How to help your Students Learn Slope
If you have ever taught slope to your student before, you have no doubt felt the mind-numbing frustration of watching your students struggle on such a simple task. “It’s just […]
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Improving Classroom Management Through Social Contracts
Free Resource at the Bottom of the Page Social Contracts are becoming a popular classroom management strategy to help create community in the classroom while curtailing misbehavior. Part of the […]
45 Great Gifts for the Math Teacher you Love
Here are 45 great gift ideas for the math teacher in your life… A Pop Socket just for Math Teachers Coffee Mugs for Math Teachers Tote Bag Keep scrolling for […]
An Easy Strategy to Increase Rigor
Plus a FREE resource to help implement! A Lack of Rigor Too often in education, we tell students what to think or what something means instead of allowing students to […]
The Trouble with the Bellringer
Having students work on a Bellringer (Do Now) at the beginning of class is a great strategy. It helps set a calm and productive tone for the entire day/period and […]
7 Ways to Support our FaceBook Group that don’t Cost you Anything!
Did you know that we have the most amazing Facebook group? It’s true, we have one of the largest (and by far the BEST!) Facebook Groups for math teachers, and […]
Tips for Calling Parents
Many teachers avoid calling parents. We’ve probably all had the experience of a ‘less-than-pleasant’ conversation with a mom or dad of a student. However, phone calls are a very effective […]
Adjusting Student Behavior through Measurable Goals
Johnny walked up to me at the end of class. “Did I do better?” he asked, anticipating a positive response from me. Recently, Johnny had been getting into quite a […]
How to Differentiate Instruction in Your Math Class
In “How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms”, Carol Tomlinson says that there are three types of ways to differentiate your instruction. You can differentiate the content you present […]
Why I Give My Students Second Chance Tests
I recently taught my child how to ride a bike. I gave her quality instruction followed by a sufficient amount of practice time. Though she was struggling to find success, […]