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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Transformations Practice Packet ~ 8th Grade Math
50 plus practice problems involving translations, rotations, reflections, dilations, congruence and similarity. All transformations are centered about the origin and across the x and y axis. Students will label new coordinates, sketch the new figure, and describe the transformation.
8th - 10th
Geometry, Math
CCSS
8.G.A.1
, 8.G.A.2
Middle School Math Problem Solving Workbook
I created this workbook to challenge my advanced 7th grade students. They would spend 30-40 minutes on some of the problems. I found that this was a great way to keep my gifted and high-level students engaged. By solving some of these problems, by students taught themselves to set up systems of equations, and solve them using a variety of methods.
34 high-level questions involving algebraic reasoning, geometric reasoning, statistics, and more.
6th - 8th
Algebra, Geometry, Math
Geometry Bundle 7th Grade 35+ Amazing Resources
This bundle will save you hours, will up the rigor in your classroom, and will keep your students engaged. Over 35 resources that are each directly aligned to the 7th grade math common core standards. The bundle includes assessments, review activities, differentiated materials, discovery activities, workbooks with guided notes, examples and independent practice, power-point presentations on various topics, and much more.
Unit Exam: 32 question multiple-choice and extended response exam. D
6th - 7th
Geometry, Math
CCSS
7.G.A.1
, 7.G.A.2
, 7.G.A.3
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Angle Relationships 7th Grade Bundle
A set of 30 angle relationship task cards and riddle sheet.
14 page resource packet with guided notes, guided practice, and independent practice.
Angle relationship task
18 question multiple-choice assessment.
Covers the following topics:
- Supplementary and complementary angles
- Vertical and adjacent angles
- Parallel lines cut by a transversal
- Sum of interior angles
- Solving for a variable when expressions are given for angle measures.
Builds a deep understanding of concepts.
7th - 8th
Geometry, Math
CCSS
7.G.B.5
Angle Relationships Workbook ~14 pages of resources
This 14 page workbook will build a deep understanding of the following concepts:
- Supplementary and complementary angles
- Vertical and adjacent angles
- Interior angle sums in polygons
- Angle relationships formed when parallel lines are intersected by a transversal.
- Solving for a variable when expressions are given for angle measures.
Material is presented in a variety of ways and scaffolds from basic to complex.
Includes guided notes, visual displays, guided practice, lots of independe
7th - 8th
Geometry, Math
CCSS
7.G.B.5
Geometry Review: Area, Perimeter, Circumference, Surface Area, and Volume
This worksheet assesses students understanding of Area, Perimeter, Circumference, Surface Area, and Volume.
Includes application questions. Ensures that students have an understanding of each concept.
6th - 8th
Geometry, Math
CCSS
7.G.B.6
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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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