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Category Archives: Pre-Algebra
Using Desmos on iPads… for the Math 8 STAAR Test… Take 3
This past week, we completed our third lap of using the iPad app “Desmos Test Mode” on the Math 8 STAAR test (with the option of also using a TI handheld graphing calculator). If you’d like to see what we’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Algebra, assessment, calculator, Desmos, Desmos Test Mode, iPad, Math 8, STAAR
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Nearpod “Best Practices” For Math Class v2.0
Folks often ask questions about how various apps and tools can be used “for math”. I’ve always felt that, to some extent, math as a content area can be a tricky fit for apps, tools, strategies, P.D. etc. etc. when … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Algebra, app, assessment, iPad, mathycathy, nearpod, problem solving, technology
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MAD Fun: “The Sum Game”
About a year ago, Nathan Kraft blogged about a collaborative lesson design and experience to help students understand (and WANT to understand) the concept of mean absolute deviation. This standard was added to 8th grade curriculum here in Texas three … Continue reading
Nearpod iOS –> Draw –> Photo –> Homework Check!
It’s true, I’ve probably mentioned this strategy idea 59 times before this post, and some may tire of hearing about it. But I just. can’t. overstate. how much I love using it, several times a week even. It’s just that … Continue reading
“We All Fall Down” #MTBoS #MTBoSblogsplosion Week 4
I had the great privilege of attending the #CTCTM Spring Conference last weekend. In my keynote address, I shared about how two things that bring me great joy (and challenges) collided right there in Waco… the endless list of home … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged #MTBoS, #MtbosBlogsplosion, Dan Meyer, nearpod, problem solving
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Teaching ^(Adolescent Humans) Mathematics #MTBoS #MtbosBlogsplosion
This week’s #MTBoS #MTBoSblogsplosion theme is “soft skills”. In a middle school mathematics classroom, I’d dare to say this topic is *almost* as important as the math content itself. The late Rita Pierson seals this truth in a simple sentence: Ramblings … Continue reading
My Favorites #MTBoS #MtbosBlogsplosion
Happy New Year! This post is already late – whoops! However, I can’t pass up an opportunity to share about a few of “My Favorites”. If you haven’t heard, there’s a BlogSPLOSION happening in the Math-Twitter-Blog-O-Sphere (MTBoS) community, and you … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged #MTBoS, #MtbosBlogsplosion, communication, Desmos, error analysis, iPad, mathycathy, nearpod, Twitter
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How Old?
The other evening, I was sitting with my husband and son at a candlelight Christmas service, singing carols and feeling merry. One of the carols mentioned “shepherds” and right on cue, my 11-year-old son leans over and whispers… “There are … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged #MTBoS, Algebra, assessment, communication, error analysis, mathycathy, nearpod, Pre-Algebra, problem solving, Robert Kaplinsky
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Brain-Friendly Ways to Break It
Years ago, I had the pleasure of attending a workshop with Judy Willis. Willis is a former neurologist who chose to apply her brain science expertise by becoming… a math teacher! Though her time is spent educating educators now, her career … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Desmos, error analysis, Function Carnival, Judy Willis
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Taking a Risk
My students are brand new to linear relationships, and it’s been so much fun watching them make connections. We’ve been focused on applying slope to scenarios and writing linear functions in slope-intercept form given various info (a table, a graph … Continue reading
