Category: Math

Math Conferences when Students are Stuck

It seems like feelings toward challenging math problems tend to lean toward extremes.  Students either really enjoy them or they really don’t.  Many of my goals for this year revolve around math, including helping students stay motivated, even when the problems get tough.  I’m working toward having a math class

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Maximizing Math Conferences

I hope everyone is having a great summer!  If you’re like me, thoughts are starting to swirl around in your head for the next school year.  (We go back early – 8/13.)  Today I would like to share a great book I read this summer about math conferences.  I like

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Creating a Math Challenge Bin

On an earlier post, I shared some upgrades to my math workshop.  One of my favorite upgrades was creating a challenge bin for some of my students to use when they were finished with the assigned activities.  Students are not allowed to choose the activities unless they have completed their

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