Turbo Texting
April 6, 2017
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Students break out their devices and text away to discover the relationship between the length of a message and how long it takes to text it.
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Magic Rings
March 4, 2017
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A good friend of mine Brian McBain showed me this construction with two paper rings taped together. I had two of my daughters predict what
Assessment in MFM1P – Update
January 30, 2017
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Here’s a short update on my grade 9 applied course. I’ll try to explain this as clearly as I can…bare with me. An integral part
Spiralling in Advanced Functions (MHF4U)
January 25, 2017
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I’ve been spiralling my courses for the last few years, but this last semester was the first time I spiralled the Advanced Functions MHF4U course.
Appointment Clock
January 16, 2017
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In class today we practiced, error-checked, discussed solutions, got peer feedback, got teacher feedback, smiled, laughed, and cringed. Today’s class was supposed to be boring.
Perimeter Jumble
December 20, 2016
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This takes the classic maximizing the area of a rectangle problem and adds elements of curiosity and purposeful practice to help reveal the relationship.
Fav & Fix – Dec 1
December 5, 2016
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For the Favourite & Fix series I’m posting one idea from my lessons that week that was my favourite and one topic that I need help
Really Big Lights – A math problem
November 28, 2016
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How big are those holiday lights? How many lights will we need to string up. Use proportional reasoning to help answer these questions.
Fav & Fix – Nov 25
November 25, 2016
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For the Favourite & Fix series I’m posting one idea from my lessons that week that was my favourite and one topic that I need help
Puzzling Dimensions
November 24, 2016
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I wanted to grab some thoughts from you on a possible lesson idea. On the weekend Jules and I worked on some puzzles. After we dumped
Animated Patterns Gallery Walk
November 18, 2016
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A major expectation for our grade 9 applied class is to “connect various representations of a linear relation, and solve problems using the representations.” Early
Favourite & Fix: Nov. 11
November 11, 2016
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For the Favourite & Fix series each week I’m posting one idea from my lessons that was my favourite and one topic that I need
