21 Years Public School Math Teacher, 1 Year Adjunct Professor, 5 Years Tutoring, and 14 years teaching as a Dad at home. I have additional teaching experience as a conversational English teacher in Japan (2 years), as well as trip leader with experience in outdoor education. In addition to my teaching, I have served as an academic coach and master teacher that worked to help other math teachers further develop their practice.
Combining like terms practice problems and demonstrated examples to help students master adding and subtracting monomials and build towards polynomials mastery. This resource is perfect for: self-directed students tackling this skill for the first time; review before a test; flipped-classroom pre-work; substitute work; homework; or just extra practice for students in pre-algebra, Algebra 1, College Algebra, GED, HiSET, and HSE classes. This resource includes: Fully demonstrated example problem
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Do you need an intuitive, visual activity that will help scaffold students towards a deep understanding of linear expressions? You should try this resource and lesson plan. Students of many abilities, and with varying degrees of prior knowledge, will find this activity to be approachable and manageable. Whether students represent the included patterns with drawings, words, or formal algebraic expressions, they will be challenged to think “algebraically” in order to analyze, extend, and represe
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Factoring special case quadratics practice problems and demonstrated examples to help students achieve mastery performing computations with polynomials. This resource is perfect for: self-directed students tackling this skill for the first time; test-prep and review; flipped-classroom pre-work; substitute work; homework; or just extra practice for students in pre-algebra, Algebra 1, College Algebra, GED, HiSET, and HSE classes. This resource includes: A 1-page study guide with fully demonstrat
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Subtracting polynomials practice problems and demonstrated examples to help students achieve mastery performing computations with polynomials. This resource is perfect for: self-directed students tackling this skill for the first time; review before a test; flipped-classroom pre-work; substitute work; homework; or just extra practice for students in pre-algebra, Algebra 1, College Algebra, GED, HiSET, and HSE classes. This resource includes: Fully demonstrated example problems.Tips to address
Monomial × polynomials practice problems and demonstrated examples to help students achieve mastery performing computations with polynomials using the Distributive Property. This resource is perfect for: self-directed students tackling this skill for the first time; review before a test; flipped-classroom pre-work; substitute work; homework; or just extra practice for students in pre-algebra, Algebra 1, College Algebra, GED, HiSET, and HSE classes. This resource includes: Fully demonstrated
Adding polynomials practice problems and demonstrated examples to help students achieve mastery performing computations with polynomials. This resource is perfect for: self-directed students tackling this skill for the first time; review before a test; flipped-classroom pre-work; substitute work; homework; or just extra practice for students in pre-algebra, Algebra 1, College Algebra, GED, HiSET, and HSE classes. This resource includes: Fully demonstrated example problems.Tips to address commo
Factoring quadratics (when a ≠ 1) practice problems and demonstrated examples to help students achieve mastery performing computations with polynomials. This resource is perfect for: self-directed students tackling this skill for the first time; review before a test; flipped-classroom pre-work; substitute work; homework; or just extra practice for students in pre-algebra, Algebra 1, College Algebra, GED, HiSET, and HSE classes. This resource includes: Fully demonstrated example problems using
Factoring quadratics (when a = 1) practice problems and demonstrated examples to help students achieve mastery performing computations with polynomials. This resource is perfect for: self-directed students tackling this skill for the first time; review before a test; flipped-classroom pre-work; substitute work; homework; or just extra practice for students in pre-algebra, Algebra 1, College Algebra, GED, HiSET, and HSE classes. This resource includes: Fully demonstrated example problems.Tips t
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Binomial × binomial practice problems and demonstrated examples to help students achieve mastery performing computations with polynomials. This resource is perfect for: self-directed students tackling this skill for the first time; review before a test; flipped-classroom pre-work; substitute work; homework; or just extra practice for students in pre-algebra, Algebra 1, College Algebra, GED, HiSET, and HSE classes. This resource includes: Fully demonstrated example problems.Tips to address co
21 Years Public School Math Teacher, 1 Year Adjunct Professor, 5 Years Tutoring, and 14 years teaching as a Dad at home. I have additional teaching experience as a conversational English teacher in Japan (2 years), as well as trip leader with experience in outdoor education. In addition to my teaching, I have served as an academic coach and master teacher that worked to help other math teachers further develop their practice.
Teaching style
I subscribe to the “productive struggle” camp. The materials I develop, and the teaching I practice aims to meet students where they are, provide multiple pathways for student engagement, and promote the development of problem-solving abilities. While accuracy and precision in mathematics is absolutely important and something I love, I want to emphasize problem solving above answer getting. I strive to help students develop the skills they need to develop independence and grit.
Awards & shining teacher moments
NY State Teacher Leader and NY City Peer Collaborative Teacher. Professional Certificate, Mathematics 7-12.
My own education history
MS in Teaching Mathematics, St. John's University, BA in Anthropology, University of Rhode Island, Study Abroad: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, and Memorial University, St, John's, Newfoundland.
Additional biographical information
Co-author of Barron's ACCUPLACER Math, author of NYS Ed student work packets, writer, surfer, sailor, backpacker, climber, husband, and dad of two.
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