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Engaging math resources for K-12

What’s A Tangram? MTH1W Day 4- Geometry & Tangrams

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The next two classes focused on geometry and answering the question what's a tangram? Our warm-up today was a brainstorm that got the class to list all of the shapes that they could think of. They gave me all of the basics pretty easily and we had a brief discussion about the definitions of each shape. This led nicely to our topic for today which was tangrams. We first discussed "what's a ... Read More about What’s A Tangram? MTH1W Day 4- Geometry & Tangrams

Number Talks, The Tax Man & Racing Patterns – MTH1W Day 3

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I always like to start class with some kind of warm-up. Today's warm-up included number talks and in particular dot talks. I projected a series of dots on the board and asked the students to tell me how many dots there were WITHOUT counting 1-by-1. Below are some of the student responses. The idea is to try to get students thinking in a different way. Next, we worked through one of the ... Read More about Number Talks, The Tax Man & Racing Patterns – MTH1W Day 3

Introducing the Spiraled-Flipped-Thinking Classroom

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It was out of necessity that I decided to embark on the journey of flipping my already spiraled grade 10 Academic math curriculum. I didn't know how I was going to project my voice loud enough through a mask for all to hear without getting light-headed from trying to breathe and talk through an N-95 mask. I enrolled in The Flipped Classroom Formula By Teach On A Mission and dove in. I was coming ... Read More about Introducing the Spiraled-Flipped-Thinking Classroom

Classroom Management For High School Using A Hall Pass

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During the first semester last school year, it felt like kids were asking to go the washroom ALL THE TIME! I implemented my usual 1 out at a time rule. I felt like this was a good strategy until someone decided to meet up with their friends and not return to class for half an hour. In semester 2, I decided that I would try a slightly modified approach in my class with respect to washroom ... Read More about Classroom Management For High School Using A Hall Pass

Starting The School Year Off Right & Establishing Routines – Day 1

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Hi friends, today I am going to be reflecting on my first day last semester with my grade 9 math class. This would be my second time through the new curriculum for the MTH1W course here in Ontario, Canada. I always find the first day a bit dry with all of the talk about rules, location of items in the classroom, getting to know you pages to fill out, and trying to learn all of those new names ... Read More about Starting The School Year Off Right & Establishing Routines – Day 1