Value Added Publishing
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Bluffton, Ohio, United States
About the store
Jay Waggoner and Matt Lora have a combined 53 years experience of teaching in the classroom and many, many hours of one-on-one tutoring. Although Jay may not appreciate how it will be noted that there is a significant age difference between us, our success as a small company is the product of understanding, monitoring and helping students maintain key mathematical disciplines. Our goals are established by our line of "trendy" and creative products.
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Thanksgiving Week Fun,3 Puzzle Package,Arithmetic,Vocabulary,Foods,X-word,W.S.
This offering is a three puzzle package involving Thanksgiving. Included are an arithmetic-based essay where the student does elementary arithmetic to supply the numbers for my prose . . . hopefully mentally. The student will need to know how to add and subtract (which I've given instructions for), evaluate simple exponents, and obey the order of operations. There is a food search where the student will find 20 of the more common foods partaken on Thanksgiving, then uncover a hidden message
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Arithmetic, Vocabulary
Mathematics, Thanksgiving, Arithmetic Look at Thanksgiving History
This offering is a nice puzzle to use during Thanksgiving week. It might best be used as a last day exercise in which fun can be had while learning also occurs . . . a win-win activity. As the student "writes" a Thanksgiving Day essay by evaluating arithmetic expressions using addition, subtraction, some fairly small exponential expressions, and order of operations they'll also learn of the history of Thanksgiving while breaking a coded message. The intent is for all problems to be done men
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Arithmetic, U.S. History
St. Patrick's Day puzzle,Deducing some St. Pat's stats,History & Arithmetic
Here's a St. Patrick's Day Puzzle that yields a bit of history and lore while enriching mental math abilities. To fill in the blanks, and find the answer to the anonymous quote, match the date below the blank with the letters and events below. If you do not recall the date of the events listed, I’ve given you the math wherewithal to calculate the date. Of course, it might help to learn/remember that a quick way to subtract mentally is by “over-subtracting.” Consider 736 – 198. Inste
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Arithmetic, Mental Math
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About the store
Experience
Jay Waggoner and Matt Lora have a combined 53 years experience of teaching in the classroom and many, many hours of one-on-one tutoring. Although Jay may not appreciate how it will be noted that there is a significant age difference between us, our success as a small company is the product of understanding, monitoring and helping students maintain key mathematical disciplines. Our goals are established by our line of "trendy" and creative products.
Teaching style
Jay Waggoner and Matt Lora agree that students and teachers will have success in the math classroom by using 3 simple rules.
1) Teaching and Learning has to be FUN!
2) Students must memorize basic facts about numbers and their operations.
3) Monitoring of student performance must be weekly and should be cumulative using calculator and non-calculator assessments.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Jay Waggoner: Teacher of the Year Award at Shawnee High School (Lima, OH) 1996
My own education history
Jay Waggoner: BA and MA in teaching Mathematics
Matt Lora: BA and MA in teaching Mathematics
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