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My experience is reflected in my mission. To create the best materials for optimizing teaching and learning. After years of working with poorly formatted content, created by corporations, I found myself settling for whatever come closest but either the quality or content was lacking in some capacity. Using over a decade of teaching experience I began creating what has now become OptimizED. The creations started with guided notes that were visually appealing and easy to follow, quickly summarizing the main ideas. Using real-world feedback from students and my own experiences with implementation, I would continuously edit and rework until everything was just right. Likewise, I began formulating activities that addressed specifically what needed to be taught, in a fun exploratory way. Then, I tackled the homework side of the equation. I created concise differentiated assignments with plenty of space to show work. These questions were directly correlated with the tests I created, to show evidence of mastery. I even invented a new feedback system for quick grading, combined with a student self-reflection component, using a standards-based approach. After years of reworking and editing all of this content, I decided to share my creations. It has become my mission to give teachers something that students positively respond to, created by someone in the profession. In essence, materials that will optimize a teacher's impact on student learning.
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Preview of Simplify Fractions Using Prime Factorization

Simplify Fractions Using Prime Factorization

A great use of prime factorization! Have your students break apart numerators and denominators into their prime parts. Explore the simplicity of simplifying fractions by eliminating matching primes! A sample problem is provided and simple directions are clearly marked. Can be used as either a warm up or an interactive class/group activity after learning about prime factorization. The license is intended for one teacher and all of their classes. Please purchase additional licenses for each addit
Preview of Equivalent Rates and Ratios Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Equivalent Rates and Ratios Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. This differentiated practice focuses on using equivalent fractions and tables to solve rates problems. There is special attention given to unit rates and how the order of the division can give yo
Preview of Penny Problem: Exponential Growth

Penny Problem: Exponential Growth

A spin on the classic problem of exponential growth. Students explore the amount of money to be made in a month if they receive 1 penny, double that amount the next day, etc. Works great as a warm up, the hook to a lesson, or an investigation. It has easy to follow directions, colorful pictures and an organized space (chart) to show the progression of money from day to day. This was specifically designed to show the power of knowing a general rules versus a rule. More specifically, going fro
Preview of Tape Diagrams Investigation

Tape Diagrams Investigation

Explore how to use tape diagrams to find the percent of a number in this interactive, self-led investigation. Students will have fun completing the student-centered activity, allowing you to provided the supportive role as the teacher. Through scaffolding, students begin with a simple example and specific steps to follow. Most importantly, student will finally understand what their answers mean and how it makes sense within the context of percents. The second component of the investigation has
Preview of Powers and Exponents Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Powers and Exponents Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. Looking for an assignment regarding powers and exponents that's more than a basic skills practice? This practice has students evaluate powers in expanded and standard form, as well as writing pow
Preview of Order of Operations Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Order of Operations Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. Looking for an assignment to practice the order of operations? These practice questions will address the use of all four operations, exponents, parenthesis, brackets and fraction bars. Here's ho
Preview of Add and Subtract Decimals Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Add and Subtract Decimals Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. Looking for an assignment for adding and subtracting decimals that's more than basic skills practice? This differentiated practice set includes a variety of response types ranging from multiple c
Preview of Find Missing Percents & Totals Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Find Missing Percents & Totals Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. Calculating the percent of a number can be fairly straight forward, but finding a missing percent (e.g. what percent of 40 is 6?) or a missing total (e.g. 30% of what number is 45?) can be challe
Preview of Statistical Questions Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Statistical Questions Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. This differentiated practice set includes a variety of problems, identifying statistical questions. A mixture of multiple response and true-false questioning makes this a powerful practice set. S
Preview of Proportions Set Up Investigation

Proportions Set Up Investigation

Explore how to use proportions to solve percent problems. This includes finding the percent of a number, missing percents or missing totals. Students will have fun completing the student-centered activity, allowing you to provided the supportive role as the teacher. In this investigation students begin by identifying what they know and what they need to find out for various types of problems. Next students use this knowledge to set up proportions that will help them solve such problems. Your st
Preview of Prime Factorization & Simplifying Fractions Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Prime Factorization & Simplifying Fractions Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. This differentiated practice set covers all aspects of prime factorization and how it can be used to simplify fractions. This understanding is extremely useful and helps build the type of number
Preview of Describing Patterns Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Describing Patterns Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. This practice explores the difference between rules and general rules when looking at number sequences. It also delves into the use of expressions and equations to represent mathematical relation
Preview of Ratios Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Ratios Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. Don't settle for a standard basic skills practice sheet. This differentiated practice set covers all aspects of naming ratios. A variety of questions make this practice set much more powerful tha
Preview of Percents as Fractions & Decimals Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Percents as Fractions & Decimals Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. A great pair of practice pages for learning about the basics of percents and how percents are related to fractions and decimals. Much more than you average basic skills practice, this differentia
Preview of Measures of Center Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Measures of Center Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. Go beyond your typical mean, median, mode and range worksheet. This differentiated practice set includes a variety of problems that get at truly understanding measures of center. Your students wi
Preview of Percent of a Number Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Percent of a Number Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. Practice finding the percent of a number using a variety of approaches ranging from the use decimals, to fractions, to tape diagrams! Much more than your average drill-and-kill worksheet, this di
Preview of GCF and LCM Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

GCF and LCM Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. This differentiated practice includes finding the greatest common factor (GCF) and least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers The standard listing method as well as the use of prime facto
Preview of Variables and Expressions Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Variables and Expressions Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. Looking for an assignment regarding variables and expressions, that's more than a basic skills practice? This practice has students plug in values for variables to find the solution. It includes
Preview of Multiply Decimals Investigation

Multiply Decimals Investigation

Explore how to multiply decimals in this interactive, self-led investigation. Students will have fun completing the student-centered activity, allowing you to provided the supportive role as the teacher. Through scaffolding, students begin with simple multiplication questions and progress towards a deep understanding of multiplication with decimals. Most importantly, student will finally understand WHY moving the decimal point is necessary and how it makes sense to do so. Using a story-type
Preview of Rates and Unit Rates Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Rates and Unit Rates Practice: Distance Learning Enhanced

Free tutorial video now embedded right on the page! Simply scan the QR code to check for accuracy and understanding. Great for remote teaching and eLearning as well. Students can learn the math content by completing the practice pages along-side the video or simply use it as a way to check for accuracy. This differentiated practice includes a variety of different problems related to rates and ratios. From the basics of naming ratios to using unit rates to solve problems, this practice set has a
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About the store

Experience

My experience is reflected in my mission. To create the best materials for optimizing teaching and learning. After years of working with poorly formatted content, created by corporations, I found myself settling for whatever come closest but either the quality or content was lacking in some capacity. Using over a decade of teaching experience I began creating what has now become OptimizED. The creations started with guided notes that were visually appealing and easy to follow, quickly summarizing the main ideas. Using real-world feedback from students and my own experiences with implementation, I would continuously edit and rework until everything was just right. Likewise, I began formulating activities that addressed specifically what needed to be taught, in a fun exploratory way. Then, I tackled the homework side of the equation. I created concise differentiated assignments with plenty of space to show work. These questions were directly correlated with the tests I created, to show evidence of mastery. I even invented a new feedback system for quick grading, combined with a student self-reflection component, using a standards-based approach. After years of reworking and editing all of this content, I decided to share my creations. It has become my mission to give teachers something that students positively respond to, created by someone in the profession. In essence, materials that will optimize a teacher's impact on student learning.

Teaching style

Differentiated, efficient and student-centered.

Awards & shining teacher moments

One of only two hundred educators selected nationwide as part of the Learnzillion Dream Team in 2013 to create online lessons. Consultant for companies such as McGraw Hill, Smarter Balanced, and Tang Math.

My own education history

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Education Masters in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

Additional biographical information

Quality and results come standard.