The Parking Meter Solution
One week after posting The Parking Meter Question, here is the solution. If you have not yet watched the original video you will want to begin here. Also, the PDF can be downloaded here. If you use it in class, please send me a photo! For further instructional ideas and activities, take a…
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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…
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The 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…
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I 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…
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8 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…
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What 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…
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The 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…
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My 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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Math in Motion (Video and PDFs)
Today I would like to share a classroom activity which I call Math in Motion. This activity provides a rich opportunity for formative assessment, differentiation, practice, and instruction. See the video below as well as the links to download the math in motion pages. I hope this idea will become a powerful practice in your…
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12 Ideas to Propel Your Growth Journey
Educators are learners, working in learning communities, with fellow learners. Our growth journeys are very important not only to ourselves, but to the many people with whom our lives intersect. Understanding and constantly activating our growth journeys is an important part of our personal and professional growth. Here are 12 ideas to prompt thinking about…
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The Number Concept Map (Video and PDF)
Here is a new resource for you: The Number Concept Map. While there are many different ways this resource could be used in the classroom, I’ve provided a recording below to detail how you might gather representations in your classroom community, and also to show how you might use those representations to look for…
Read More8 Lessons About Educators
I am a deeply hungry learner – just like you. Diving headlong into the world of Twitter, the adventure of blogging, and the life of a connected educator, I have discovered several highly apparent lessons about educators – truths about you. Many of these lessons have become increasingly apparent through the interactions that I have…
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