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aldailey
January 31, 2023February 2, 2023Comments count 0

A Grading Experiment

Every year I find myself reimagining several of my classroom norms and policies in search of systems that will work best for my students and their learning. My assessment policy,…

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Brooke Raven-Sandberg
January 31, 2023February 1, 2023Comments count 0

Why Am I Grading This?

At the beginning of this year I found I was struggling with grading assignments. I had students upload images of their work to Google Classroom so that I could record…

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Pamela Propst
January 31, 2023January 31, 2023Comments count 0

Second Chances on Assessments

Do you have students that are struggling with assessments and feeling defeated afterwards? In a perfect setting, I would be able to choose not to give my students traditional assessments….

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ashleysergi
January 30, 2023January 30, 2023Comments count 0

How Non-Curricular Tasks are Changing My Classroom

For our research project this year, our TRC team has gone “all in” on Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms. We have chosen some innovations to focus on such as visible…

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Janine Scott
January 28, 2023February 1, 2023Comments count 0

Space Talk ~ No limits

As a teacher, I am constantly encouraging my students to find their passion and reach for the stars. I believe they will grow up and become productive citizens in the…

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Jennifer Moriarty
January 25, 2023Comments count 0

Teaching Math by Modeling Perseverance: How Do You Try New Things?

As math educators, we teach students the skills of grit, perseverance, and trial-and-error through mathematics; but how often do we push our own growth in those same ways? Once we…

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kristingriebeltvhs
January 23, 2023January 24, 2023Comments count 0

Stand Up!

Math is a hard subject for a majority of my students.  It can be a scary subject and the math classroom can be an even scarier place for students.  My…

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Amanda Kadulski
January 19, 2023Comments count 0

Growing Trust and Collaboration in Our Co-Teaching Journey

Where We Started During the 2021-2022 school year, we entered into the initial phases of co-teaching. At this point in time, Amanda was supporting students with IEPs in one of…

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Alexis Reid
January 17, 2023January 18, 2023Comments count 0

Have T.A.G. Yet?

I am grateful for the people who surrounded me at the beginning of my teaching career. My former assistant principal, Celia Foster, was a big proponent of research and math…

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Alexis Reid
January 15, 2023February 1, 2023Comments count 0

My Time at NCTM

It’s an experience I would recommend to all teachers to attend at least one conference related to their subject area. Now I’m lucky because this wasn’t my first conference. Attending…

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  • 1 Amanda Kadulski
    • Growing Trust and Collaboration in Our Co-Teaching Journey
  • 1 aldailey
    • A Grading Experiment
  • 1 Amy Bowden
    • M&M’s: Math and Memes
    • How Classroom Culture Sets the Stage for Opening Up Tasks
    • Teach Me How to Factor!
  • 1 Angela Kraft
    • The Power of Choice
    • Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Math Classroom
    • Setting the Stage
    • Allow Your Students to Think
    • The Underestimated Power of Asking Questions
  • 1 Anthony Johnson
    • Closure- Make the Math Challenging and Fun
  • 1 Anthony Jones
    • Math Curiosities, Part 2
    • Math Curiosities, Part 1
    • Math Talks, Part 2
    • Math Talks, Part 1
    • Math Wonderment Brought to Life
  • 1 ashleysergi
    • How Non-Curricular Tasks are Changing My Classroom
  • 1 Adam Blomberg
    • Assessing Critical Thought – We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
  • 1 Brooke Raven-Sandberg
    • Why Am I Grading This?
    • Easing Test Anxiety
    • Reimagining Education Amid the Pandemic
    • Conferencing With Students About Grades
    • Focusing on Team Building in Math Teams
  • 1 Carrie Velasco
    • Balancing Understanding and Expectations
    • Mindset Shift in Assessment
  • 1 Cathy Sinnen
    • How I Magnified Students’ Voices by Quieting My Teacher Voice
    • The Art of 3-D Teaching in a 2-D World
    • Making Whole Class Discourse Visible
    • Rethinking Feedback with Students
    • Hidden Benefits of Goal Setting with Students
  • 1 Denise Dedini
    • The Power of Self-Talk
  • 1 Erin Kenney
    • Making the Most of a Pairs Check
  • 1 Erin Treu
    • Tiered Assessments
    • Math Talks- Sorry, not sorry
  • 1 Heather Tackett
    • Encouraging Students to Question Their Thinking
  • 1 Ilene Kanoff
    • Observations of Students Working Together
    • Flip Your Flop
  • 1 Jamie Kaper
    • Grades That Show Understanding
    • Question of the Day
    • Why is x to the Zero Power Equal to 1?
  • 1 Jennifer McCalla
    • The Evolution of Learning Targets and Self-Assessment in Algebra 1
    • Connecting to More Than WiFi During a Pandemic
    • Using Participation Checks to Promote Turn-Taking in Teams
    • Using Sociograms to See Trends in Team Discussions
  • 1 Jenni White
    • Written vs. Verbal Communication
    • Team-Building Tuesday
    • “We haven’t even tried yet!”
  • 1 Jennifer Moriarty
    • Teaching Math by Modeling Perseverance: How Do You Try New Things?
    • Math in Real Life: Utilizing Industry Professionals in Our Classrooms
  • 1 Karen Kurcz
    • Making Homework Problems Matter
    • Continuing Team Sorts Within My Virtual Classroom
    • A Team is the “SUM” of its Parts
    • Can Gamification Lead to More Effective and Productive Study Teams?
  • 1 Kathryn Hayes
    • One Simple Question to Increase Student Discourse
    • Feedback for Learning
  • 1 Kayla Patterson
    • What Does it Mean to be “Good at Math”?
  • 1 kristingriebeltvhs
    • Stand Up!
  • 1 Laura Bell
    • Math is like…
    • Bringing Asynchronous Virtual Learning to life!
    • Leading by Example – Using a Standards-Based Grading Rubric in a Grades-Based World.
    • What Does Great Teamwork in Math Class Look Like?
    • Establishing Team Norms
  • 1 Mariah Vandertie
    • Fraction Talks
  • 1 Matt Rector
    • Team Building Tuesday
    • Thoughtful Thursdays: What Makes it Unique?
    • Making Lemonade: Conundrums
    • Assessments That Move Knowledge Forward in the DL
    • Building a Math System for All 
  • 1 Mollie Siegel
    • Committed to Students and Choice
    • Teacher Research Corps 7.0
    • Better Whole-Class Discussion Follows Good Team Discourse
    • Drafting Better Concept Maps
  • 1 Naomi Paulson
    • Exploring Equity
  • 1 Pamela Propst
    • Second Chances on Assessments
    • Student Choice: What Does That Look Like in the CPM Text?
    • Math and Vocabulary
    • Weekly Reading and Writing Reflections in Math Class
    • The TRC 6.0 Experience
  • 1 Pam Lindemer
    • Mistakes = Ideas Worth Talking About
  • 1 Penny Smits
    • Did She Just Say, “Snowball fight?”
    • A Timeless Classic
    • Listening, Speaking and Culture Building, Oh My!
    • What Makes You Smile?
  • 1 Peter Trapp
    • The Best Classroom Stress Reducer: Restorative Justice
    • Digging Deeper into Division with Rationals
    • Why I Prefer Open Tasks
  • 1 Sarah Shon
    • Genuine and Focused Praise
    • Focusing on Our 3 P’s – Positive Personal Progress
    • ‘We’re All In This Together’–the Perfect Icebreaker!
  • 1 Tatiyana Webb
    • Teaching Math Via Storytelling: How My Students Learned to Determine the Number of Solutions for an Equation Because I Told a Story About Having Famous Twin Daughters
    • Student Self-Reflection as an Assessment
  • 1 Thor Tillberg
    • Making The Soda Machine Problem Stickier
  • 1 Traci Jackson
    • Widening the Threshold and Keeping Them in the Room
  • 1 Amanda Ethridge
    • Who Has Power in the Classroom? 
    • Group Quizzes and Self-Grading
    • Portfolio Assessments with Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning
  • 1 Megan Kean
    • Out With the Old and In With the New
    • Are You Willing to Be Real to Increase Equity and Access?
    • How Do I Make a Purposeful Number Talk?
    • Number Talks – An Unexpected Side Effect
  • 1 SimonTerrell
    • Using the Anonymity Function in Desmos to Uncover Bias in Math Class
  • 1 Alexis Reid
    • Have T.A.G. Yet?
    • My Time at NCTM
    • The Evolution of Portfolios
  • 1 Janine Scott
    • Space Talk ~ No limits
    • Mathematical Thinking vs. the Right Answer
  • 1 Michelle L.
    • Setting up Team Agreements with Multilingual Students
    • Deepening Conceptual Understanding Using Sentence Frames
    • Agree to Disagree
  • Formative Assessment
  • Goal Setting
  • Growth Mindset
  • Mathematical Discourse
  • Motivation & Engagement
  • Number Talks
  • Productive Struggle
  • Standards Based Grading
  • Student Self-Assessment & Metacognition
  • Study Team Improvement
  • Teacher as Researcher
 

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