Tag Archives: math talks

Mental Math of 45 x 25

By Fawn | Published: May 18, 2016

Wow. I suck at this #MTBoS30 thing. Couple days ago I tweeted this out because my kids were working on the same one. Thousands of folks — okay, maybe 7 or so people — responded, and I thought it’d be fun to see what some common and not-so-common strategies were. Most common (22 people): (40 x 25) + […]

Posted in General | Also tagged #MTBoS30, mental math | 2 Responses

MathTalks.net

By Fawn | Published: September 6, 2014

My old math talks site needed to die. It was riddled with missing image icons and plagued by shitty formatting. I had to fix the main blog and do other things, so this could wait. Only 2 or 3 people in the universe were checking it out anyway. Although traffic to math talks is low to nil, I’m really fond of it. […]

Posted in General, Teaching | Also tagged algebraic thinking, mental math, Number Talks, pattern talks, student thinking, warm-ups | 15 Responses

Pacing Guide

By Fawn | Published: August 19, 2014

For someone who has openly admitted to not following curriculum pacing guides, I sure spent a ridiculous amount of time churning one out. Our middle school is adopting CPM Core Connections 1, 2, and 3. Aside from our own reviews, the decision to go with CPM were also based on: Desmos is embedded in many lessons Other teachers’ reviews, […]

Posted in General | Also tagged CPM, CPM Core Connections, pacing guide, supplementing the curriculum, warm-ups | 15 Responses

Math Talks and 180 Days Restored

By Fawn | Published: July 18, 2014

It often takes just one teacher* to ask me to do something — like putting the sites back up — that motivates me like no other. Because I know that if I could do this for this one teacher, then I’m doing this for his students. I have heard a few teachers say, “I’m not sharing my stuff […]

Posted in General | Also tagged 180 Days, How To Learn Math: For Students, Jo Boaler, Number Talks, teachers helping teachers | 10 Responses

I Can’t Afford Not To

By Fawn | Published: March 10, 2014

When I share with teachers what my students do outside of the textbook/curriculum, I get the familiar and reasonable concern from them that there’s not enough time to cover the content as is, how is it possible to do “other stuff,” such as: Math Munch Problem Solving (weekly, in-class, group) Math Talks (including Visual Patterns) My reasons for […]