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 […]
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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 […]
Breaking the Crazy Cycle (Classroom Management Strategy)
Have you ever gotten caught in “the crazy cycle” with your students, their behavior, and your classroom management? It’s a terrible place to be. It’s no fun, and everyone loses. […]
Five Hacks to Improve your Classroom Management
Whether your classroom management needs a little bit of help, or a lot, these five strategies are easy to implement and can make a major difference.
How to Teach Scientific Notation
in 5 Easy Steps Scientific notation—a relatively straightforward process that so many students struggle with. Why? There may be many reasons, but I think it’s partly because many math teachers […]
How to Scaffold Your Math Instruction
The term scaffolding is an architectural term referring to a temporary structure put on the outside of a building to hold it in place as you construct it. What a […]
How I Give all of My Students as Much Practice as they Need
Without Holding Anyone Back One of the most effective strategies you can implement as a teacher – especially a math teacher – is to provide your students with as much […]