The Equal Sign Means Relationship, Not Action
Blog post #1 in the series, Lies We Tell Our Students The Story A while back, I was working in... View Article
Blog post #1 in the series, Lies We Tell Our Students The Story A while back, I was working in... View Article
Because we have been talking a lot about fluency in the past few blog posts, it suddenly occurred to me... View Article
When Josie, a young athlete, had the goal of making her middle-school basketball team, she spent time preparing for tryouts.... View Article
What is fluency? As a literacy specialist in my early career, I equated the word “fluency” with the ability to... View Article
Last week, I shared ways to shift homework practices to maximize student learning and understanding. This week, I turn my... View Article
I remember math class as a child. As soon as we walked in the door, we would get our homework... View Article
Years ago, I walked into a Weight Watchers meeting, shy, self-conscious, and unsure of what to expect. After signing my... View Article
Problem Solving Song sung to Row, Row, Row Your Boat “Problems come along in many different ways… Follow these steps... View Article
I’ve done it. You’ve done it. We’ve likely all done it at some point…used a “trick” to help us find... View Article
In last week’s post, I shared the dangers of using imprecise language in the classroom – inadvertent mistakes we teachers make... View Article
Creating School-Wide Agreements for Common Math Vocabulary I recently witnessed a captivating first-grade lesson. As students interacted in small groups,... View Article
A while back, I was talking with a fourth-grade teacher at my school. She questioned, “What did the third-grade teachers... View Article
“Multiplication makes bigger and division makes smaller.” “You can’t subtract a larger number from a smaller number.” “Improper fractions should... View Article
“Many hands make light work,” claimed John Heywood more than 600 years ago. And we still find this to be... View Article
If you believe that lives can be changed through the transformative power of education, then JOIN US! Whether you lead... View Article
Ah! The first day of school — excited greetings between long-time friends, fearful glances from new students, wistful looks from... View Article
I get asked this question a lot. Everywhere I go, teachers are looking for how to make the best use... View Article