How to Deal with a Student who Won’t Answer the Question Correctly
Today in class we were reviewing circles. After watching a video on the reading of Sir Cumference and the Knights of the Round Table, defining the terms, and defining Pi, […]
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PreMade Learning Stations for PreAlgebra, 8th grade Math
Learning Stations are a great way to differentiate your instruction so that you can remediate your struggling students while still pushing your stronger ones. You can target every student in […]
How to Teach Exponent Rules
Product of a Power, Quotient of a Power, and Power of a Power Rules Once your students have mastered the basics of exponents, moving on to Exponent Rules can be […]
How to Teach Negative and Zero Exponents through Discovery and Investigation
To help students discover the rules for positive and negative exponents, I lead the class on this one learning activity. It generally takes about ten minutes, and by the end, […]
Your Math Homework isn’t Working
Why Are you Assigning Homework? Most teachers say that it is for independent practice. To help their students master the skills and concepts taught in math class. To provide students […]
Helping Students Master Powers and Exponents
Powers and Exponents are a foundational skills that will continue to show themselves again and again in more advanced math, so making sure that your students master it will help […]
Getting your Students to Engage in Productive Struggle
Productive struggle is a valuable skill and a powerful tool in the classroom. If your students will participate and engage in productive struggle, they will master the concepts being presented […]
Why I Love Reteach Worksheets
Reteach worksheets are designed to give the students who are reading it a tutorial on how to do the skill. As the student works through the problems and answers questions, […]
Help your Students Master Fractions
If you’re a math teacher, you’ve probably lamented with your colleagues over teaching 7th-grade math fractions. It can be difficult and downright frustrating to not be able to help your […]
Stop Blaming the Testing Calendar for Your Pacing
I’m a big promoter of not trying to cram the entire year’s curriculum into all of your students. Many of your students are entering your class below grade level, and […]