I hope that life is treating you and yours well. I love when teachers are honest about their challenges with teaching mathematics. If one teacher is thinking it, many more teachers…
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What do you do that brings you joy? I love playing tennis. I not even very good at it, but being outside and running around after a ball is exhilarating. Playing tennis…
Dreams do come true, if you don’t give up. For many, many years, I have dreamed of putting together a team of teachers, who I could talk with, study with, create…
First and foremost, I hope that this email finds you all safe, happy, healthy, and loved. Beginning in February I began to hear about COVID-19 spreading throughout Asia and began…
This week we are fortunate to have Renee Houser of Read. Write. Think. with Renee as our guest writer. As teachers, we often feel like we need to be saying something in order…
What does you pacing calendar look like? What are we communicating to parents? I have encountered so many parents (family members included) who are stressed out trying to help their…
First and foremost, I hope that this email finds you all feeling healthy, happy, and loved. It is nice to be able to make a connection with you. A few weeks back, I…
First, and foremost, I hope that you are all happy, healthy, and loved. If you know someone who is living alone, make a point to reach out to them and…
When in doubt multiply or add or… Is this what your students are doing when given a word problem? I have noticed that a large amount of students automatically respond to…
State tests are asking students to give a written explanation of how problems are solved using precise language. This is big work and the sooner we get students started the better. If…
