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Teach Math with Spiralled 3-Act Tasks – a full course
This semester was my first go at spiralling a course through problems instead of units. Traditionally we teachers follow the chapters and sections from the textbook. Well why not? It’s all laid out and...
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Catch the Spiral!
Last May I shared my day-to-day planning spreadsheet for my grade 9 applied course. On that sheet I recorded the topic, tasks, and resources for each day of the semester. I used that as a resource for...
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Double Clothesline – Solving Equations
I have always taught solving 2-step linear equations by starting with a balance scale. Having students whittle their way down to see how many marbles were in each bag was always a win for me…..in most...
View ArticleUpdating the MFM1P Spiral
“Have you taught for 25 years? Or have you taught one year 25 times?” I don’t think I’ve taught the same course the same way ever. Why would we? We don’t have the same kids in front of us. And...
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MEL3E Day 20
Since it’s October I picked a candy theme estimate from Estimation180. We chatted for the first 5 minutes about our favourite Halloween candy. After some Too high, too low, and best guesses we revealed...
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Second semester is starting tomorrow and I just wanted to get down my ideas on things I will be changing and things I will be keeping….. New things… I’ll be using the spreadsheet I modified from...
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Help us Make the Awesome Assessment Tool We All Need!
Our semester is now half over and the use of our spreadsheet and mastery learning has been amazing. I didn’t think that the spreadsheet system Kyle and I created back in January, based on Alice...
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