Mathmematics Through Numeracy
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Springville, California, United States
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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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Non-curricular Tasks for Middle School
This document is a collection of 123 student problem-solving cards designed for use with the Building Thinking Classrooms framework by Peter Liljedahl. Each card is formatted so it can be printed back-to-back, with English on one side and Spanish on the other, making them accessible for bilingual learning environments. After printing, the cards will need to be cut apart so each problem becomes its own separate card. The problems have been gathered from a wide variety of sources and are not all
6th - 9th
Algebra, Basic Operations, Mental Math
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
7th - 9th
Algebra, Math, Math Test Prep
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
8th - 10th
Algebra, Math, Math Test Prep
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
5th - 8th
Basic Operations, Geometry, Math
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
7th - 9th
Algebra, Math, Math Test Prep
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
6th - 8th
Algebra, Basic Operations, Math
Distributive Property through Area Models
This is a series of activities having students apply the distributive property to determine the area for various models. Each problem has:
- a context – a real world situation for the problem
- an area model
- equivalent expressions
- and for numeric expressions it also has the traditional algorithm
There are four example questions provided where everything is completed for the students. The remaining problems have some or all of the sections missing. The students are expected to fill in th
6th - 8th
Algebra, Basic Operations, Math
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
6th - 8th
Basic Operations, Math, Other (Math)
Practicing Transformations - Translations, Reflections, Rotations
This is a set of practice pages that I created to help my students to better understand transformations. It is geared towards 8th grade students in California completing Common Core 8th grade curriculum.
It has concepts that include:
- Translations and writing the coordinate rule
- Reflections over various lines (no coordinate rule)
- Rotations around various points (no coordinate rule)
It includes four pages that has the student draw an object after following various directions.
It also i
8th - 10th
Algebra, Geometry, Math
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
6th - 8th
Algebra, Basic Operations, Math
7th Grade Math Common Core Standards Cards
This is a set of 43 different cards that explain the different common core standards for 7th grade math.
Each standard is in its own distinct color to be able to better separate and identify the various standards.
Each card is also labeled with the group name for the standard.
To better be able to fit the standards on each card I have removed the various examples from the standards.
7th
Math
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About the store
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.
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