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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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Cross Sections PowerPoint and Worksheet 7.G.A.3
Cross Sections PowerPoint and Worksheet.
Teaches students to find the cross section of three-dimensional shapes including prisms, pyramids, spheres, cylinders, and cones.
Distinguishes between parallel vs perpendicular cross sections, and prisms vs pyramids.
There are many visuals to help students understand what cross sections look like. The worksheet requires students to draw parallel and perpendicular cross sections for various figures.
6th - 7th
Geometry, Math
CCSS
7.G.A.3
Also included in: Cross Sections of 3-D Figures PPT, Worksheet and Activity
Distance Between Integers Complete Lesson
This is a foundational lesson to build students’ understanding of adding and subtracting with rational numbers. Students will continue to operate with rational numbers throughout the year when they solve equations, solve problems involving proportional reasoning, work with statistical measures and solve problems involving geometric concepts. It is important that you build a strong foundation for these skills, but some students may take longer to fully master operating with rational numbers. In
6th - 7th
Math
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
7.NS.A.1b
, MA.7.3.B
, CE.7.2
+1
Also included in: Distances Between Rational Numbers
Cross-Sections Bundle 7th Grade Math 7.G.A.3
This bundle will help you teach students to describe the two-dimensional figures that result from slicing three-dimensional figures.
Cross-Sections can be hard for many students to visualize. This resource includes a power-point, guided notes, a matching activity, and practice worksheets that give lots of visual representations to give students a clear idea of cross-sections.
You can purchase each item separately, or save lots, by buying them all in this bundle.
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7th
Geometry, Math
CCSS
7.G.A.3
Distances Between Rational Numbers
This lesson will walk students through the process of calculating the distances between two integers. Students will develop their own rules for finding the distance between numbers with the same sign and between numbers with opposite signs. Questions vary in difficulty, involve number-lines, real-world application and critical thinking questions. Powerpoint and worksheet are aligned. Awesome resource for pushing students' understanding of calculating the distances between positive and negative
6th - 8th
Math
CCSS
7.NS.A.1b
Unit Rate and Proportional Reasoning Problems Involving Complex Fractions 7 grd
This is a complete lesson that addresses one of the toughest common core standards in 7th grade math. After completing this lesson, students will be able to answer questions involving unit rates, and proportional reasoning with complex fractions.
Addresses common core standards:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.RP.A.1:
Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions including ratios of lengths, areas and other quantities.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.RP.A.3:
Use proportional relationships to solve multis
6th - 7th
Math
CCSS
7.RP.A.1
, 7.RP.A.3
Ratios: Building a Deep Understanding with Visual Representations
6th and 7th grade math lesson aligned to common core 6.RP.A1 and 7.RP.A3.
Includes lesson plan, power-point, 4-page student hand-out, and answer key.
This lesson will develop a very deep understanding of ratios, and proportional reasoning in middle-school students. Students will draw a visual representation of each ratio, and will discover that using this visual-aid makes answering questions about the quantities is very easy once they know the value of each box. This is a great way to buil
6th - 7th
Math
CCSS
6.RP.A.1
, 7.RP.A.3
8th Grade Math Warm-Ups ~ 120 Day Program
8th Grade Math Warm-Up ProgramAbout:This set of warm-up questions includes 120 day’s worth of bell-ringer/catalyst/do-now/warm-up questions for 8th grade students. Two versions are included; one version is in power-point form, and can be projected onto a white board, smart board or promethean board, and the other is in hand-out version where each student would get their own printed warm-up each day. The power-point is editable. Each day’s warm-up also includes a positive motivational quote to in
8th
Math
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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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