Student-Centered Math Lessons
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Our curriculum was designed by teachers who struggled to find resources that engaged their students and met the standards. So they designed their own and changed the culture of their classrooms.
With hands-on cooperative learning activities, students are excited to work together to solve problems — even if it’s just in math class! All of the standards are grouped into smaller units to scaffold the content and streamline your planning process.
The more concrete we can make algebra, the better students will understand abstract concepts. Algebra tiles provide students a hands-on approach to learning algebraic thinking and concepts of algebra. If you are brand new to algebra tiles, these pointers will help get you started. GETTING STARTED WITH ALGEBRA TILES 1. Make a Plan for Managing Algebra Tiles Routines and procedures ...
When I started teaching high school, I taught how I was primarily taught: lecturing followed by time to work on homework. However, my students were off task and not mastering concepts like I had hoped. After discussing this problem with my assistant principal, she encouraged me to channel my previous middle school experience and engage high school students in similar ways. Students want ...
It is never too early to start preparing for the testing season. Early May will be here before you know it! We thought it might be helpful to provide you with a free resource -- Math End-of-the-Year Review cheat sheets for 6th, 7th, and 8th -- and now for Algebra! Basically, we put the most important content for each grade level on one page. We hope it can be another tool for you ...
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