What is Accessibility? Accessibility is a broad topic that can’t be covered in a single post, but here we’ll focus on a few website accessibility guidelines that also apply to classroom materials, handouts, and visuals. The overall goal of accessibility is to create things in a way that all people can access it, especially people with disabilities. However, accessibility is not just for people with disabilities. When we design things with accessibility in mind, it actually

One of the hardest years of my career was also one of the most transformational. It was my first time stepping into a leadership role,...

Why Repetition and Reinforcement Matter in Math Learning. If you’ve ever taught a lesson, given it your all, and then watched your...

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When teaching with students in groups throughout an entire class period, we can’t just stand up in front of the class and teach the whole...

Think-Pair-Share is probably the most common learning strategy in my classroom, but before we move on from this post thinking we know how...

As Students Walk In In order to set the tone for the year, I want to make sure students start doing math right away. Therefore, a warm up...

Greeting students at the door every day before every class has really helped relationship building. This isn’t an original post, but...

In our class, we work in groups pretty much all day, every day. What do seating charts look like? Here’s a blank template . I’m in favor...

This is how the room is set up. We work in groups all day, every day (except for assessment days). There will be a post later about how...