When students learn to categorize and classify quadrilaterals, that’s not all they are learning. They are learning an entire way of thinking that is fundamental to making sense of the world and understanding its nature.
Why I Teach Geometry at the beginning of the school year
What if instead, we teach geometry at the START of the school year? What if we open our math curricula with shapes and symmetry and arrays and grids? How and why might that work better?
Empowering students through assessments: When you know what you can already do and what you need to work on, you feel more in control. How to help students develop a growth mindset through assessments.
In my classroom management, I like to implement systems on three levels of accountability: hold students accountable individually, as teams/ small groups, and as a whole class. This is how I use team points for small group accountability...