Archive for March 2015
How is Math Like Peanut Butter?
How is math like peanut butter? How are prime numbers like glue? Here is an instructional strategy that you can quickly use to help students to think carefully about the attributes of two very unlike ideas. This post ends differently than my other animated posts. It ends with a challenge. I am looking for at…
Read MoreThe Parking Meter Question
You are about to see a question, a flexible mathematical model, a solution pathway, and an answer. My question to you: Do you agree with the answer that I provide in the video? In one week, I will post an animated model which will either prove or disprove the answer suggested in the video. To…
Read MoreI am on a Learning Mission
I am a learner on a learning mission. I am determined to learn. I am ready to step into new territory. I cannot stand still. With one foot on what I already know The other reaching for something new I stretch. I do not blog because I am able. I blog because I…
Read More8 Animated Dots and 1 Powerful Question
Here are 8 dots and 2 questions. One of the questions is very powerful. I hope this short video will cause your perspective to shift multiple times and will allow you to see through the eyes of several of your students. Here are some recent posts which may also be of interest: A…
Read MoreWhat is in the cup? (fractions and ratios)
What is in the cup? This is an engaging, interactive, classroom community and exploration activity that will lead to powerful discussion. Watch the video below and try this activity in your classroom. Another post you might be interested in is this powerful vocabulary activity: Talk a Mile a Minute. You may also be…
Read MoreThe Multiplication FLAIR
A FLAIR is a highly interactive document that can be used flexibly to rapidly provide independent feedback to students. The video below will detail how to use the Multiplication FLAIR document. FLAIR is an acronym for Feedback for Learning at an Advanced Independent Rate. While I have hundreds of different kinds of FLAIR documents that…
Read MoreMy Version of the Talk a Mile a Minute Vocabulary Activity
Talk a Mile a Minute is a truly powerful classroom vocabulary activity which produces very high levels of engagement. I would like to challenge you to watch the video below, download the PowerPoint template, and use this activity in your classroom. This activity can be used in the math classroom, but can just as easily…
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