Hello 2019-2020 school year. And with a new year, come fresh faces in our classrooms, new beginnings, and a year to explore mathematics. Some teachers have their usual beginning of the school activities. I usually like to look around and research fresh new ideas to try out especially for my math curriculum. One activity that I tried out was the 100s task by …
Ten Percent Increase- Pt 1
Oh the joys of the start of school. The smell of the newly sharpened pencils, clean unmarked whiteboards, and teacher’s CAASPP scores being reviewed. As part of my district’s annual tradition, we always start off with a district wide kickoff. The Board of Ed waves and smiles. Our district’s Teacher of the Year says a few inspiring words. Teacher with …
Writing in math
Like I was saying in another blog-post, I’ve been exploring the different ways and types of writing that could go on in a math classroom. Last year, I was asked to present on the subject. This is a topic I dabbled in when I was in my own classroom, so I was pretty excited to share with my elementary teachers. It’s …
Kinder clothesline with 6th grade
Some of my 6th graders went back to kindergarten. They didn’t know it and we didn’t tell them till the end of the activity. The teachers and I just wanted to do it out of sheer curiosity. And it turned out to be a curiosity that was worth exploring. Let me back up a bit. Just last week, I …
M&Ms spill in Kinder
Whoa! What a week I had. I have been scribbling enough notes in my notebook that I had to share what’s been going on. As a matter of fact, I’m going to be working on MULTIPLE blog posts just from all the amazing things I’ve seen/heard/experienced in the past three days. For this post, I have to talk about the …
Deep thoughts…
Last weekend, I attended a memorial service and a birthday party on the same day. The range of emotions went from sadness and tears to laughter and smiles –all within hours of each other. Of course during the service, my mind started wondering to all sorts of places. The deceased was a father of a teacher who had encouraged his children …
Change happens! Hello 16-17!
It’s a new school year! And that means a whole new year as math coach! I say BRING IT ON! My district has been in school for the past 3 weeks. So much change from last year to this year. There is something to be said about change. Change is good. Change pushes our practice. It forces us to question. It forces …
3 Act Lessons at #SummerMathCamp
#SummerMathCamp 2016 was a busy, insightful week full of notice and wonder about math. Thirty-eight educators chose to spend a week of their summer with us exploring some big ideas in the K-5 standards. We explored number routines and math work stations. We read, reflected, and chatted about the power the SMPs bring to our teaching and students’ learning. We …
Reflections of a 1st year coach
This 2015-16 school year is wrapping up ever so quickly. As I’m doing with my teachers, it’s only befitting that I complete one myself—and that’s my own end of the year reflection. I must practice what I preach and do my own debrief. My year in review…. I’m on all 8 elementary campuses This doesn’t sound impressive (I work for a …
Division in 4th grade
We have been on spring break this past week, however I had a hankering to write about other previous experiences in classrooms. Back in January, I had been asked to help with division in a 4th grade classroom. She wanted a fun activity to help the students. I introduced the class to a game I called Division War. With the help …
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