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Mathmematics Through Numeracy

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This is my 30th year in mathematics education. I currently teach 8th grade mathematics and have spent the majority of my career in middle school settings. Over the years, I’ve taught a wide range of courses including 5th grade self-contained, 6th grade math, pre-algebra, algebra, math intervention, and math enrichment. My experience reflects a deep commitment to supporting students at various levels of mathematical understanding.
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Preview of Dot Card - Number Talks

Dot Card - Number Talks

This is a set of number talk dot-cards. Dot-cards are a good introductory activity for introducing number talks to your students. Number talks are a great activity for students to do to help assist them with their number sense. The basic idea behind number talks is to have students discuss various ways to solve calculation problems. Dot cards help introduce that concept to students by allowing them to be able to visualize different ways to groups objects together. To use them you simply s
Preview of Math Study Pages

Math Study Pages

These are copies of something I was asked to create to go into the calendar for our school. We were able to include anything into the students planners that we wanted and as a math department we decided to include these. I personally hand created everything that is on these pages and I thought maybe someone else out there would be able to find a use for them. These pages cover the following topics: - basic fraction operations - various geometry formulas - fraction/decimal/percent conversions
Preview of Distributive Property - Modeling & Writing

Distributive Property - Modeling & Writing

This is another activity, to the first one on I put up on TPT, that I created based upon a teaching method that I employ to assist my students in understanding how to apply the distributive property. Frequently when I teach my students how to use the distributive property with just multiplication techniques the students often obtain an incorrect expression. Example: 2(3x + 4) is equivalent to 6x + 8 but often my students will give 6x + 4 because they will incorrectly only multiply 2(3x). T
Preview of Bowling for Numbers - Order of Operations

Bowling for Numbers - Order of Operations

This is an activity that engages students in working with order of operations problems. When I tried it out with my students, they were pretty excited about it, and I was surprised to find that every student was working on the problems. The basics of this activity are that students are trying to use three numbers to create the numbers 1 through 10. The students roll three dice and then use those numbers to write math expressions, that are properly written to simplify to the given number. The
Preview of Four in a Row - Multiplying Integers

Four in a Row - Multiplying Integers

Four in a Row - Game board for multiplying integers up to 81. This is the game board for the Four in a Row game that has students multiply integers to achieve products up to 81. In addition to this file, I recommend you download the FREE directions on my TPT page. The game of four in a row is a two player game for students in various grade levels. It helps to reinforce basic skills in a fun engaging game. The various games boards are designed around a variety of skills. The first few tha
Preview of Four in a Row - Multiplying up to 100

Four in a Row - Multiplying up to 100

Four in a Row - Game board for multiplying up to 100. This is the game board for the Four in a Row game that has students multiply numbers to achieve products up to 100. In addition to this file, I recommend you download the FREE directions on my TPT page. The game of four in a row is a two player game for students in various grade levels. It helps to reinforce basic skills in a fun engaging game. The various games boards are designed around a variety of skills. The first few that I have
Preview of Tree Diagram - Marble Experiment Without Replacement

Tree Diagram - Marble Experiment Without Replacement

This is an activity having the students complete a tree diagram for an experiment involving 5 marbles; 1 black, 2 white, and 2 grey marbles. The experiment does not have the students replace the marbles after drawing them. A tree diagram is provided as assistance for the students. The students are expected to write out all of the possible combinations, outcomes, for the experiment. Then they are two calculate the probabilities for each of the different possible outcomes. There are also ei
Preview of Distributive Property as Groups of Items

Distributive Property as Groups of Items

This is an activity that I created based upon a teaching method that I employ to assist my students in understanding how to apply the distributive property. Frequently when I teach my students how to use the distributive property with just multiplication techniques the students often obtain an incorrect expression. Example: 2(3x + 4) is equivalent to 6x + 8 but often my students will give 6x + 4 because they will incorrectly only multiply 2(3x). This year while discussing how to view the e
Preview of Four in a Row - Multiplying Variables

Four in a Row - Multiplying Variables

Four in a Row - Game board for integers and variables. This is the game board for the Four in a Row game that has students multiply integers and variables. In addition to this file, I recommend you download the FREE directions on my TPT page. The game of four in a row is a two player game for students in various grade levels. It helps to reinforce basic skills in a fun engaging game. The various games boards are designed around a variety of skills. The first few that I have placed up
Preview of Four in a Row - Multiplying up to 50

Four in a Row - Multiplying up to 50

Four in a Row - Game board for multiplying up to 50. This is the game board for the Four in a Row game that has students multiply numbers to achieve products up to 50. In addition to this file, I recommend you download the FREE directions on my TPT page. The game of four in a row is a two player game for students in various grade levels. It helps to reinforce basic skills in a fun engaging game. The various games boards are designed around a variety of skills. The first few that I have p
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Experience

This is my 30th year in mathematics education. I currently teach 8th grade mathematics and have spent the majority of my career in middle school settings. Over the years, I’ve taught a wide range of courses including 5th grade self-contained, 6th grade math, pre-algebra, algebra, math intervention, and math enrichment. My experience reflects a deep commitment to supporting students at various levels of mathematical understanding.

Teaching style

Over the past two years, I have transformed my approach to teaching mathematics by fully embracing the Building Thinking Classrooms framework developed by Peter Liljedahl. My students work in small, randomly assigned groups at vertical whiteboards placed around the room. This method is the foundation of my instruction—not just an occasional problem-solving activity—and is used to deliver nearly all of the course content. The result is a vibrant classroom energized by music, movement, and deep mathematical thinking.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Honoree of Tulare County Community Advisory Committee (CAC) which is an organization that includes several parents of students with special needs. As appointed by Tulare County school districts and the Tulare County Board of Education, one of the committee's many duties is to honor people, agencies and businesses that support special education.

My own education history

BA - CSULB MS credential - CSULB Supplemental Math Credential - CSULB

Additional biographical information

I currently teach at a middle school in Porterville CA at the same school as my wife, who teaches Language Arts.