Question for Christina: Why is skip counting so hard?
I often get emails from teachers asking for advice on how to teach a certain concept and it is difficult for me to effectively discuss it with them via an email….I try my best but I’ve decided to use my blog as a way to elaborate in ways that I cannot in my emails. ...
I Heart Math
Valentine’s candy conversation hearts are a favorite around our house. I recently saw this post about these cool conversation hearts that have letters instead of sayings on them. Of course, being math minded as I am, my first thought was, “What math could...
Leftover Candy Canes? Do some 3 Act Math!
So here we are after Christmas and I still have boxes of candy canes sitting in my pantry. I don’t want to eat them and I don’t want my kids to eat them….so let’s do some 3 Act Math with them instead. Candy Cane Act 1 What do you notice? What...
My Dave Ramsey Goals
It was just last week that I wrote about how sticking to New Year’s Resolutions is really just like problem solving. Then a few days ago I was listening to Dave Ramsey via the iPhone app on my drive to work and heard him re-iterate the 5 things that...
Where to go with teachers once they’ve drank the Kool-Aid??
So for the past 6 years, my main job has been to teach a 3-credit PD course for in-service teachers. The course is based off Cognitively Guided Instruction, Jerome Bruner, Cathy Fosnot’s work, Realistic Math Education, John Van de Walle’s work, and many...
Sticking to New Year’s Resolutions is Just a Problem Solving Process
I’m not one for doing New Year’s Resolutions because most of the time they are thrown out nonchalantly and never looked at in-depth by the person. Instead I am about setting goals. Goals that actually get attained have 5 things (Thanks, Dave Ramsey!): 1)...
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