For math to be accessible to students, math vocabulary must be taught! Let's talk about teaching math vocabulary in a way that sticks! Let’s see how important math vocabulary is to understanding and solving this problem. Could you solve this problem? I covered up a vital piece of information needed to solve this problem to emulate what a student might experience without knowing ...
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Year-End Assessments Algebra 1 CCSS
These Algebra 1 CCSS Assessments cover all of the Algebra 1 CCSS and are a great way to review, assess or practice test-taking skills with your students. The Algebra 1 CCSS Assessments are flexible and can be used in a variety of settings: Year-End Assessment: use as a math assessment for the entire year or a final exam Pre-Test: determine a benchmark level for your students ...
Year-End Assessments Algebra 1 TEKS
These Algebra 1 TEKS Assessments cover all of the Algebra 1 TEKS and are a great way to review, assess or practice test-taking skills with your students. The Algebra 1 TEKS Assessments are flexible and can be used in a variety of settings: Year-End Assessment: use as a math assessment for the entire year or a final exam Pre-Test: determine a benchmark level for your students ...
Unpacking Math Standards When Lesson Planning
Unpacking math standards helps teachers build the foundation for what content they are teaching to students. Subsequently, unpacking math standards provides a framework to create actionable lessons. Essentially, unpacking math standards helps us answer these two questions: What are students learning?How will they learn it? This is part 1 of our Instructional Design series. Come ...
Middle School Math Curriculum
I'M READY TO JOIN YOU CAN REACH YOUR MATH STUDENTS WITHOUT THE "I STILL HAVE TO PREP FOR TOMORROW" STRESS, THE CONSTANT OVERWHELM OF TEACHING MULTIPLE PREPS, AND THE HAMSTER WHEEL DEMANDS OF CREATING YOUR OWN TEACHING MATERIALS * SHORT * PURPOSEFUL * DONE-FOR-YOU * MATH VIDEOS https://vimeo.com/657191957I now use the videos for students to complete the handouts ...
Turn Worksheets into Easy Math Activities
Easy math activities - is this an oxymoron? It doesn't have to be. You don’t have to be a teacher long to see that a worksheet full of problems does not incite the excitement and enthusiasm of many of your students. However, try any of these easy math activities, and you will experience unprecedented levels of excitement from your class. Now that I am a parent, I see this ...
How to Differentiate in Middle School Math
Today on the blog (and podcast), we have Marissa McCarthy! She is an amazing teacher who uses Maneuvering the Middle resources to teach and differentiate for her 6th grade students. She is a whiz at small groups and a wealth of knowledge. Marissa has just wrapped up her 13th year of teaching math in Ohio. She has earned her masters in gifted education, previously coached her ...
Are Math Video Lessons Effective?
Teaching has changed so much in a year and a half. With many schools going back to face to face next year, it begs the question - are video lessons here to stay? Will the use of this technology continue and if so, what will it look like? LISTEN ON: APPLE PODCAST | SPOTIFY Maybe a way to phrase the question is - are video lessons effective? Effective teaching practices stick ...
4 Things I Always Do When Lesson Planning
Lesson planning is like cleaning the kitchen. You are never done. As teachers, we are both proactive and reactive in planning lessons. We plan ahead, then execute, then go back to our plans to edit when students are not mastering concepts. We. are. always. lesson. planning. It might sound like a complaint, but it is just a reality of instruction - you must always have a ...
Rookie Mistakes: Grading All Student Work
Grading student work can give you valuable feedback concerning your teaching and your students’ progress. However, I don’t want to give you the impression that everything that students touch should be auto-graded or hand graded in order for this to happen. Let’s talk about a common pitfall that teachers fall into: grading everything. Note: Rookie Mistakes is a series of common pitfalls ...