Wondering how to get your students graphic functions? It can be such a struggle. You hand out the graphing assignment, and within seconds, hands shoot up. “Wait, which one is x again?” “Do we start at the top or bottom?” “This looks nothing like yours!” …sound familiar? Graphing functions can
Wondering how to teach slope to 8th grade students? Whether you’re a new algebra teacher, or you’re just looking for a way to teach it – you’ll learn best practices and new ideas here in this article. Slope is one of those topics in 8th-grade math that either clicks right
Real-world activities that boost engagement and bring math to life — especially at the end of the year If you’re a middle or high school math teacher looking for real-world, hands-on projects that actually get students excited — especially during that tricky end-of-year stretch — you’re in the right place.
Teaching financial literacy usually isn’t something we think about when we’re teaching algebra, but they go together so well. You know that moment when a student throws their hands up in frustration and asks, “Why do I even need to learn this stuff?” It’s a classic algebra teacher experience, right?
If you’re a math teacher who wants to save time, engage students, and enhance learning outcomes, without spending extra hours making it happen– then you, my friend, are in the right place. Before I discovered the power of AI, and AI lesson planning tools, I struggled with finding time to
Exponential functions have a way of making even the most math-loving students throw their hands up in frustration. It’s not that the concept itself is impossible to grasp—it’s that the way it’s often taught feels disconnected from anything students care about. They’re left wondering why they need to know what
I’m a long time math teacher who believes that all students can grow in their confidence and capabilities in the mathematics classroom when you take a modern approach.
I empower teachers to transform their classrooms using project-based learning, to see how real + relevant problems get real results!
Addressing the “It’s too Hard” with Low Floor High Ceiling Tasks In our last post on student engagement, we addressed the three main reasons
What is student engagement? We all think about student engagement, but do we ever stop to think about what it really means? Is student engagement
How can we plan for what we don’t know? Teachers this year are charged with a daunting task in trying to plan out their curriculum
Did you know that blended learning is one of the most effective teaching strategies for math? It helps us to create a more equitable and
How do you teach math with Project Based Learning? A question I get most often is how on earth do we use Project Based
