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The end of the school year is just around the corner (for some us sooner than later).  There's lots of content and testing still to come.  It's also a time when my students have seen just about every one of my creative tricks and activities.  We've had gallery walks, created newspapers, completed notes, analyzed primary sources, built social classes, evaluated data, compared maps, built timelines, and...  So, as we get ready to close out the year, I look to turning over the content almost entirely to the students.  We have been building to this all year in my student-centered classroom.  I am taking the training wheels off and letting them ride it alone.


Out for Spring Break...Math Mondays will be back April 23rd.  See you then.



Math Mondays is a bi-weekly blog post (2nd and 4th Monday of each month) sharing tips, ideas, resources, and products for teaching math.  If you have questions or think there is something I should include, you can leave me a message in the comments section below or at the store in the question and answer section.

As my readers know, I do not lecture.  I have written on this here and here.  Still, a 10-minute presentation on a topic can be very helpful for students, especially those who struggle with reading.  Here's five history-related video series that my students find interesting and I find helpful to introduce or reinforce information related to a variety of units.  I use these at stations, for homework, and as bell-ringers to kick off a topic.
Probability as a general concept is not that difficult.  If there are 6 green marbles and 1 white marble in a bag, the probability of choosing a green marble is higher than the probability of selecting a white marble.  Students see this with ease.  But when we get to the difference between permutations and combinations as part of our probability unit in Algebra 2, it isn't as obvious.  Here's how I teach these sometimes confusing concepts:

Social studies can be filled with facts, even in thematic classes, and students may struggle to make connections.  I love to use timelines to help students bring it all into perspective.  Among my favorite are comparative timelines which I use for interactive notebooks or collaborative activities as well as in 1:1 online versions.

 What is a comparative timeline?

  • A comparative timeline shows two or more subject areas which occurred at during the same time.  
  • A comparative timeline provides a visual understanding into the "big picture."


This week is going to be a great week for math.  Not only did the March Madness tournament bracket just come out (ready for a little probability) but also it's just 2 days until Pi Day.  Before I share more about what's going on for these special events, below is a list of some fun facts about Pi that you can share with your students that I found here.

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I hear from other teachers that they struggle to get information across to students without lecturing.  Even if they are comfortable lecturing, the teachers (and the students) get bored not too far into the school year.  Students need the background information for discussion, analysis and deeper thinking.  The problem is how to skip the lecture and get the information.  Here are ready-to-use ideas from me and my colleagues on solving the dilemma.
I am ready for a vacation.  I don't mind saying it.  I am exhausted, and my creativity is pushed to its limit.  With very little sleep and even less time, I am sharing a fun little trick I recently used just to add a little variety.

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