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Noelle Pickering

Teaching One- and Two-Step Inequalities

23 Aug

What I love so much about inequalities are the infinite solutions. For so much of students’ previous math experience, there is one exact answer. When it comes to inequalities, it is fun to push students to think of their answers beyond “x<4” and brainstorm all of the infinite solutions that x can be and then connect it to the graph. Can x be 3.9999?Can x be 4?Can x be ...

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Lesson Planning, Math Concepts

How to Use MTM Standardized Test Prep Unit

22 Mar

Test prep and review season is upon us! Maneuvering the Middle’s test prep unit literally saved me for the 4 years I used it, so I thought I would share what’s included with some ideas for using it in your classroom.Hopefully, these components will help streamline your test prep for state assessments and keep students engaged at the same time.   What's Included There is SO ...

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Test Prep

Concrete Representational Abstract Sequence

18 Jan

The CRA framework is an instructional strategy that stands for concrete, representational, and abstract; it is critical to helping students move through their learning of math concepts.  To fully understand the idea behind CRA, or concrete representational abstract, think about a small child learning to count. They may learn counting to 10 by memorizing a song. Then, these numbers ...

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Lesson Planning, Math Concepts, Math Intervention

Essential Math Manipulatives

2 Nov

Math manipulatives are some of the best ways to introduce a new mathematical concept and are the foundation of the C-R-A. They help to form a solid mathematical foundation as students move from concrete understanding to representational to abstract.  By providing the opportunity to concretely work with the manipulatives, students are able to develop a conceptual understanding rather ...

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Math Concepts, Math Intervention

The October Slump: Survival Tips

28 Sep

October is just around the corner! While there are so many fun things that autumn brings, it can be a challenging month to be a teacher. Let’s dive into some ways that we can thrive during this month. LISTEN ON: APPLE PODCAST | SPOTIFY Why is October so challenging? October is just days away. Labor day was 16 work days ago, and Thanksgiving is approximately 30 work days ...

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Middle School, Community

Organizing a Substitute Binder

21 Sep

Preparing for a substitute used to be so easy! Ha - I am joking, of course. We had no idea how easy it used to be. Now with COVID, quarantining, and technology, it is pretty complicated.  Schools have a variety of procedures regarding substitutes, and I also know that you might be lucky to even have a substitute. There are schools out there that rely on teacher’s planning periods ...

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Teacher Organization, Back to School

Teacher Desk Supplies You Need to Survive

7 Sep

Teachers spend 8-10 hours a day at school. We need to be prepared for anything and everything. We also want to keep students from having to make unnecessary trips to the office for things that we can easily store in our classroom. Maybe you will use these items never or 100 times. It doesn’t hurt to be prepared! (Check out the comments for some more great suggestions.) Listen ...

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Teacher Organization teacher tricks, teacher tips

Are Digital Interactive Notebooks Right for You?

25 Aug

Let’s talk about interactive notebooks - both physical notebooks and digital notebooks! Do you use them with your students? I tried an interactive notebook one year while teaching math, and I couldn’t handle the glue consumption.  Now that I am seeing so much talk about digital interactive notebooks online, I want to ask the question -- are they right for you? Are Digital Interactive ...

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Classroom Technology, Teacher Organization

20 Must Have Teacher Supplies

14 Jul

If I had to draw one broad generalization about teachers, it would be that  teachers love school supplies.  To this day, I am exhilarated by walking down the school supply aisle. I have compiled a list of my favorite teacher supplies, all priced under $20.  These are all supplies that I have found useful in my classroom, along with some great ideas for incorporating them.  Some supplies ...

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Teacher Organization, Back to School

Teaching Proportional Relationships

5 Oct

Proportional relationships are ingrained in our everyday.  While most students pick up on the process to solve proportions fairly quickly, there is so much foundational conceptual knowledge that we do not want to skip over. Today, I am sharing how proportional relationships go far beyond just solving for a missing number and how to set a foundation for success in Algebra. Here ...

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Math Concepts

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