How to Teach Integers Using Learning Stations
Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Integers I stared at my students in disbelief. “How did so many of you fail the quiz on adding, subtracting, multiply, and dividing integers?” Three […]
Articles by Chris Skierski
Why I love Showing Shark Tank to My Students
ABC’s hit entrepreneurial reality T.V. show, Shark Tank, where entrepreneurs pitch their business products to five of the wealthiest people in America is a great teaching tool for your math […]
5 Mistakes I was Making as a Math Teacher
At the beginning of my math teaching career, I was not an effective teacher. At the time, I thought I was. I was a good orator and mixed in funny […]
Online Course – How to Create and Use Learning Stations
By targeting each student where they need the most support, you can help every student grow. This is why we differentiate our remediation, so that each students is getting the […]
Putting it All Together
But how? That’s the question I always get when I am working with my math teachers. How? How can I accommodate every student? How can I meet every student’s need, […]
Differentiated Remediation
I modeled how to perform the task on the board and then gave a practice problem. As I circulated the room to help, most students were stuck and not attempting to […]
21 Days to Be a Better Math Teacher (Challenge)
The 21 Days to be a Better Math Teacher is for all teachers interested in improving their skills as a math teacher. Each day you will receive a short training, […]
The Entire Curriculum Myth
ARE WE FOCUSSED ON THE GROWTH? For years I fell victim to ‘the entire curriculum in a year myth.’ It caused me to rush through lessons, freak out when I […]
Celebrate Your Students’ Success
If we claim that a child’s education is most important, why don’t we celebrate it the same way that we do with other accomplishments? Listen to the morning announcements at […]
How to Create and Implement Learning Stations – Online Course
Enroll in the Course Here Would you like to have more engaged students, with less classroom management issues? Differentiate your remediation so that you can reach each student effectively, and […]