Math Maker
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Currently, I am working as a Math Curriculum and Instruction Specialist in Texas. I taught middle school math for 12 years, and have been developing my own curriculum for the past 6 years. I began my teaching career when I joined Teach For America in 2006, and was placed at a middle school in Liberty City Miami. While I taught in beautiful Miami for 3 years, I began leading professional development sessions centered around teaching middle grades math. In 2009, I moved to Chicago to teach at a small charter school on the Southside of the city. During my two years in Chicago, I worked under an amazing leadership team, and was able to really hone my craft of teaching. I began placing a strong emphasis on teaching my students to develop a deep conceptual understanding of the content, and in turn saw my student's achievement sky rocket above many of their more affluent peers. I taught in Atlanta for 7 years now, and have had the opportunity to teach several classes of gifted students each year. This experience has allowed me to develop curriculum that is extremely rigorous and engaging. I take a lot of pride in the curriculum I've created over this time.
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Absolute Value, Additive Inverses and Opposites Complete Lesson
In this lesson, students explore integers and their relationship to zero. This is a foundational lesson to build students understanding of opposites, additive inverses, and absolute values. The knowledge gained in this lesson will be used when students begin adding and subtracting with integers and then again when they begin solving algebraic equations.It is important that students understand that additive inverses/opposites combine to make zero, and that absolute value measures a number’s dista
6th - 7th
Math, Numbers
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
7.NS.A.1
, 7.NS.A.1b
, MA.6.2.B
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Integers & Negative Numbers Full Lesson & Resources to Introduce Students
Need a great & fun way to introduce your students to negative numbers? This is such an important concept, and can seem so abstract to students when they first start learning about it. This lesson will help make it seem much easier!
This lesson covers the concept of negatives, what an integer is, plotting integers on a number line, real-life situations involving integers, and opposite numbers.
This zip includes:
A full lesson plan
A power point and guided notes
Practice
Homework assignment
5th - 7th
Math, Numbers
Integers and Absolute Value Packet
This 11 page packet introduced students to integers and absolute value. Students will explore what an integer is, integers and their opposites, comparing and ordering integers, and absolute value.
Includes:
-Graphic organizers
- Multiple choice questions
- Open-ended questions
- Reflection questions
- Guided notes
- basic to higher-order questions
5th - 7th
Math, Numbers
CCSS
6.NS.C.7
Proportional Reasoning Scaling up and down recipes
Students will scale a recipe up or down using proportional reasoning. This worksheet is set up as a layered curriculum worksheet. That means it is separated into three sections C, B, and A. It starts with the "C" section. If students only answer all of the questions in this section, that is the grade they receive. The middle of the sheet is the "B" section. This section is a bit more challenging. If students answer all questions in the "C" and "B" sections correctly, the earn a B on the as
6th - 8th
Math, Numbers, Other (Math)
CCSS
7.RP.A.2
Number Properties: Reflexive, Symmetric, Transitive, Identity
Students explore the Reflexive, Symmetric, Transitive, and Identity properties of numbers, and answer a variety of questions about these properties. Students will build a deep understanding of these properties because they will explore them in many different ways. Students must think critically to identify the property, find missing quantities, identify which statement is true.
Includes an independent practice assignment, and a homework assignment.
7th - 10th
Algebra, Math, Numbers
Adding and Subtracting Integers Partner Activity
Great way for students to practice adding and subtracting integers. This activity is fun, and holds students accountable for their work because their partner is depending on them.
Find the value of each expression. Partner A does the left side and partner B does the right side. After completing each section, they find matching answers. One will have a letter and the other a number. Write the letter in the matching numbered space at the bottom of the page to answer the riddle.
6th - 7th
Math, Numbers
CCSS
7.NS.A.1c
Integers and Number Properties Exam, Quiz or Review
Perform basic computation of integers
Apply integers to everyday life situations
Apply the commutative and associative properties.
Compare and order integers
With tracking sheet
6th - 7th
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
Practice Commutative and Associative Properties
Students practice using the commutative and associative properties of addition and multiplication.
6th - 8th
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
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Currently, I am working as a Math Curriculum and Instruction Specialist in Texas. I taught middle school math for 12 years, and have been developing my own curriculum for the past 6 years. I began my teaching career when I joined Teach For America in 2006, and was placed at a middle school in Liberty City Miami. While I taught in beautiful Miami for 3 years, I began leading professional development sessions centered around teaching middle grades math. In 2009, I moved to Chicago to teach at a small charter school on the Southside of the city. During my two years in Chicago, I worked under an amazing leadership team, and was able to really hone my craft of teaching. I began placing a strong emphasis on teaching my students to develop a deep conceptual understanding of the content, and in turn saw my student's achievement sky rocket above many of their more affluent peers. I taught in Atlanta for 7 years now, and have had the opportunity to teach several classes of gifted students each year. This experience has allowed me to develop curriculum that is extremely rigorous and engaging. I take a lot of pride in the curriculum I've created over this time.
Teaching style
It is my philosophy to teach students to understand math through exploration and discovery. Once students have a basic understanding of a concept, it is my job to lead them to make connections and develop an understanding of the reasons behind the concepts.
Awards & shining teacher moments
My own education history
Undergraduate: University of Missouri-Columbia
Masters in Curriculum and Instruction: University of Kansas
Additional biographical information
After attending a math and science conference in Houston in 2008, my philosophy of math education has changed. Since that conference, I have learned to teach my students to understand the meaning behind the mathematical concepts they are learning. I no longer teach easy tricks that can be used to solve mathematical problems, and now lead students to see the hows and whys of each concept.
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