Make Math Moments

The First Week of School is supposed to be exciting, fun, and a great way to build a positive classroom culture that will promote a productive disposition towards mathematics. So, you dedicate much of your summer reflecting, planning, and organizing.  Don’t forget all the cutting and laminating you did to get everything just right. But with COVID-19, your usual approach just doesn’t seem to cut it. You may have questions like these: What are the concepts that hold my students back and which shou

How do you create a culture of engagement and participation in your math class to ensure students are leaning in to learn? Then, once students are leaning in, how are we going to tackle new mathematical ideas in a way that builds the necessary conceptual understanding and develops procedural fluency over time? Finally, how can we craft our lessons in such a way that every student can access the mathematical content and don’t throw their arms up in frustration? We believe that all of the above