Mathematics, often perceived as a collection of abstract concepts and complex formulas, can feel disconnected from the realities of...

Picture this: you're standing at the front of the classroom, guiding your students through the process of factoring trinomials, when...

As a high school teacher, one of the most rewarding aspects of my job is getting to know my students beyond just their academic...

The end of the school year is approaching and that means it's almost time for final exams. I don't know about you, but review days aren't...

How I Curve A Test My school just wrapped up our first quarter last week, and that means…. midterms! Every teacher has their own way of...

My summer podcast binge has been Math Is Figure-Out-Able, by Pam Harris. If you teach math at ANY grade level, you want to listen to...

The Penny Problem If you teach exponential functions, I have the perfect introductory activity for you! You may be familiar with the...

Losing to the Algorithm Each year my 7th graders come to me with varying levels of number sense. I have many that show up in August...

"When Will I Ever Use This?" This is the question all of our students ask, and we should always be ready to answer! Students may be...

End of the semester means it's time for review, review, review! These days can get, well....boring. I try and mix it up with lots of...

Dare I say it... The end of the semester is coming! For my school, finals start May 10! And this means that my students are already...

I'm in my 2nd year of flipping all my math classes. I was hesitant to start, after 8 years of teaching in a traditional classroom, but...

Do you still have middle school students who DON'T KNOW THEIR TIMES TABLES?! If you teach this age, then I am sure that the answer is YES...

In my first years of teaching, I focused more on students knowing “when” rather than “why.” Obviously, the students need to know when to...

Math is about solving problems. Whether or not our students will go on to become mathematicians, the will certainly encounter problems of...

Let’s talk about giving students steps to solve equations. I think that we introduce rules, algorithms, and steps too early in Algebra....