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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 Expressions and Equations Worksheets - Common Core Style

Expressions and Equations Worksheets - Common Core Style

This is a set of worksheets that are involving simplifying expressions and solving equations and inequalities. They were created to give my students more opportunities to engage in common core styles of thinking. My 7th grade math students will be taking the SBAC (smarter balanced) assessment to determine their mastery of the common core standards and I did not have enough material that was similar in style to those types of questions and thus I made these to assist them in expanding their lev
Preview of Algebra Flash Cards & Example Problems

Algebra Flash Cards & Example Problems

These are flash cards that I created as examples for my algebra students. I got a little carried away and ended up making a flash card for every term within our course. I also made an example problem for the various terms. You can print them out and fold them in half and be able to see just the word and the question with the definition and answer on the back. That way they create a set of flash cards. As a class activity or a group activity you could print the pages, cut them apart and d
Preview of Identifying Answers of System of Inequalities - Common Core Style

Identifying Answers of System of Inequalities - Common Core Style

This is three different versions of the same activity. Students are shown a system of inequalities and the graph it produces on a coordinate grid. There are 10 different points placed onto the graph and students are asked to sort the 10 points on a T chart into either answers or not answers. After they sort them on the T chart the students are asked to provide justifications for some of their beliefs. I have included three different versions of the activity as well as answer examples for a
Preview of Factoring Sorting in Common Core Style - Trinomials

Factoring Sorting in Common Core Style - Trinomials

This is a set of 5 questions that asks students to sort given expressions into two columns based upon if they are equivalent to the given trinomial polynomial or not. The trinomials presented represent a range of styles: - A trinomial with positive coefficients - A trinomial with negative coefficients - A trinomial with a greatest common factor - A trinomial with A > 1 - A trinomial with A > 1 and a GCF This activity is based upon the style of questions asked by the Smarter Balanced Asse
Preview of Multiple Methods to Solve Equations

Multiple Methods to Solve Equations

This is a set of seven worksheets having students solve equations in two different ways. Each page contains two different equations and has the student solve it in different methods side by side. Students can practice a variety of methods to arrive at the same solutions. By solving each equation in two different ways it encourages students to explore different possible methods of obtaining a solution instead of relying solely upon their favorite method. These pages were designed with the 7
Preview of Quadratics, Factors, Expressions, and Parabolas

Quadratics, Factors, Expressions, and Parabolas

This is a combination of two different activities I created for my students to connect together, quadratic equations, factors, roots, and parabolas. I really wanted to help my students to deepen their understanding that these things work in concert together. It appeared to really help them and they seemed to enjoy working on these pages. This activity is based upon the style of questions asked by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. Instead of simply asking students to pick the one cor
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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.