Katie Lyn
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Salisbury, Maryland, United States
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This is my 13th year in teaching middle school; six years as a 6th grade math teacher and six years as a 7th grade teacher. I've found that with the change to Common Core, our textbooks are just outdated and don't match my way of teaching concrete math in order to help understanding. My goal every year for my students who express to me that they don't like math, is to have them at least for one day (hopefully more) to say that they had enjoyed the class and the lesson when they didn't expect to.
This is my eighth year of teaching majority of special education classes. I think by teaching these classes I have become a better mathematician and a better teacher because of learning how to concretely get them to understand a topic before getting into algorithms.
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Multiplying and Dividing Integers Puzzle
This is a fun way for students to practice the Multiplying and Dividing Integers. There are 55 problems, and students won't even realize how many they are actually solving! As a teacher you only have to check the end result of each puzzle. There is a total of six puzzles. The first start out small, and then get longer.
7th
Basic Operations, Math, Mental Math
CCSS
7.NS.A.2a
, 7.NS.A.2b
6EEA1 Exponent Connect Five Board Game
Here's a fun way to get students to practice, make it into a game! This engaging activity allows students to either work together or play competitively with exponents. On the board there are long expressions that can be shortened by writing them with exponents. I have included an answer bank for students so they can check to see if they are answering them correctly.
How to play: Roll the dice to find your Prime Factorization Expression. For example, if you roll a “1” and a “3” you can go to bo
6th - 8th
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
CCSS
6.EE.A.1
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Experience
This is my 13th year in teaching middle school; six years as a 6th grade math teacher and six years as a 7th grade teacher. I've found that with the change to Common Core, our textbooks are just outdated and don't match my way of teaching concrete math in order to help understanding. My goal every year for my students who express to me that they don't like math, is to have them at least for one day (hopefully more) to say that they had enjoyed the class and the lesson when they didn't expect to.
This is my eighth year of teaching majority of special education classes. I think by teaching these classes I have become a better mathematician and a better teacher because of learning how to concretely get them to understand a topic before getting into algorithms.
Teaching style
I like student centered activities; any exploration or use of manipulatives in the classroom is the best way to get students engaged. I like using PowerPoint for practice where students can use dry erase boards. I probably using this type of practice at least twice a week.
As I moved to 7th grade I found it challenging to find activities that students like to do. I focus more on scaffolding so that we, teacher and student, can take small steps in grasping the concept.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Teacher of the Year 2021 for my middle school
My own education history
Salisbury University Class of 2010, Major in Elementary Education and a Minor in Mathematics.
Graduated with my Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction in 2016.
Additional biographical information
Couldn't imagine doing anything else besides teaching :)
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