Tonight I was sitting down with my 6 year old son doing his math homework. One of the last problems was 38 < ___ and ___< 60. At first he put 38 < 39 and then he thought for a moment and said, “Can it be ANY number that is bigger than...
Today I am doing a workshop using Margaret Smith and Mary Kay Stein’s book 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions. There are 5 (plus 0) practices that teachers need to do when planning a lesson that they want to have a good...
Ok, so this post has nothing to do with mathematics. I had so much fun doing this I just had to share. I’m not even sure how I came across this blog post by The Organized Classroom, but I really needed it. The desktop of my computer looks a lot...
***Links to external websites may become broken over time. *** The other day my mom asked me if I saw a thing she pinned on Pinterest that encouraged people to give their children 3 things for Christmas: 1) Something they want. 2) Something they need. 3) Something to...
Welcome! I’m a Recovering Traditionalist elementary teacher and now, I help teachers and children learn to love math. Explore how I can help provide you PD at your fingertips! BuildMathMinds.com
Welcome! I’m a Recovering Traditionalist elementary teacher and now, I help teachers and children learn to love math. Explore how I can help provide you PD at your fingertips! BuildMathMinds.com