SamizdatMath

Are you teaching the good old "o of o's" this year? Are you dreading it, because no matter how much "scoot" you play with it, you still don't like teaching it and you don't like your students not understanding it and do you not like re-teaching it? Do you know that there is a different way to teach it so that it is actually fun, interesting and, most of all, relevant? This is 45 pages of detailed information about how you can implement THE MOST AWESOME UNIT ON THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS EVER! I'm

We are reflective teachers who embrace the CCSS Standards for Mathematical Practice. We are committed teachers who want to take the magic out of mathematics and focus on the beauty of sense-making. We wish for teachers everywhere to seek coherence and connection rather than offer students memorized procedures and short-cutting tricks. Students are capable of rich conceptual understanding; don't rob them of the opportunity to experience the discovery of new concepts. We acknowledge that this is