War 2.0 – A multiplying card game with choice
May 1, 2020
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— I’m sure you’ve played the card game of war. It’s a classic: two opposing players split the deck, top card flips over for each
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The Make Math Moments 3-Part Framework Guidebook
December 13, 2019
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How do you create a culture of engagement and participation in your math class to ensure students are leaning in to learn?
Then, once students are leaning in, how are we going to tackle new mathematical ideas in a way that builds the necessary conceptual understanding and develops procedural fluency over time?
Finally, how can we craft our lessons in such a way that every student can access the mathematical content and don’t throw their arms up in frustration?
No Bikes Allowed
June 26, 2019
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Students will use their understanding of pattering to bring about topics such as linear relations, rate of change, slope, and solving equations.
30 Days in 30 Minutes: A video series that gives you a glimpse in my classroom.
February 21, 2019
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A 30 DAY 30 VIDEO SERIES 1 MINUTE AT A TIME THAT GIVES YOU A PEEK INTO A REAL MATH CLASS DOING THE REAL WORK OF SPARKING CURIOSITY AND FUELLING SENSE MAKING.
Free Printable Random Grouping Cards For Math Class
January 30, 2019
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CREATE VISIBLE RANDOM GROUPING CARDS IN YOUR CLASSROOM. CREATE DIFFERENT GROUPINGS ON THE FLY!
Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast
January 29, 2019
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Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast
Wondering how to create a classroom culture where students don’t want to stop exploring mathematics when the bell rings? Kyle Pearce from TapIntoTeenMinds.com and Jon Orr from MrOrr-IsAGeek.com team up to uncover how we can Make Math Moments That Matter for every student in the math classroom from Kindergarten through Grade 12. Discover how you can build easy to plan and fun to deliver math lessons that kids will not only love, but also learn from using the Making Math Moments That Matter 3-Part Framework. Get ready to learn as we interview math education influencers, engage in coaching calls with mathematics educators from around the world, and take deep dives into assessment, differentiation, student behaviour, engagement, problem solving, math fact fluency, and many other common teacher challenges as we strive to Make Math Moments That Matter.
Double Jenga [3 Act Task]
December 12, 2018
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Let’s Build a 3-Act Math Lesson together. What could you do with this?
2018 Winter Holiday Math Moments Giveaway!
December 3, 2018
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Enter the Making Math Moments Matter Holiday Giveaway! Win over $800 of our favourite math classroom and professional development resources.
Chocolate Mania [3 Act Task]
November 28, 2018
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A yummy, belly aching activity that stretches proportional thinking across many grades levels.
How learning to ride a bike is like/not-like learning math, and why it should be!
November 20, 2018
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We all learn to ride a bike through productive struggle, but we traditional don’t learn math that way. Learn why we teach math more like how we ride bikes.
Creating Math Moments: How we can transform typical textbook problems into moments that matter.
November 14, 2018
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In an ongoing effort to demonstrate that we can apply the 3 part framework of Spark Curiosity, Fuel Sense Making, Igniting Teacher Moves to any lesson in math class we’ll tackle the common problem of finding the equation of a line between two points.
Hour Glass Multiples
November 10, 2018
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In this 3-Act Task students will be presented with a puzzling video of 3 “hour glass” sand timers. Students will solve a brain-teaser like problem while ultimately learning about common multiples and the least common multiple (LCM).
