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I've been a high school math educator since 2008, teaching all grades 9 through 12, and all levels from university and college bound to essentials/workplace to special needs learners. My products and ideas have been gilded by the frontlines of my own classroom experience. I'm always looking for an innovative way to teach the subject I love!
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Colouring by Money Amounts, Olympic Ring Mosaic (24 Sheets)
"Count, Colour, Cut & Combine!" Your WHOLE class will be ENGAGED in a coin counting colouring quest! Every student gets a different worksheet representing a small piece of the bigger picture. Students tally the total for each money amount shown (between $0.05 and $0.99) then use their answers to colour-by-number their section of the mystery mosaic. When the work is done, the coloured sheets are put together to reveal the large pixel Olympic Rings image. It will look great hanging up in the
1st - 3rd
Basic Operations, Decimals
CCSS
2.MD.C.8
Positive Whole Number Sum Search
Like a word search but with positive whole number sums! Students can rise to the challenge and compete to find all the sneaky sums. Three versions (pdfs) are included in the zip folder. An answer key is provided on the second page of each file. A great bell ringer or early finisher to keep in your pocket for sure! Enjoy! ~CalfordMath
3rd - 4th
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
CCSS
3.NBT.A.2
Integer Sum Search
Like a word search but with integer sums! Students can rise to the challenge and compete to find all the sneaky sums. Three versions (pdfs) are included in the zip folder. An answer key is provided on the second page of each file. A great bell ringer or early finisher to keep in your pocket for sure! Enjoy! ~CalfordMath
7th - 9th
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
CCSS
6.NS.C.5
, 6.NS.C.6a
Google Sheets Math Battle TicTacToe (vs. A.I.) - Integer Operations
Students practice their integer skills while racing the Bot to get three in a row. (Yes, a Google spreadsheet can play TicTacToe) Watch this video for a previewDetails:The game is resettable, giving infinite practice with new problems randomly created each time! Detailed instructions are provided, including a handout you can give students, and a link to the instruction video.To play an X on the board, students must correctly answer two math questions.Instant feedback is provided (red = incorre
7th - 9th
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
CCSS
6.NS.C.5
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I've been a high school math educator since 2008, teaching all grades 9 through 12, and all levels from university and college bound to essentials/workplace to special needs learners. My products and ideas have been gilded by the frontlines of my own classroom experience. I'm always looking for an innovative way to teach the subject I love!
Teaching style
Whenever possible, math should be driven by engaging problems that pull students into the concepts and skills I seek to teach. 'Fruitfully frustrated' is a good place to be :)
I enjoy writing and performing math raps (youtube CalfordMath), integrating Geometer's Sketchpad to bring dynamic understanding, gamifying learning (see my product 'Algebra Tile Factris'), and generally pushing creative limits to make math concepts accessible to my students.
I am aware of students' math stigmas and horror stories. I try to build on their natural math intuitions, sidestepping their perceived inability to 'do math' because they never won a class game of around-the-world with multiplication flash cards in grade 4.
My own education history
Concurrent BSc (honours mathematics) / BEd (intermediate/senior) from Brock University, 2008
Honour Specialist in Mathematics from Queen's University, 2012
Additional Qualification in Computer Studies, 2023
Additional biographical information
I'm an avid recreational chess player. I enjoy music, skateboarding, longboarding, rapping, programming (see my product 'Algebra Tile Factirs' for a computer game example, or my 'Colouring by...' products for an automated worksheet product), and doing math for fun (total geek).
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