Math Maker
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atlanta, Georgia, United States
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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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Two Way Tables - Application Activity
This resource allows students to apply what they have learned about two-way tables. Students will be given venn diagrams, tally tables and double bar graphs and will create two way tables from that set of data.
7th - 10th
Math, Statistics
CCSS
8.SP.A.4
Compound Probability ~ Using Tree Diagrams, Organized Lists and Tables
Awesome resource for pushing students' understanding of using lists, tree diagrams and tables to find the probability of compound events. The first page is divided into 3 columns: multiple-choice questions, short response and extended response. The second page is divided into 4 sections: compute, justify, apply and create. - Great for differentiation - Great for challenging your high-level learners - Promotes critical-thinking - Great for stations or group work
7th - 10th
Math, Statistics
CCSS
7.SP.C.8
Random Samples and Unbiased Samples to Represent Populations
Guided Notes to help students understand what it means to collect a random and unbiased sample of a population, and the different types of sampling.
Students will be asked if given samples are random and unbiased, and must explain why or why not.
2 pages plus answer key.
6th - 8th
Math, Statistics
CCSS
7.SP.A.1
Statistics and Inferences Math Project for Middle School Math
This is an awesome project that I do with my advanced 7th graders. For this project students will research the public opinion about a topic that interests them, by conducting a survey. Their project can be related to sports, music, school, movies, food, after school activities, clothes, occupations/careers, colleges/universities, etc
Includes a grading rubric.
Instructions For Students:
Part A: Planning:
- Decide on a topic you would like to focus on during this project.
Determine
6th - 8th
Math, Statistics
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Experience
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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