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First Grade Tales from a Former High School Teacher

It’s Thursday, which means at 2:00, I’m off to Mrs. Quick’s class to play math with the first graders. Hooboy, they were wound up today. This was going to be fun. While scanning through the Math...

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Fraction Frenzy

“Mommy, will you play school with me?” Those words usually send me into an anxious panic given that I spend all of my working hours “playing school.” But now that I am on a leave of absence from my...

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Growing the Mathematical Mind through Reading

Kickstarter has a magnetism that I am powerless to resist. I’m not sure what draws me in most: the creative novelty of the projects themselves or the inspiring hustle of the imagineers turning their...

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Holy Hundreds Chart!

One of the best things about working with first graders is that they have internalized very few procedures and algorithms.  So when they are posed with a problem or scenario, they are eager to develop...

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Over the last year and a half or so, I’ve taken a deep dive into the world of mathematical art. My current explorations include geometry and beads.   What’s equally interesting about these hobbies is...

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The Compass and the Straight Edge: a Complicated Love Story

“Hi. My name is Megan Schmidt. I’m a former high school math teacher and future PhD candidate. This presentation has nothing to do with either of those things.” “Full disclosure: This session will not...

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Today, I Finally Set Down the Chalk

Today was the last day of school. The bell rang at 2:25, and like every year, the students cheered, the teachers breathed a collective sigh of relief, and the school emptied to close out the year. But...

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Math is Beautiful (and other lies)

When I was growing up, I really wanted to be able to do art.  My mom was incredibly crafty, and my younger brother seemed to follow in her footsteps.  My brother filled canvases and sketchbooks,...

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Math Art

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Today We Are Going to Act like First Graders

I teach a class called Mathematics Content and Pedagogy; it’s a course for Elementary pre-service teachers. Most days are pretty fun. Today was amazing. We began with introducing numbers in base 5....

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