Monthly Archives: January 2017

“We All Fall Down” #MTBoS #MTBoSblogsplosion Week 4

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Cathy Yenca

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 | 7 Comments

Teaching ^(Adolescent Humans) Mathematics #MTBoS #MtbosBlogsplosion

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Cathy Yenca

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 →

Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra | Tagged #MTBoS #MTBosBlogsplosion | 2 Comments

My Favorites #MTBoS #MtbosBlogsplosion

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Cathy Yenca

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 →