Students Say They Want an A but They Won’t Do the Work to Earn it
I often hear teachers complain that their students say that they want an A in their class, but they’re unwilling to do the work necessary to earn it. Even when […]
Math Teaching Resources
Teacher Time Saver Tip – Grading the Do Now
In what may be the greatest book on classroom management ever written, The First Days of School, Dr. Harry Wong stresses the importance of starting every class correctly. This means […]
Are We Focusing on Student Growth – A Checklist
Are you focusing on your students’ growth or are you emphasizing other factors that we educators sometimes tend to focus on? Ask yourself the following: When one student doesn’t pass […]
5 Concerns that Worry Math Teachers
1) Prerequisite Knowledge Often, math skills build on previously learned material. If a student lacks the required prerequisite knowledge to complete the task at hand, the teacher is left with […]
5 End of the Year Projects for your Math Class
1) Stock Market Activity I actually turn this into a full week activity. I start by showing a Shark Tank episode, to help students understand ‘ownership of a company.’ Which […]
Stock Market Project
One of my favorite activities to do is a Stock Market Project. What follows will give you some helpful advice for setting up this class project, getting it started, and […]
Plugging the Holes – Remediation that Works
You have probably felt the frustration of trying to teach a math skill to your class, only to realize that several of the students lacked the essential prerequisite skills to […]
What to Do When Your Students Still Don’t Get It
Every teacher knows the frustration of spending a sufficient amount of time teaching and reviewing a concept, only to have students still not “get” how to do the work. I […]
How to Teach Your Students to Learn from Their Mistakes
I think you’ll agree that mistakes are a valuable teaching tool. Yet too often in the traditional model of teaching, students are penalized for making them, or afraid of making […]
How to Help Students Struggling with the Equal Sign
2 + 4 = ___ + 5 is commonly missed among younger students. They will often write 6 in the blank instead of 1. The reason being is that the […]