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Pattern Talks

October 23, 2014 No Comments

I was blown away by my grade 9 class today. They have been so insightful and brave when sharing their strategies when solving problems!!! On

Subtract Before You Add

October 15, 2014 No Comments

I’ve been reading Dan’s posts for a while now and this is one series that has stuck with me….. “You Can Always Add. You Can’t

Using the Internet to create Proportion Problems

October 6, 2014 No Comments

We used this image today to create our own proportion problems. Shown here is how much data is generated at each company after 1 minute.

My first Lesson with Pear Deck

October 3, 2014 No Comments

Today we gave PearDeck a try. It was awesome….. so far here are the best features: When I asked students to: “Place a moveable dot on

Modelling in Clash of Clans

September 24, 2014 4 Comments

Does the cost of wait time in the game Clash of Clans follow a linear, quadratic, exponential, or other model?

To edTech or Not?

September 16, 2014 No Comments

To edTech or not??? This was my lesson today where I used some technology…. In our Volume of Cylinders & Prisms grade 9 applied lesson

The Need for Speed!

September 12, 2014 No Comments

Here was our lesson today on Instantaneous rates of change/slope of a tangent line Yesterday we completed the awesome Desmos activity Function Carnival!! Some students were

Guess Who!!!

September 8, 2014 1 Comment

One of my kids’ favourite game is Guess Who…..remember this one? You remember it! I wanted my students to practice recognizing characteristics of polynomials

Math is Like…. [first day]

September 2, 2014 3 Comments

Teaching mathematics is a journey that presents its own set of challenges and rewards. One activity that I have incorporated into every semester since I