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Equation Turnover Activity 12 Aug 2013 | 03:44 pm
This activity is a variation of the Star Chain Activity I use. It is a self checking activity but doesn't involve any cutting. Step 1: Start with this document Step 2: Copy double sided on colored...
Why Didn't I Think of This 9 Aug 2013 | 05:07 pm
As part of our district's Teacher Leader Collaborative, I helped facilitate a workshop today on interactive notebooks. I enjoyed working with teachers from all over our district from kindergarten to ...
CAMT 2013 12 Jul 2013 | 03:46 am
Welcome CAMT 2013 attendees! Below you will find the links to today's session. The links will contain detailed instructions with photos and templates to help you with the activities that were presen...
Come See Me At CAMT! 8 Jul 2013 | 11:57 pm
Hey fellow Texas Math Teachers, I will be presenting at CAMT (Conference for Advancement of Mathematics Teaching) in San Antonio this Thursday, July 11, 2013. Please come by and see me. Let me know...
Monomial Frayer Model 8 Jan 2013 | 05:12 am
Today we started our unit on exponent rules and we completed this Frayer Model togther for our journals as an introduction to monomials. This is one unit that students generally seem to do pretty wel...
Systems Flip Book 5 Dec 2012 | 04:56 am
Here are some pictures of the systems flip book we are working on right now. Hard to believe we have less than three weeks left in this semester!
Introducing Systems 4 Dec 2012 | 06:58 am
Last Thanksgiving I i was walking around Hobby Lobby and saw some little white gift boxes i was wondering if i could do anything with them in my classroom when I had an idea to use them to introduce s...
Graphing Book Project 4 Nov 2012 | 06:14 pm
In order to encourage more writing in mathematics and to help our students make connections among all the graphing methods they have learned over the last month, our Algebra I team has assigned a gra...
I Hate the Alligator 2 Nov 2012 | 02:40 pm
Every year when we study the graphing of linear inequalities in two variables, I get frustrated with my student's lack of understanding of inequality symbols. Of all the misconceptions that students...
Up Close and Personal 27 Oct 2012 | 04:39 pm
This year has gotten off to a rocky start for me. I began the year recovering from foot surgery and went back to work two weeks before the doctor advised. I just didn't feel I could miss the first t...
