Looking for a specific post? Here are my posts in reverse chronological order.
- An Example of Teaching THROUGH Problem Solving
- Spatial Puzzles: Cuisenaire Cover-Ups
- Can You Visualize This?
- “The More Strategies the Better”?
- The Types of Questions we Ask: which categories of questions should we focus on?
- Decomposing and Recomposing – How we subtract
- “Making Math Visual” 2019
- Skyscraper Templates – for Relational Rods
- Reasoning and Proving 2
- Reasoning and Proving
- Rushing for Interventions
- The role of “practice” in mathematics class
- Noticing and Wondering: A powerful tool for assessment
- Making Math Visual
- The Importance of Contexts and Visuals
- Strategies vs Models
- Zukei Puzzles
- From Experimental to Theoretical Probability
- Minimizing the “Matthew Effect”
- An Example of “Doing Mathematics”: Creating Voronoi
- How Many Do You See (Part 2 of 2)
- How many do you see?(Part 1)
- Targeted Instruction
- Co-Teaching in Math Class
- A few of my favourite blog posts – to read… or inspire writing
- Pick a Quote
- Differentiated Instruction: comparing 2 subjects
- Perspective Matters
- Building our Students’ Mathematical Intuition
- Developing Spatial Reasoning through Guided Play
- Unintended Messages
- Which one has a bigger area?
- The Zone of Optimal Confusion
- How to Answer Multiple Choice Questions
- Professional Development: What should it look like?
- Estimating – Making sense of things
- Skyscraper Templates
- The Same… or Different?
- Who Makes the Biggest Difference?
- Quick fixes and silver bullets…
- Lessons learned from 3 Mistakes
- …a child first has to learn the foundational skills of math, like______?
- The smallest decisions have the biggest impact!
- Reflecting on 2016
- How Big is “Big”?
- Subtracting Integers – Do you see it as removal or difference???
- Questioning the pattern of our questions
- Who makes the biggest impact?
- Starting where our students are….. with THEIR thoughts
- How our district improved…
- How do we meet the needs of so many unique students in a mixed-ability classroom?
- Aiming for Mastery?
- Parallel Tasks
- How do you give feedback?
- Seeking Challenges in Math
- An Unsolved Problem your Students Should Attempt
- How to Set Up Positive Norms…
- Never Skip the Closing of the Lesson
- Focus on Relational Understanding
- How to change everything and nothing at the same time!
- Who makes the biggest impact?
- What does “Assessment Drives Learning” mean to you?
- “I like math because it’s objective…”
- Learning Goals… Success Criteria… and Creativity?
- Accessing Our Spatial Reasoning
- So you want your students to have a Growth Mindset?
- Is That Even A Problem???
- Exit Cards – What do your’s look like?
- Concept vs Procedure: An anecdote about what it means to be good at math
- A Few Simple Beliefs
- Paying Attention to OUR Understanding!
- Is This “Real World”?
- Aligning our Instructional Decisions and Educational Goals
- Purposeful Practice: Happy Numbers
- What Does Day 1 Look Like?
- “Worst Problem Ever!”
Thinking Mathematically 