Learning Together to Create Positive Changes in Math Classrooms

PROBLEM BASED LESSONS THAT BREAK THE MOULD

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How are you assessing your students? What tech tools do you use? How do you structure your lessons and units? What are the routines that encourage learning? Read my selected posts about these ideas and more.

CREATE POWERFUL MATH MOMENTS

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Learn how to create powerful moments by SPARKING curiosity, FUELLING student sense-making, and IGNITING teacher action in your math class with this 4-part video series on Making Math Moments That Matter.
Flavour Frenzy | Data Literacy: Fractions, Percent & Relative Frequency Tables

Flavour Frenzy

Data Literacy lesson investigating Fractions, Percentages & Relative Frequency Tables in a curious Problem Based Math Lesson.

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Stack 'Em Up | Multiplying Whole Numbers | Properties of Multiplication

Stack ‘Em Up

Real world 1- and 2-digit multiplication lesson investigating associative, commutative and distributive properties with arrays & area models

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Rising Water [Day 1] - Melting Glacier | Integer Operations Through Patterning

Rising Water

Investigate integer operations through real world math problems involving melting glaciers, rising and falling sea levels and changing temperatures.

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Wondering how to create a classroom culture where students don’t want to stop exploring mathematics when the bell rings? Join Me and Kyle Pearce from TapIntoTeenMinds.com as we team up to uncover how we can Make Math Moments That Matter for every student from Kindergarten through Grade 12.

MATH BEFORE BED

Helping Families & Classrooms Change Math Discussions

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Math Before Bed is a collection of prompts that can inspire mathematical discussions that you and your children can have before bed, at dinner, or anytime.

About Jon Orr

I’m a high school math teacher at John McGregor Secondary School in the Lambton-Kent District School Board in Ontario Canada. When not teaching my students and spending time with my family I lead workshops and presentations on teaching pedagogy in the math classroom. As an Apple Distinguished Educator and Desmos Fellow I routinely talk about implementing technology and great teaching strategies in my classroom. Lately I’ve been excited about promoting struggle in my students and teaching them about resilience while problem solving. I live in Tilbury Ontario Canada with my wife and three daughters.

Jon’s Qualifications

If you’re wondering about my qualifications, I’ve been fortunate to:

  • Enjoy over 14 years of teaching math at the middle school and high school level;
  • Train thousands of teachers across the world through keynote presentations and hands-on workshops;
  • Be published in Mathematics Teacher, Apple iTunes U, Apple iBooks;
  • Consult with numerous EdTech companies on math education;
  • Author Math Before Bed, a children’s book on building communication around number sense; and,
  • Earn my Bachelors of Mathematics from the Univeristy of Waterloo (2004) and my Bachelors of Education from Queens University. 

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