Tag: Perseverance
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How to Lead Students to Discover Exponent Multiplication and Division Rules
It’s no secret that you’re much more likely to remember something that you figured out on your own. Math discoveries are much the same, though they are less common. One of my favorite parts of teaching is taking the time to carefully craft learning opportunities that guide students toward finding patterns and discovering math rules…
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Building Math Skills Through Short Tasks
I used to laugh at, and repeat all the jokes about math and numbers. You know – “there’s an infinite amount of real numbers – why make up imaginary?!” Or the “I liked math until they started adding letters!” and so on. I thought that, after I scraped by Calculus 2 in college with a…
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Top Ten Tips for New Teachers
Congratulations! Diploma in hand and certifications acquired, you are ready to step into your own classroom! It is a scary but exciting time, and it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some tips to help you establish a positive and effective learning environment: Build Positive Relationships Take the time to get…
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Taking Care of the Little Things
Depending on who you ask or which search engine result you click on, I’m either the youngest of the Millennials or the oldest of the Gen Z. I wore Soffe shorts and danced to Soulja Boy. I got my first cell phone (a turquoise LG Scoop) for my birthday in 8th grade, only a few…
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Why Choose Teaching After 2020?
There’s a lot of negativity surrounding education lately, but especially following the COVID pandemic. I absolutely agree that there is a lot to be down about: lost learning time, education gaps and missing foundational skills, a widening achievement gap, and a complete end of education for some (World Economic Forum, 2022). That’s to say nothing…
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A Summer Haiku
In honor of summer rapidly approaching, I wanted to share a few summer themed haiku. Haiku is a Japanese style of poetry written in three lines, the first line containing 5 syllables, the second 7, and the 3rd line with 5 syllables once again. Haiku also typically describes nature or the seasons, what better way…
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Who Am I?
The world can take you wondrous places and lead you to meet incredible people. Life brought me to small town Kansas, to a school with fewer than 200 students K-12, to a farming community lucky enough to have a bank, a hospital, a bar, and 5 different churches. This is my home. I will live…
The Small Town STEM Teacher 