How to Engage Students in Real-Life Math: Strategies and Approaches
Mathematics, often perceived as a collection of abstract concepts and complex formulas, can feel disconnected from the realities of...
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Janae Castro
Aug 93 min read
Why is Math Education Important? Part 1
Picture this: you're standing at the front of the classroom, guiding your students through the process of factoring trinomials, when...
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Janae Castro
Aug 72 min read
5 Ways I Get to Know My Students
As a high school teacher, one of the most rewarding aspects of my job is getting to know my students beyond just their academic...
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Janae Castro
Apr 21, 20232 min read
End of the Year Review Games!
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...
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Janae Castro
Oct 10, 20223 min read
How I Curve a Test
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...
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Janae Castro
Sep 2, 20222 min read
3 Reasons to Quit Algorithms
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...
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Janae Castro
Aug 24, 20222 min read
Activity to Introduce Exponential Functions
The Penny Problem If you teach exponential functions, I have the perfect introductory activity for you! You may be familiar with the...
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Janae Castro
Jul 1, 20223 min read
Increasing Number Sense and Confidence in Mathematics
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...
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Jun 14, 20222 min read
When Will I Ever Use This? Math is Everywhere
"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...
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Janae Castro
May 10, 20222 min read
Math Review Game - Heartbreaker <3
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...
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Janae Castro
Apr 13, 20223 min read
Do you Allow Notes on the Final Exam? I do. Here's Why.
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...
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Janae Castro
Nov 7, 20212 min read
5 Benefits of a Flipped Classroom
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...
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Janae Castro
Oct 5, 20212 min read
Pattern Recognition Vs Memorization
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...
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Janae Castro
Oct 5, 20212 min read
WHY flip the sign?? (inequalities)
In my first years of teaching, I focused more on students knowing “when” rather than “why.” Obviously, the students need to know when to...
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Janae Castro
Oct 5, 20212 min read
7 Habits of a Good Problem Solver
Math is about solving problems. Whether or not our students will go on to become mathematicians, the will certainly encounter problems of...
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Janae Castro
Sep 3, 20212 min read
Ditch the steps.
Let’s talk about giving students steps to solve equations. I think that we introduce rules, algorithms, and steps too early in Algebra....
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