One of the most common questions I get from parents and teachers is “What are some good math apps I can use with my kid/student?” There are thousands of math apps available, so I could see how it’s challenging to sort through which ones are good and which ones...
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I wanted to share a recent experience I had at an office supply store. I was looking to buy a new computer chair because the desk that I purchased was higher than what I expected. To be honest, I purchased the desk without even looking at the measurements. It just...
Let’s Imagine… Imagine sitting at work with your peers, and your boss presents you with an assignment, project, or task, and she sets a time limit for you and your peers. I’m not talking about a two-week deadline. We’re talking minutes to complete a...
One of my favorite parts of being a math consultant is all the reading that is involved. Yes, that’s right I love reading about math. I like checking out new strategies, new research, and different perspectives so that I can share that information with...
Math Workshop or Guided Math has become more and more popular. I have taught most of my career using this framework. As a coach, I have helped many teachers with implementing this Math Workshop in their classrooms. Because I’ve seen the ins and outs of this teaching...
Even and odd often get shoved into a curriculum as a few lessons. These lessons also get compacted into a couple of days of learning a skip counting pattern to remember which numbers are even and which are odd. Perhaps the lessons are condensed because they don’t...
The activity Which One Doesn’t Belong? (WODB) made its way across the math community with a bang. For those of you not familiar with this activity there is a display of four items. The items could be numbers, expressions, shapes or images. Students are to reason about...
Math is everywhere! I recently saw some second-graders in their music class. I was so impressed to see how the students were reading music and connecting it to equations. So I started wondering what other ways are music and math connected? Music has counting, rhythm,...
Year after year students struggle to grasp the comparison symbols. So we revert to tricks like the alligator, crocodile or Pacman “eating” the bigger number. Although these gimmicks may be cute and fun for the students, it is not linked to conceptual understanding....
