Archive for March, 2010

Differentiating Instruction is a Philosophy, Not a Program

Posted in Differentiated Instruction, Mathematics on 03/31/2010 10:37 am

“Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you’ll see the way to fly.” -from the poem, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach

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"Poochie Poo" and Numbers Squared

“Creative thinking may mean simply the realization that there’s no particular virtue in doing things the way they always have been done.” -Rudolf Flesch

Today’s Inspiration Blog is also an Activity Blog. If you continue reading you’ll understand why…

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The Sounds in the Silence

Posted in Math Activities on 03/26/2010 06:30 am

“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.” -Xenocrates

“I have nothing to say / and I am saying it / and that is poetry / as I needed it” John Cage

John Cage’s most famous musical composition is called 4’33″.
It consists of the pianist going to the piano, and not hitting … Continue Reading

Differentiating Means “Shaking it Up”

Posted in Differentiated Instruction, Mathematics on 03/24/2010 11:44 am

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

There are many, many different (and very long definitions) for the term Differentiating Instruction. … Continue Reading

Solving Problems = Balloons = Fun

Posted in Inspiration, Math Activities, Problem Solving, Thinking on 03/22/2010 04:35 pm

“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”     -Eleanor Roosevelt

I was working with a school a few weeks ago as we planned for the remainder of the year. The things we identified, at the beginning … Continue Reading

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