When I showed a set of Anglegs to a high school math department and everyone said, âWhat are those?â I knew I needed to blog about these amazing manipulatives!
Anglegs come in six lengths of plastic that easily snap together to explore plane geometry. When you snap two Anglegs, of any length together, you can snap a special 4â protractor to explore angles.…
Fun isn’t always educational and education isn’t always fun, but when the two come together â it just doesn’t get any better.           -Tom Jackson
I strongly believe that you can make any math concept fun if youâll just take some problems, add a little competition, a little challenge, an obstacle or two, and maybe a game board.…
What makes a powerful, rigorous, and relevant math station activity?
1. Identify the content standard.
One of the activities that uses building blocks to concretely explore a concept is the Math Common Core State Standard from fourth grade, MCC4.OA.1a: Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.…
What is expanded form and how do we make the practice of expanded form hands on and engaging?
Letâs start with the first question.
Expanded Form is…
âŚthe writing of a number to show the value of each digit.
âŚthe sum of each digit multiplied by its place value.…
How can you increase scores on a state test by teaching financial literacy?
That was one of the questions asked by several teachers who were recently trained in M-Cubed: Meaningful Math Management. This resource is used nationwide to teach accountability and personal financial literacy at the same time.…
How do you engage students? How do you teach them to be innovative and creative? You think outside the box as a teacher. Recently, an Algebra I teacher sent me an email sharing an incredible task she created for her students. I was fascinated by her meaningfully application of the concepts she was teaching and asked her if I could share her task.…
Fun isnât always educational and education isnât always fun, but when the two come together – it just doesnât get any better.”    -Tom Jackson
âResearch consistently shows that the more time students spend involved in learning activities, the more they learn. That is, there is a strong positive relationship between the amount of time students are actively engaged in learning activities and their achievement.…
I began writing this blog post after receiving an email from a teacher who wanted a copy of several of the games I used during a demonstration lesson involving fractional concepts. Not wanting to just give her “fish” I thought about how to give her more.…
âWe donât stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.â    -George Bernard Shaw
The Texas drought may have dried up our pond, but it offered our two youngest children the opportunity to play in the biggest mud puddle theyâd ever seen.…
âI’ve learned there are three things you don’t discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin.â    -Linus
Out of all of the Peanuts comic strips and television specials, this one is my favorite. As a child I thought that waiting for the Great Pumpkin was much more fun than waiting for Santa Claus.…
Fun isn’t always educational and education isn’t always fun, but when the two come together â it just doesn’t get any better.           -Tom Jackson
I strongly believe that you can make any math concept fun if youâll just take some problems, add a little competition, a little challenge, an obstacle or two, and maybe a game board.…