Over the last three years that I have been here at Albert Lea, I have seen a huge, positive impact with student understanding of mathematics. I believe that is due to multiple reasons; however, the one I want to share today is how important a math-positive culture is to success.
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Scholarships for Middle School Teachers of Mathematics
The movie, Hidden Figures, is currently the number one movie in the country! Here are ways to include it with your math courses…
Continue readingLast month we looked at what constitutes a rich task. How can we open up the tasks in our curriculum to be more engaging for all our learners?
Continue readingThe term “primary resource” for many would be the “curriculum” used to guide instruction. For the district in which I teach, our curriculum is the set of MN standards for math; our “primary resource” is the text (or other platform) teachers use to guide instruction on the standards and benchmarks
Continue readingWe hear a lot about Rich Tasks these days. But…what does a “rich task” look like to you? What separates a rich task from an ordinary one? Where do we find them?
Continue readingI teach at St. Olaf College, where we have a small (but vibrant!) math education program for secondary pre-service teachers (PSTs).
Continue readingOn the Pearson Perspective website (https://mn.pearsonperspective.com/perspective) there are hundreds of FREE resources available to you and your students.
Continue readingI used the book: Accessible Mathematics: 10 Instructional Shifts that Raise Student Achievement by Steven Leinwand as a springboard for some ideas to reflect upon as the new school year was underway.
Continue readingThinking ahead to the Spring Conference but your school or district is short on funds? The MCTM Foundation offers grants of up to $550 per person to supplement your costs.
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