People who know me know that I love what I do, so they often will tell me about their child’s math abilities. They will say their kid is horrible at math or that they are a math whiz. I always tell them that I would have to work with them to tell you what I …
If you are an educator, you know RELATIONSHIPS MATTER! But what relationships matter? I’m asking because we all know the relationships between students and teachers matter…but as an instructional coach I have encountered many teachers who feel they were not able to get the support they needed from coaches because they were not comfortable being …
Y’all I was talking to a student today that I worked with at the beginning of the year. She told me-I need help! I need you to come back to my class! I told her that I would be happy to get back in there but her teacher told me that she has grown so …
Finding the START line to get to the FINISH line. Read More »
So sometimes when you have been doing something for so long, you might feel like everyone knows about it. Like it’s old news. But I have spoken before about how dangerous assumptions like these can be. I was talking to a friend of mine who has been teaching pre-k for quite a while and she …
Y’all, parents are in an absolute uproar about the proposed changes taking place in Virginia in regards to accelerated math courses. You may be one of them! This post is for you! I have had three amazing discussions with friends who have reached out to me so far since the news broke a few days …
Why Virginia Eliminating Accelerated Math Courses is GOOD for your High Achiever Read More »
It’s pretty widely known that early literacy skills predict future literacy success. But did you know that early math skills predict academic success even better? In fact, research suggests that early math skills not only predict future mathematics success, but are a better predictor of academic success in language arts than early literacy skills! With …
It’s really not easy to shock me. It really isn’t. I am rarely surprised by things. But when the decision was made to go ahead with state testing this year, during a worldwide pandemic where kids have not had a regular school year by any means, I was shocked. I understand the push to reopen …
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Standardized Testing Read More »
We know we are supposed to have productive struggle in math class…but is it really that important? Can’t we just show them how to get the answer and then they do it and get it? It’s so much quicker and easier! Well the truth is it really is that important. But to illustrate why I’ll …
Why are we acting like this is a normal school year? Seriously, teachers everywhere would like to know! Especially in mathematics this pacing issue has become a really sticky situation. Why have we not adjusted local pacing guides to allow for students to master material in the virtual environment? I fear that all this “fly …
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