It’s not about getting through the content- it’s about being intentional with your math instruction!
Guest Blog: Intentional Math Instruction: It Is Not About Getting Through the Content!
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Series – Guest Blogger Posts
Guest Blog: Reading Strategies in Math Class?
Guest Post by Jana Hazekamp, Math Educational Consultant & Coach Reading strategies in math class? Absolutely! Many years ago I was considering how I might continue to build my repertoire of strategies for teaching math and helping my students become...
Guest Blog: Patterns: Building a Foundation for Critical Thinking
By helping even the youngest students learn to notice and analyze naturally-occurring patterns all around them, we can build a foundation for critical thinking that they will use for the rest of their lives.
Guest Blog: The Importance of Mathematics Discourse in All K-12 Classrooms
Guest Post by Pat Baltzley, MS/HS Math Coach How do you get your students talking to one another? Do your instructional routines provide opportunities for student conversation around the mathematics of your lesson? One of the most critical practices we can implement...
Guest Blog: Increase Student Engagement and Motivation with A.R.C.S.
Guest Post by Tiffany Eller, Math Educational Consultant and Coach What is your next unit of study? How do you plan to pique student interest? Can the students connect their learning to their own lives? When designing a successful unit of study should I incorporate a...
The Secret to Classroom Management
Guest Post by Bob Sornson, Early Learning Foundation There is a secret to classroom management. You won’t find it in most of the books on classroom discipline or the endless lists of classroom management tips. Here is a hint: It is far more important than any...
Get Your Finger Out of Their Book!
Guest Post by Melissa Leach, Leach Literacy Training I won't pretend that Guided Reading is a NEW thing for y’all…I do however hope to help you think about your teaching at the table in a NEW way! I want you to picture a Guided Reading lesson with some of your...
Developing Empathy in the Classroom
Empathy is the ability to understand how someone feels because you can imagine what it is like to be them. It is part of a strong positive emotional state in which we can treat others with respect while still setting appropriate limits on how others behave around us. Empathy is the heart of a great classroom culture.
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