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Math Be Brave: Inquiry with a capital "I"
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Notes, Inspiration and Resources for teaching the way we love and loving the way we teach. Wednesday, November 21, 2012. Inquiry with a capital "I". A huge part of my new job as a coach is to facilitate weekly inquiry team meetings with the algebra teachers I'm coaching. In some schools these teams are made up of just algebra teachers, because there are so many, and in other schools they are made up of a combination of algebra teachers and other math teachers who aren't teaching algebra. This week, the t...
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Math Be Brave: September 2012
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Notes, Inspiration and Resources for teaching the way we love and loving the way we teach. Friday, September 28, 2012. According to Dylan Wiliam, schools are missing the mark all over the world, and it's clear that teacher quality is the. The vast majority of teachers are trying everything they can to increase their students' achievement. There is certainly no evidence that there are teachers who are holding onto a secret proven method for teaching fractions until someone pays them more money.". In my ne...
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Math Be Brave: April 2011
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Notes, Inspiration and Resources for teaching the way we love and loving the way we teach. Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Animated phi = awesomeness. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ben Blum-Smith, Research in Practice. Continuous Everywhere but Differentiable Nowhere. News from the Math Wizard. Tree in a Forest. Animated phi = awesomeness. Out of the Labyrinth A Book Review. Triumphs and Struggles in a Mathematics Classroom. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Math Be Brave: October 2010
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Notes, Inspiration and Resources for teaching the way we love and loving the way we teach. Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Just a little patience. All the waiting, all the holding back, that is impatience too. Patience is receiving, compassion, acceptance, welcome. Patience is loving, paying attention. Today whatever happens, I'm hoping I can remember this universal patience that receives what there is in the present moment and responds accordingly. I hope to be patient with my students and myself, and t...
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Math Be Brave: March 2011
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Notes, Inspiration and Resources for teaching the way we love and loving the way we teach. Thursday, March 31, 2011. Just a cursory glance at this. But it looks awesome! Go take a peek. Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Jesse, can we meditate? So it's from that place that I ask them, "What can I do? Here we are in math class, with all these understandable but non-mathematical circumstances distracting us. What can we do today? I'm sincere, not frustrated, and that feels good. So TD says, can we meditate? I lead t...
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Math Be Brave: September 2010
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Notes, Inspiration and Resources for teaching the way we love and loving the way we teach. Wednesday, September 29, 2010. The Introduction of a Textbook. Have I mentioned that I'm using a textbook for the first time ever? I'm using the CME Project's Algebra 1. To talk about every day. That blows my mind. Sunday, September 26, 2010. Lady Gaga and Exponents. Ahh, it's been an interesting start of the year, eh? Since that's where I'm coming from, I thought it might be nice to share something I saved from th...
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Math Be Brave: September 2011
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Notes, Inspiration and Resources for teaching the way we love and loving the way we teach. Friday, September 16, 2011. Yantra in Math Class. Today was our first pop quiz. If you've read anything here in the last year, you know that means meditation and cookies. I have been itching to meditate for the last 6 days with these kids, just waiting for an excuse, not feeling quite ready, finally caving and just resting in the structure from last year. I Writing prompt: What do you know about stress? 2) My incre...
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Math Be Brave: August 2012
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Notes, Inspiration and Resources for teaching the way we love and loving the way we teach. Thursday, August 2, 2012. My new job and an insight. Last Friday night I had the pleasure of talking about my new job with friends over Ethiopian food in Brooklyn. I am now a Mathematics Instructional Specialist with New Visions for Public Schools, currently in the process of wrapping my head around the many departments and projects that will influence my work in the next months. Wondered – which is it for me?
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Math Be Brave: May 2011
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Notes, Inspiration and Resources for teaching the way we love and loving the way we teach. Sunday, May 22, 2011. Reading and Writing in Mathematics. Also, we've been studying up on Literacy in our school this year, and our librarian just shared this resource. With us. Haven't tried these yet, but they're thought provoking for me as a relative novice in teaching writing and literacy. CUNY requirements, for all you NY State folks. Just discovered that these have changed, and thought I'd pass on the heads up.
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Math Be Brave: Recent Ed Reading
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Notes, Inspiration and Resources for teaching the way we love and loving the way we teach. Thursday, November 8, 2012. With the renewed enthusiasm and clarity about math education that has come with my new position, I have returned to reading about education! Here are the things I've been reading, some of which I'm still in the midst of. The Power of Teacher Teams, Vivian Troen and Katherine C. Boles. The Power of Protocols, Joseph McDonald, Nancy Mohr, Alan Dichter, Elizabeth McDonald. A nice book to al...
