Quick and accessible ideas for math teachers. Currently focusing on Algebra 1.
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In the past we've promoted an intro lesson for quadratic functions where students contrast examples of quadratics w/ non-examples. twominuteteachersguide.com/2…
Today at #moctm19 (11:00am Polo Room) we share the general process for creating engaging sets of examples and non-examples.
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My understanding of the slope of a line got so much better when I realised it was a multiplier rather than just a random number produced by a division.
That is, it's not so much that
[slope] = (change in y) / (change in x)
but that
(change in y) = [slope] * (change in x).
If you're teaching systems of equations, having students choose the equations that go into each system can help reveal how they're looking at equations and empower them as they practice solving. #Algebra
Quick video for teachers + DOCX file for students youtu.be/fQNrWs2xnGM
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What are your best tips for making the concurrent classroom work?
(students face to face AND online) #remotelearning #DitchBook
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New article for math teachers -- strategies for gradually sharing authority with students during proving. #MathEd
Contact me for access to the article.
ALT A screenshot of the beginning of the article, "Sharing Authority in Proof, but not all at once." By Otten, Wambua, Bleiler-Baxter, and Engledowl.
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#MissingLetters Movie Game:
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Here's a poster for ROOF, about a mathematical family.
#movies
#MissingLetters Movie Game:
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WISER starring Helen Hun and Bill Paxson
ROOF starring Anthony Hokins and Gwyneth Altrow
OFFICE PACE starring Ron Livington and Jennifer Aniton
ANIMAL HOSE starring John Belshi
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Release day! My children’s picture book, MISSING LETTERS: AN ALPHABET BOOK, is available. MissingLettersBook.com
It took 2 years to create it w/ fantastic illustrator, Leon Thomas, and to find a home at @olympiapub. Here are some pics of where we started and where we ended up.
ALT Original draft cover, with a working title of The Missing Letter Book. It has a picture of a kids’ toy block and a lock that has similar colors.
ALT A sketch of a cow being stung by a bee with notes explaining that cow is supposed to turn into “ow”.
ALT Official cover of Missing Letters: An Alphabet Book. It features a yellow sheep coming out of a banana, because without n, banana becomes “baaa.”
ALT Back cover of Missing Letters: An Alphabet Book. It shows a kid, Will, feeling ill and it describes how the book is a word game for kids.
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Without a... MissingLettersGame.com
ALT Acute angle
ALT Cute little cartoon
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I wrote a NEW post: Changing Up Popular Warm-Up Routines. How else might you faciliate @openmiddle @Estimation180 and @WODBMath ? #MTBoS #iteachmath
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For #InternationalPodcastDay, here are 8 years of interviews with math education scholars.
#MathEd #MTBoS @MizzouMathEd @NCTM sites.google.com/site/samuel…
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Here's a free version of our new article on how to use math videos to engage students -- going beyond passive lecture videos. #FlippedMath drive.google.com/file/d/1WVH… xitter.cf/zdearaujo/status/13019…
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Awesome PD going on for @fergflorschools 6-12 math with @zdearaujo @ottensam from @MizzouMathEd!
Boring "traditional" math question? Open it up & invite creativity/self-differentiation with reversals!
#fergflorunited
#ffsdlearns
#virtualPD
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Disrupt the HW reviewing routine: "what was a key idea across the ENTIRE assignment?" "Find 2 probs that were very similar" "Find 2 probs that were diff in some way"
From @zdearaujo & @ottensam
#ffsdlearns
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There's power in viewing problems two-at-a-time instead of always one-at-a-time. This is an example: xitter.cf/mathsjem/status/129251…
This approach can also be taken in general when going over homework. See @2minteachguide.
Spotted this in an old textbook. I like the way it presents the problems in pairs: one with numbers, one with algebra. I've done this in class discussion before but not as an exercise. Anyway, I made a similar task in case anyone wants to borrow/adapt: tes.com/teaching-resource/in…
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We've got less than two months before school starts, but we've also got a very tangible way to get this coronavirus under control. We can do this! #WearMasks
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Here's a free version of our article on instructional videos for math. #MTBoS #FlippedClassroom #OnlineLearning @zdearaujo @WenminZhao92 drive.google.com/file/d/1RrC…
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Standards-Based Grading is a powerful way to turn students' attention and efforts toward their own learning. We're offering an SBG course online this summer.
All teachers are invited to enroll (no formal application required). @rose_metro @MizzouEducation drive.google.com/open?id=1Um…
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Ideas for families at home to play along with where math lives in their daily lives - mini-posters to share are posted in SD38 portal and public blog. #sd38learn
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If you're doing #mathathome with your kids, check out this week's video where I talk about two activities: Counting Collections and Dot Plates. #mtbos #iteachmath
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And here are the actual digits with the same color coding. #PiDay
