My early experiences in math were uneventful. I played with manipulatives and talked about math but I didn’t know I was doing math or developing mathematical thoughts. If anything, I was ambiguous about the subject of math because it just seemed a part of the world and I didn’t connect it to the title of “math”. Once I entered public …
Common Core Math Practices and Classdojo
I have been doing some more work with running groups in a geometry classroom this year. We have introduced a set of skills that are closely related to the common core math practices. We identified skills such as constructing viable arguments from the common core and described what this might look like when students are working in groups. I have …