My favorite thing about teaching is hearing students talk about math. It is what brings me joy as a math teacher. But believe it or not, mat...

 I think introducing inequalities is so much more interesting and fun than equations. There are so many more real-world situations that stud...

 Virtual. Learning.  Remote. Learning. Distance. Learning. Online. Learning. Whatever your district calls it--this isn't easy. Not that ...

I don't like just introducing new concepts in math without talking about real-world implications. When introducing integers, we start wi...

 Are you are trying to figure out virtual learning and face-to-face learning at the same time? Is your school doing just virtual learning? N...

I have learned a lot about using Google Drive to create resources for math the last few months. My district does not use Google Classroom, b...

Teaching the rock cycle can be fun. Even though it is a real-life process that takes millions of years to observe, there are many ways to mo...

I feel like it takes students all school year and then some to remember how to convert between fractions, decimals and percents. In Texas,...

In my last post I share how to use Google Forms to create a digital escape room. I made one for Valentine's Day where you can see that...

Has the craze of escape rooms hit your school yet? We started using them for STAAR review last school year and they were a hit. Even if the ...

I am starting order of operations with my students tomorrow and Tuesday. I prefer not to just jump into algorithms with students without ho...

I read about an activity this summer to introduce absolute value to my students. It came from a Dan Meyer blog post .  I introduced th...