, has changed a lot these last few months. Life has...
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My Musings on Testing
It's that dreaded time of year again. The names are posted on the window of the trophy case to tell my students when to be where for testing. Today is the last day I have with my students before they...
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Announcing 2 New Blog Series :D
So, I think one of my biggest takeaways from year three of teaching is that my students and I thrive on routines. I haven't done the best job of implementing routines, and this is something I...
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Things Teenagers Say: Volume 31
Talking about starting new blog series reminded me that it's been a little while since I posted a new Things Teenagers Say. I really never thought this series would take off the way it did. I have a...
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Stuff Worth Sharing: Mathematical Clipart
Today I'm super excited to share with you my favorite source for mathematical clip art. This is one of those websites that I assume that everyone already knows about. But, I have a feeling that's not...
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Wheel of Theodorus Bulletin Board
Every year, I have this plan to change my bulletin boards out throughout the school year. This year that happened only once. It also happened way back in November, and I'm only now blogging about it....
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2014-2015 Algebra 1 Unit 1 Interactive Notebook Pages
Look who is finally posting Algebra 1 interactive notebook pages. In April. This year, in Algebra 1, I decided to skip over the review I would normally start the year with and jump into relations and...
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Unit 3: Trig Ratios and the Unit Circle INB Pages
Unit 3 in Trig was short and sweet. Here are our notebook pages: Table of Contents:Our Trig BFF: The Unit Circle - I'm not sure my students just realized how familiar they were going to become with...
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Algebra 1 - Unit 2 Linear Functions INB Pages
Are you getting tired of seeing notebook pages yet? Usually I try to space these out a bit more. But, I'm so behind at getting them posted. I want to get all of this year's notebook pages up before...
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Group Board Work Strategy
Some days I have random ideas that work out well. Other days, my random ideas flop. Big time. The other day while doing last minute test prep review, I tried one of those random ideas. Here was the...
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Things Teenagers Say: Volume 32
Previous Volumes:Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4 | Volume 5Volume 6 | Volume 7 | Volume 8 | Volume 9 | Volume 10Volume 11 | Volume 12 | Volume 13 | Volume 14 | Volume 15Volume 16 | Volume 17...
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Stuff Worth Sharing: Big Ideas Game Closet
So, I tweeted a link to this a couple of weeks ago, but I want to write a blog post about it too. My own twitter use is sporadic, and I'm even worse about trying to keep up with reading everybody's...
View ArticleAlgebra 1 Learning Goals
This was my first year implementing SBG (Standards Based Grading) in all of my classes. I had used it for a unit or two last year in Algebra 2. As the year wraps up, I'm ready to start reflecting on...
View ArticleAlgebra 2 Learning Goals
Yesterday, I shared my Algebra 1 Learning Goals for this year. Overall, I think I'm much happier with them than I am with my Algebra 2 Learning Goals. Though, I think the problem wasn't my Algebra 2...
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Q & A: Practice Problem Conundrum
Today, I want to answer a couple of questions I received in my e-mail. I hope that my answer can help more than just the teacher who sent in the question. Since I'm hoping this will become a regular...
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What Worked; What Didn't: Calculator Storage
For the past two years, I've been frustrated by calculator storage in my classroom. I had calculator tubs, but the calculators never seemed to make it back in the tubs. My school provides calculators...
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