in the classroom Using Slow Reveals to Illuminate Tiny but Powerful Details in Graphs 2 Jan 2023 This blog post was originally published on SlowRevealGraphs.com Last week, a middle school social studies teacher and I co-planned a slow reveal graphs lesson to launch a project about current events…
curriculum… “Why is the math teacher here for social studies?” 16 Jan 20196 Feb 2022 I slipped quietly into Room 304, trying not to distract the fourth graders, who were finishing up a writing assignment. I set up my laptop to project to the white…
formative assessment… “Which is Greener?”: Connecting Fractions, Percents, and Ratios in Sixth Grade 16 Jun 201719 Sep 2017 Math should tell a story -- through the structure of units, and the structure of a year. There is no singular correct narrative; instead, I find joy in weaving different…
in the classroom Inaba’s Place Value Puzzles: Making Connections and Asking “What If” 21 Feb 201713 Feb 2019 Last week, my sixth graders helped me make connections between a puzzle I used in third grade and their current work with place value, specifically multiplying and dividing by powers of…