I have worked hard over the last several years to build a foundation of growth mindset in my mathematics classroom. We start each year with activities to teach students about…

This year seemed to be the perfect year to uproot my grade book and try something different. I knew students were going to need to be retaught what it means…

The topic of math homework is controversial and enigmatic. If you are like me, never quite satisfied even after thirty years of teaching, you probably research, tweak, and change your…

In earlier research with my TRC 4.0 team (2018-2019), we researched how to help students assess their level of understanding of learning targets and success criteria through the use of…

As my team engages the topic of student choice in our research, I have noticed an added benefit to making room for choices in the classroom that I did not…

One of the things that I try to impress upon my students is that being “good” at math is really about the thinking skills you use to solve problems, versus…

When are sentence frames helpful? What is the purpose of sentence frames? In this post, I share how sentence frames can be used to help students catch mistakes in their…

Creating a classroom environment where students publicly disagree with one another is often a challenging endeavor. During this class, my class of Integrated Math 1 students were finding the rate…

Who doesn’t love a good meme? When reviewing for my students’ unit test, I wanted to add some spice into the review instead of the regular practice problems and I’m…