Off The Hypotenuse

A Math Teacher who Writes (or a Writer who DOES MATH). Charles Bukowski said: "I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say" Seems like a perfectly fine rationale to me.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Diagnosing Teachers’ Needs

As an Instruction Math Coach, I am considering the themes of math instruction with my cohort of teachers. Content knowledge Understandi...

Daily Thought

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere. C.S. Lewis

Math Coach's Observation Protocol

Today I begin a new phase as Math Instructional Coach. This is an observation protocol I am working on: What is the evidence that im...

Friday, May 27, 2011

Daily Thought

Change is Nature's delight. Marcus Aurelius

Thursday, May 26, 2011

No End of the Year Class "Party" for us

My students have all been clamoring for a "party". They expect me to buy pizza, they bring chips and soda. Classroom parties ar...

Cost of Iraq War: How many seconds of war = teacher's salary

Digging around I find that there are no hard, cold facts readily available about the cost of the Iraq war. Depending on political bent and a...

California and the Common Core Standards

I was looking around the Internet to see the status of Common Core Standards in California. I found the excerpt below, indicating that they ...

What are Common Core Standards and why do we need them?

What are educational standards? Educational standards help teachers ensure their students have the skills and knowledge they need to be succ...

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Common Core Standards in Math at the 5th Grade

There are three main pillars upon with 5th grade math learning rests: 1. Fractions 2. Division 3. 3 dimensional shapes and their measur...

Daily Thought

A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.

Plausible SCOPE and SEQUENCE: 4th Grade TERC math curriculum

I did a little research about TERC (I used to teach from the older version, but it is rather similar as the new one). I would offer this a...

Teacher Memo

We all should be encouraging respect for teachers. They know more than students about a great deal of things. They try REALLY hard to sh...

How dare you NOT use fraction manipulatives in 4th grade?

As the fourth grade math year runs to it end, consider this: Were fractions at least a quarter to a third of the math you covered during th...

Daily Thought

Best is good. Better is best.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

A College Degree Pays but Major Important for Making Money - ABC News

A College Degree Pays but Major Important for Making Money - ABC News That English major might seem more fun than math or engineering, bu...

The classroom I am leaving behind in 2.5 days.

Yep! Our school ends on the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend. We started in the second week of August, so our 176 days of school (4 fur...

Math Anxiety: Real or Imagined (and does it matter if it is one or the other?)

In his foreword to Skemp’s The Psychology of Learning Mathematics , Foss stated that mathematics is a curious subject, psychologically. It ...

The Math (and use?) of Linkedin?

I am a newbie to Linkedin. In fact, I didn't want to join yet another social network (same connections, new passwords = ugh!) But it...

Do the Math: Eliminate Tax Cuts Not Equal to Eliminate Jobs

I found this article very illuminating. It takes mathematics and applies it directly to a political issue. Rather than fanning the flames of...

Daily Thought

No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongst themselves. — Ojibwa Indian Saying

Monday, May 23, 2011

Teacher Memo

Thinking that good teachers are like good basketball players - Don't panic, make adjustments on the the run, and never give up.

Common Cores Standards, Fractions and the fourth grade experience

I am a big fan of the Common Core Standards. I think they bring rationality and clarity to a complex field. I love how they build upon thems...

Teach Less, Learn More? Singapore Math

Singapore Strengths Framework: The study indicates there is a correlation between focused frameworks such as those used in Singapore and ...

Daily Thought

"Why is it that nobody understands me, yet everybody likes me?" Albert Einstein

Game of Thrones Math

Game of Thrones is a great show, thanks to its heavy reliance on character development, political intrigue, and suspense – not to mention t...

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Pizza math

Question : If you have a cylinder with a raduis "z" and a height of "a", then what is the volume? ...

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