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• Preparing to Flip your Classroom

  

  If you’ve been thinking about flipping your classroom I can’t urge you enough to DO IT!!!!! I flipped my class 8 years ago and I will never go back. It was the greatest move I have ever made for my students’ success and my sanity. I am now a facilitator in my room, and the…

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  May 11, 2022

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• Spring means your last chance to obtain data to inform your teaching.

  

  What’s special about these last weeks is that we still have an opportunity to gather student input. A simple questionnaire, google form or survey monkey could give us incredible insight into how our students feel about these changes, or even the changes they would suggest. Plus, kids love to give their input!! They would love…

  mathlabclassroom

  May 5, 2022

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  classroom environment, classroom management, democratic classroom, end of school year, math pedagogy, pedagogy, student choice, student input, student questionnaire, student survey, teacher strategies, using surveys to inform pedagogy

• Teacher Appreciation: This means you!!

  

  Fostering teacher appreciation engagement at your school doesn’t need to come from administration.View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  mathlabclassroom

  April 29, 2022

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• What’s in a grade?

  

  If a student has a 95% in a class what do we think that means? What does the student think that means? What do their parents think that means? Does it mean they have mastered 95% of the content taught thus far? Does it mean they can expect to score in the 95th percentile on…

  mathlabclassroom

  April 26, 2022

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• Conferencing for the Math Classroom

  

  How can you harness the power of one-on-one conferencing in the Math Classroom?View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  mathlabclassroom

  April 21, 2022

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  goal setting, math strategies, relationship building, student conferencing, student feedback, student meeting, teacher feedback, teacher meeting

• Teaching Empathy

  

  Can Acts of Kindness help reestablish Empathy and Respect in schools?View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  mathlabclassroom

  April 13, 2022

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• Flipped Classroom: Facilitating, not lecturing

  

  Flipping your class changes the entire dynamic! You are no longer the sage on the stage, and now there’s time for fun activities and to sit with struggling students. Investigate this epic differentiation strategy.View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  mathlabclassroom

  April 11, 2022

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• Is Music a Good Classroom Manager?

  Can music help to establish expectations in the classroom?View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

  mathlabclassroom

  April 10, 2022

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• The Case for Interactive Notebooks

  

  I’ve been using interactive notebooks for the last 7 years and will never teach without them again. An interactive notebook is usually a composition notebook that students “interact” with by gluing in visuals, highlighting, drawing, graphing and reflecting on the pages with the notes. Some characteristics of the interactive notebook include consistent page numbering, tables…

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  April 7, 2022

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• Helping Students to Collaborate

  

  How do you teach kids to collaborate? It’s a years long process and set of skills that need constant honing and development. View post to subscribe to site newsletter.

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  April 6, 2022

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  classroom, collaborate, group work, student collaboration, student group work, students help each other, teacher, team work