Whiteboard And Paper Work Too--CPM, Tech, And Getting The Message Across

We teach Integrated CPM Math 2. We struggle to get through the material that is skillfully articulated and struggle to keep our creativity while being true to the curriculum. Sometimes you need to give your students more exposure and time

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#talklessAM

This summer at Twitter Math Camp my morning session was Talk Less, Smile More hosted by Mattie B and Chris Luz. Our learning was about engaging students in debate style conversations to get them thinking and sharing ideas. The notion

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Ally = Invitation

A big topic at TMC this summer was Social Justice and Equity. We looked at who we are, fairly white, and wrestled with how do WE represent our students. Grace A. Chen and Carl Oliver gave us platforms to express

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First Days

First Days— Click on Image to see what #SundayFunday is all about This year may be different because our HS has adopted CPM Integrated curriculum. CPM does a lot of upfront team building, which is what I naturally do. I

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TMC 17 Reflection

I attended my 3rd TMC (Twitter Math Camp) this summer in Atlanta. I must thank Sam Shah for blogging all those years ago when I discovered the TMC, then #MTBoS and was encouraged to start blogging in 2012. Every year

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End of Year Survey--Can I Change the Way I Roll?

Thirty years (yipes!) into this career, I know how I roll, and Lord knows, I am not perfect, I am not sure I am even an expert (though I chastise myself for not being one), and I can say with

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