August 1, 2020 – #MTBoSBlaugust Challenge Accepted When I saw @druinok‘s tweet about her yearly #MTBoSBlaugust challenge this morning, I did a bit of a double take. August? How in the world is it August?!? Of course it is August. I had a doctor’s appointment yesterday on July 31st. It naturally follows that today is …
Teaching Journey
July 17, 2019 – Algebra 2 Excitement This coming school year, I will be teaching the same courses as this past year: Algebra 2 and Pre-Calculus. My school adopted new textbooks this past year shortly before I was hired, and our Algebra 2 books turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. Even though …
August 5, 2018 – Classroom Progress I got the “Welcome Back!” letter in my inbox recently with all the important professional development dates, and I started setting up my new classroom this week. So, it’s really starting to sink in that I’m about to start my new job! So far, I’m just hanging posters I …
August 3, 2017 – My ONE GOAL for the 2017-2018 School Year I am GREAT at setting goals. Just like I’m great at making to-do lists. What I’m terrible at, however, is actually doing those things I set out to do. I learned a long time ago that it was pointless for me to make …
August 9, 2016 – Cabinet Organizing Today turned into a pretty productive day. I read Smith and Stein’s 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions while waiting to have the alternator changed on our car. According to my Amazon account, I actually purchased this book back in May of 2014! It’s so sad that I’m …
August 10, 2015 – Definitive Proof I know some people believe that blogs should be 100% personal or 100% professional. I’ve never been one of those people. I love reading about what you guys, my MTBoS friends, are doing in your classrooms, but I also love reading about your adventures outside the classroom. I like …
Like I did with my student teaching reflections and my blog posts from my first year of teaching and second year of teaching, I am compiling my more reflective blog posts from my third year of teaching high school math into a single post. August 19, 2014 – Classroom Friendly Supplies Pencil Sharpener Review I’m …
Like I did with my student teaching reflections and my blog posts from my first year of teaching, I am compiling my more reflective blog posts from my second year of teaching high school math into a single post. August 7, 2013 – First Day of School Plans 2013 Well, today was my last day …
In 2020, I transferred my blog from Blogger to a Self-Hosted WordPress site. I set out to clean up my over 1200 posts to create a more user-friendly and easily navigable site. I am slowly creating separate pages for each of the foldables and interactive notebook pages I have shared over the years. I also …
I started writing this blog Math = Love in 2011 while I was still in college. I have collected my early blog posts and combined them into one single post that captures my journey through student teaching and the search for my first teaching job. It is my hope that future math teachers will find …