MEL3E Course Outline

by Jon Orr

Are you teaching MEL3E and looking for some new resources, lessons, and ideas? I tried to change up the typical resources to include a more active routine. Every day we started off with a warm up that had students working in pairs or groups of 3 at the boards.

Here is that daily plan in a spreadsheet. I blogged for the first 27 class days and then……as you guessed it the work of teaching caught up to me and I halted the blogging. But the sheet still details what I did and provides links to resources needed to run that lesson.

It’s still a work in progress so any feedback would be greatly appreciated. If you like it please share with other teachers who will use it.

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4 Ways To Use Two Truths & One Lie in ANY Math Class.

by Jon Orr

Two truths and one lie in math class has taken math class discussions and math arguments to a whole new level! They are the main event when it comes to math fights!

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10 Tools in My Teaching Day

by Jon Orr

Looking to stay productive? Wonder what tools are out there to keep organized? I’ve tried a lot of tools, apps, websites over the last few years; some I kept using and some I tossed away. Here are the 10 tools that I use on a regular basis in my teaching in a video blog format!! If video is not for you scroll below to read the transcript.

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This was my first go at a video post and I would love to know what you think. Think I should keep doing it? Think I should stick to just text? Let me know in the comments below or send me an email. For real, I would love your feedback!!

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My Favourite Desmos Feature

by Jon Orr
If you follow me you know Desmos is my go-to software for graphing and calculator functions with my students. I'm pretty excited to let you know that coming soon I'll release a 3 part video series on using Desmos in the classroom to enhance classroom discussions. To get started I wanted to share my favourite Desmos feature: The Moveable Point Watch the 1 min 44 second video: Can't see the video? Click here to see the post page. Sign Up below to get notified when the 3 part series goes live. You won't want to miss it!! p.s. Here are the activities seen in the video. The Great Collide Charge: Edited Sugar Sugar Pondering Percent Pentomino Puzzles Or You can also download the free Multi-Touch Book from iBooks to use on your iPad Beautiful Functions