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LSummers

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New York, United States
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17+ years teaching Math, and a few years of teaching Computer Science / Computational Thinking. I love make puzzles that are disguised as "super fun" but are actually heavily math-focused (shhh)... More than 10 years of traveling around the world in order to learn from and understand different educational philosophies from other cultures! Self-created traveling and teaching blogs! www.holestories.com and www.holestudies.com
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Preview of Checkbook System Part 01

Checkbook System Part 01

Created by
LSummers
This Checkbook System is perfect for any class! It teaches students how to write a check, balance a register, manage money, and keep their priorities straight! But the best part is that it's used as a class discipline tool as well as a reward system. Set prices for pencils, erasers, paper, or anything else students often forget. Set consequences for students that run out of money and set rewards for students that save money because they are always prepared for class. This system is fast and ea
Preview of Class Credit Cards! Real Scannable Digit Accounts!

Class Credit Cards! Real Scannable Digit Accounts!

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LSummers
🏆 The GoalTo give students a real-life monetary experience while integrating classroom management and a reward system. 🧭 General OverviewA mock credit card system for students to use in class. Credit cards are scannable and balances are recorded - just like a real banking system! This template turns your classroom economy into a realistic, digital credit card experience — complete with student credit cards, student accounts, a store checkout system, transaction ledger, and balance tracking.
Preview of Puzzle of the Day - Part 2 (Logic, Brain Teasers, Enrichment)

Puzzle of the Day - Part 2 (Logic, Brain Teasers, Enrichment)

Created by
LSummers
This is an extension of Part 1, OR can be used on it's own as higher level questions. THE GOALA quick and easy way for teachers to present students with daily logic puzzles. GOOD FOR ALL AGESCan be used as young as elementary school all the way into college classes! Hints are provided, so if the puzzle is more advanced for younger students, the teacher can show the hidden clue. DIFFERENTIATION• Pick and choose which puzzles you present to the class. • If the puzzles are easy for advanced st
Preview of Fibonacci PowerPoint

Fibonacci PowerPoint

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LSummers
🏆 The Goal: To explain and show many examples of the famous Fibonacci sequence and how it’s in absolutely everything around us! 🧭 General Overview: This is a PowerPoint presentation with many slides/pictures showing the golden ratio in the real world: animals, plants, food, music/sound, photograph, architecture, the solar system and how the planets are aligned, et 💫 Good for All Ages!Can be used as young as elementary school all the way into college classes! Formulas and the history are grea
Preview of Fibonacci Presentation + Worksheet

Fibonacci Presentation + Worksheet

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LSummers
Fibonacci Presentation+ Worksheet of interactive activity
Preview of Puzzle of the Day - Part 1 (Logic, Brain Teasers, Enrichment)

Puzzle of the Day - Part 1 (Logic, Brain Teasers, Enrichment)

Created by
LSummers
THE GOALA quick and easy way for teachers to present students with daily logic puzzles. GOOD FOR ALL AGES!Can be used as young as elementary school all the way into college classes! Hints are provided, so if the puzzle is more advanced for younger students, the teacher can show the hidden clue. DIFFERENTIATION• Pick and choose which puzzles you present to the class. • If the puzzles are easy for advanced students, then the clue doesn’t have to be revealed. INCLUDES• PowerPoint of 50 Puzzles (#
Preview of Emoji Equations! Easy Picture Systems!

Emoji Equations! Easy Picture Systems!

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LSummers
🏆 The Goal: To give students an understanding and confidence to work with equations in a fun and familiar way - emojis they've seen before (x and y can be scary in the beginning). 🧭 General Overview: Slides to present on the board where each slide has 4 emoji equations (2 easy, 1 mid-level, and 1 challenging problem). Great differentiation where students can pick any level they feel they can handle - or try them all! With one simple click, you can reveal each answer (one by one) so students ca
Preview of Coordinate Graphing - EASTER

Coordinate Graphing - EASTER

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LSummers
Fun graphing activity for Easter! Differentiate for each student - choose Quadrant 1 only, or all quadrants (for more of a challenge).
Preview of Orthogonal Tiles (Fun Spatial Relation Practice)

Orthogonal Tiles (Fun Spatial Relation Practice)

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LSummers
🏆 The Goal:A fun way to exercise students' spatial relations! 🧭 General Overview:A set of slides, of 3 different levels, with a side few of stacked tiles. Students will then have to choose which side view corresponds to the given top view. This is a great way to have students exercise the part of the brain used to visualize points and shapes used in coordinate geometry (much later on in math). Answers are then given with one click! 💫 Good For All AgesLevel 1 can be used with extremely young s
Preview of Unlimited Percentage Practice!

Unlimited Percentage Practice!

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LSummers
🏆 The GoalTo present endless amounts of percentage problems to students. 🧭 General OverviewDitch that one-time worksheet. This simple spreadsheet let's you customize what level of percentage problems you'd like your students to work on. Hit the "refresh" button and the problems will automatically regenerate for a completely different set of problems. You can even set up how many questions show at once. Examples:Show 4 for a nice warm-up / bell ringer.Show 8 for a quiz.Show 1 question at a t
Preview of Heavyweight Championship! Balance the Scales!

Heavyweight Championship! Balance the Scales!

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LSummers
This is a fun activity that gets students thinking logically. Great as a warm-up exercise, or even as an intro' to equations and balancing each side of the scale.
Preview of Computer Science Activity Passport

Computer Science Activity Passport

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LSummers
Get students excited to complete assignments by rewarding them with stickers in their very own passports upon activity completion. This is also a great way to quickly check who has done certain tasks. THE GOALTo quickly create a personalized Computer Science class passport to be used as an activity tracker or as a reward system. USES· Classroom Management · Activity Tracker · Motivation / Fun · Mini Notebook WHAT IT ISA document, with cute Computer Science images, which can easily b
Preview of Improve Students' Logic & Reasoning - Part 1

Improve Students' Logic & Reasoning - Part 1

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LSummers
Purchase Part 2 for the complete full-marking period package! Improve your students' logical thinking and deductive reasoning with puzzles that they will BEG you for! This is a package of everything you'll need to last for an entire marking period! - Any subject! - Any age! - 1-2 months of materials! - Detailed directions and answer keys! - Extremely fun! WHAT ARE LATERAL THINKING PUZZLES?Lateral Thinking Puzzles are situational puzzles where one must “solve” the situation (like a detective) by
Preview of Math Vocabulary Cards

Math Vocabulary Cards

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LSummers
THE GOALTo quickly generate math vocabulary cards USES· Whole class activity / game · Think-Pair-Share prompts · Flash cards to study CATCH PHRASE GAMEDivide the class into two teams Put cards face-down on a table between the two teams Set a timer for 2 minutes One player from Team A picks a card and describes the vocabulary word without saying any words on the card... The rest of Team A tries to guess the word. Once the word is guessed, the next player on Team A runs up and picks a card. Re
Preview of Coordinate Graphing - CHRISTMAS

Coordinate Graphing - CHRISTMAS

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LSummers
Fun graphing activity for December! Differentiate for each student - choose Quadrant 1 only, or all quadrants (for more of a challenge).
Preview of Coordinate Graphing - HALLOWEEEN

Coordinate Graphing - HALLOWEEEN

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LSummers
Fun graphing activity for October! Differentiate for each student - choose Quadrant 1 only, or all quadrants (for more of a challenge).
Preview of Fibonacci Worksheet

Fibonacci Worksheet

Created by
LSummers
📑 The Worksheet: Get students up, moving, and discovering the golden ration on their own! A step-by-step worksheet walks students through how to measure their arms, legs, head, etc. and how to calculate how close they are to phi! 💖 Great For:Practicing how to use a ruler / tape measureA fun and engaging lesson the day before a holiday break✨ Personal Experience: Student had a blast measuring themselves and calculating how close they were to the golden ration. They were up, moving around, h
Preview of Coordinate Graphing - THANKSGIVING

Coordinate Graphing - THANKSGIVING

Created by
LSummers
Fun graphing activity for October! Differentiate for each student - choose Quadrant 1 only, or all quadrants (for more of a challenge).
Preview of Invention Log

Invention Log

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LSummers
THE GOAL For students to brainstorm and keep their creation-notes organized. WHAT IT IS An organized invention diary made specifically to work with LittleBits. Guiding questions make it easy for students to challenge themselves, brainstorm, and record their thinking process. FITS ANY LESSON! Great as an introductory lesson, review, assessment, or a whole class activity! The questions are open ended, so the worksheets really fit any challenge. OR even with no challenge, if a student is just
Preview of Math Activity Passport

Math Activity Passport

Created by
LSummers
Get students excited to complete assignments by rewarding them with stickers in their very own passports upon activity completion. This is also a great way to quickly check who has done certain tasks. NOTE: The Preview File is for a Computer Science class, and the real file is a lot bigger with more passport pages, but you'll be able to see how to edit the front and back covers. The Math Activity Passport has math-themed pages (not tech graphics). THE GOALTo quickly create a personalized Math c
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About the store

Experience

17+ years teaching Math, and a few years of teaching Computer Science / Computational Thinking. I love make puzzles that are disguised as "super fun" but are actually heavily math-focused (shhh)... More than 10 years of traveling around the world in order to learn from and understand different educational philosophies from other cultures! Self-created traveling and teaching blogs! www.holestories.com and www.holestudies.com

Teaching style

I make class fun, exciting, comfortable, and overall a place where students want to be. I give students all the materials necessary to succeed, and I bend over backwards to help students in every possible way, but in no way do I force students to learn - that responsibility is on them. But if a class is structured correctly, students always choose to participate =)

Awards & shining teacher moments

- Achieved the largest standardized test score improvement (for math) in Virginia (30% passing to 99.8% passing in 1 year)... Still not beaten to this day! - Teacher of the year award (2011) - Winner of the 2017 CenturyLink Technology Grant for Washington State

My own education history

Bachelors Degree in Mathematics Masters Degree in Secondary Mathematics Education