3 Act Lessons

Problem solving lessons that spark a conversation

Clotheslines

Playful way to engage math students K-6

Clotheslines in Action

See more ideas about clothesline activities

Number Talk Images

Finding math in every day places

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Latest Blog Posts

Paul Lockhart’s Lament

During the first days of summer, I usually catch up with my guilty pleasure TV shows and get a few projects around the house completed. However, I found myself jumping into my first book “A Mathematician’s Lament” by Paul Lockhart. It is sold on Amazon, but I also found a PDF here. Someone on Twitter had posted a quote from ...

NCTM 2019 San Diego

It’s Monday night and my head is still reeling from all that I learned, experienced, and witnessed at NCTM San Diego. Whenever I go to such a big conference, I just act like a sponge and soak it all in. NCTM is a place where we all learn from each other. I haven’t been to the NCTM Annual conference since ...

What’s Our Purpose?

Something has been rattling on my mind for about a week. I wasn’t sure if I should write a post about it, but then again, I haven’t posted in a while. (6th grade can really kill your free time). If you were asked as a math teacher, “What’s your purpose?“, what would be your response? I know that it’s a ...