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This post contains resources mentioned in the Engaging Students with Hands-On Data Collection Activities presented at the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2022 Summer Conference. Slides and additional information will be added to this post following the presentation. Dotplot Magnets Design your Own Dot Plot Magnets Dot Plot of the Day Activity Tenzi Tenzi …
This post contains links to resources mentioned in the Embracing Joy in Math Class Keynote Presentation given at the Oklahoma Council for Teachers of Mathematics 2022 Summer Conference. Following the presentation, copies of the slides and additional information about the presentation will be added. Resources Mentioned in Presentation Free Printable Lesson Plan Book Classroom Decorations …
October 22, 2021: Things Teenagers Say Volume 60 It has been a VERY crazy week, so I thought I would end the week with a new volume of Things Teenagers Say. This is my regular round-up of the crazy and memorable things I hear my students say in class. One week into school… Student: Wait. …
Earlier this month, I got a text from my mom congratulating me on being named Channel 6’s Teacher of the Day. Each day, our local news station highlights an educator and shares a brief statement that was submitted in a nomination form online. This was a lovely surprise! Here’s the text from the video: Friday’s …
Last week, I went through the day-long interview process for Oklahoma Teacher of the Year. I loved having the chance to talk about my favorite teaching ideas and the process I go through to create memorable experiences for my students, but an entire day of making small talk was exhausting for this introvert. It was …
Today, I am super-pleased to share a guest post with you from Shana who blogs at Scaffolded Math and Science. I love stalking Shana’s blog because she posts some of the most gorgeous photos of her classroom. Seriously, her word wall is to die for! You can also interact with her on Twitter! Today, she …
I’m trying a new strategy this year. It’s not something new; it’s actually something many other teachers are already doing in their classrooms. But, this is my first time trying this. We’ve been practicing applying the distributive property and combining like terms in Algebra 1. I want my students to realize that they can only …
I have designed half-sheet to-do lists for this next year. My thinking is that since they only take up half a sheet they can be inserted in the middle of my weekly spread. I’ve tried keeping my to-do items on my weekly spread, but that just ends up too messy. Plus, I usually have way …
Guys, professional development starts tomorrow. Tomorrow. TOMORROW. Today, I went up to school for 6ish hours to get stuff ready for kids who show up on Thursday. I’ve given up on having my room decorated. That can come later. (And, by the way, I do actually have an excuse for why my room isn’t super …
The Beginning of #Teach180 Originally Posted August 15, 2015 Okay. For years, I’ve followed along with some amazing 180 blogs. The idea is to blog a picture from every single school day with a short caption. (Unless, of course, you’re Justin Aion…) These aren’t full blown blog posts. They’re just photos with descriptions. I …
I’ve been staying busy the last few days with finishing up work for my second graduate class of the summer – Diversity in Education. I’m missing my math based classes and looking forward to getting back to them as the school year starts back up. Of course, I’m more excited about the fact that I’ll …
So, a crazy thing happened back in May. A really crazy thing. Something so crazy I didn’t actually realize it was something that happened to people in real life. The City of Drumright declared May 6, 2015 to be “Sarah Hagan Day.” There was an assembly, and the mayor presented me with a key to …
So, life has been a bit busier than normal for me of late. And, it’s totally the fault of the MTBoS. And NPR. It all started back in November. I received a notification that I had been mentioned in a tweet. If you haven’t heard, the NPR Ed team is doing a …
Welcome to the 77th edition of the Math Teachers at Play Blog Carnival! I’m super excited to be hosting this carnival because I’ve been reading it for years! Yes, I am that crazy person who started reading math teacher blogs as a high school junior. I think you are going to enjoy going through the …
The first lesson I implemented from the OERB Core Energy Mathematics Workshop I attended was on Oil and Natural Gas Production Profit. I did this lesson with my Algebra 1 students as a review of writing equations based on a real-life situation and as an introduction to solving systems of equations. I modified the worksheets …
One semester, I worked as a grader for the math department at my university. I graded quizzes and homework assignments for Calculus I. It was a ton of work for not a lot of money, but I thought it would be good to put on my resume. In all actuality, I didn’t even put it …