I’ll Rip Your Face Off: The Art of Defacing Manipulatives

6-8, Against the Norm, Fractions, Making Math Accessible, Making Sense Series, Math Progressions, Math Tools, Strategy Development, Teacher Content

It’s our fault. We have no one to blame but ourselves. We unknowing pigeonhole student thinking with the manipulatives we use. Take fraction tiles for example. Much to my disappointment, they come with labels and it kills me. Manipulatives that come pre-labelled...

GCTM 2016 – Ignite Talks

Against the Norm

For the second year running, we tackled Ignite Talks at Georgia’s Math Conference.   Mike Wiernicki Katie Breedlove Jenise Sexton Karla Cwetna Carla Bidwell Brian Lack    ...

Colorblind Teachers, Invisible Students (Ignite – GCTM 2016)

Against the Norm

We recently finished up our state math conference here in Georgia. Last year I shared our Ignite Talks in this space and plan to do the same with our 2016 session.  As I edit the videos and prepare to release them, there’s one talk I’ve watched multiple...

The One-Handed Clock in a Digital Era

Against the Norm

It’s tough to make a case for the analog clock in our digital world. I’ll leave the debate of its relevance up to the professionals. Nonetheless, the analog clock remains a staple in the majority of math curriculums. Let’s take the following standard...

3-Act Task: A kindergarten lesson captured

Against the Norm

Over the past few months I’ve been asked for videos that capture a 3-Act Task being taught in the elementary grades. I didn’t have any, or know of anyone that has captured an elementary 3-Act except for this Teaching Channel piece. Before moving forward,...

Geometric Subitizing: A Different Kind of Number Talk

Against the Norm, Algebra, counting, Fact Fluency, Making Math Accessible, Math Tools, Number Sense, Strategy Development

Download the Resource       These Geometric Subitizing Cards have been in beta the past two years. I asked our buddy Joe Schwartz to take them for a test drive last spring and he reported back.  Joe’s all in. How do they work?  Let’s...