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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Volume and Surface Area Word Problems
Worksheet involving volume and surface area of cylinders, prisms, and pyramids.
6th - 10th
Geometry, Math, Other (Math)
Percents: Teaching the Meaning ~ Middle School Math
This is a 12 page packet that is great for building a deep understanding of percents in middle grade students. This packet is great for building a strong foundation, or reinforcing skills that the students have already learned.
Students will explore finding the percent of a number using a percent bar, proportional reasoning, and by multiplying the percent by the number.
Students will explore part to whole, and part to part percent problems. Students will solve problems involving taxes, d
6th - 8th
Math, Math Test Prep, Other (Math)
Ratios and Proportions: Understanding How They Work
Students build a deep understanding of ratios by creating bar models to represent proportional relationships.
Students will develop an understanding of part to part ratio questions as well as part to whole ratio questions. Students will be given a variety of different information, and will be asked a variety of different questions. By developing a visual display of the ratios, students will easily answer the questions.
~Students will be able to distinguish between the following types of
6th - 8th
Math, Math Test Prep, Other (Math)
CCSS
7.RP.A.2
Percent Application Activity ~ Middle School Math
This is a 10 page document that teaches students to solve truly challenging percent application problems. Each page has a problem in the center, with 6 questions/prompts surrounding the question, that will help students solve the problem.
I created this resource to help my students learn to think critically about tough application questions. By completing this activity students will start to learn the thinking process they should have when solving challenging problems. The prompts around th
6th - 8th
Math, Other (Math)
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
Slope in Basketball
Students explore slope through a basketball theme. This worksheet explores slope on a graph, in a table, and in an equation. Students apply their knowledge to answer real world questions all revolving around basketball Would be great as a class activity, or group work for solidifying students' understanding of linear relationships, and slope.
7th - 10th
Algebra, Math, Other (Math)
Proportions, Markups, Discounts, Commission, and Interest
Proportion and percent word problems
6th - 8th
Math, Other (Math)
Percent of a Number
Includes computation and application question. An example is provided at the top of the worksheet.
Great for homework or Independent practice.
5th - 7th
Math, Other (Math)
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About the store
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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