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My Dave Ramsey Goals

It was just last week that I wrote about how sticking to New Year’s Resolutions is really just like problem solving.  Then a few days ago I was listening to Dave Ramsey via the iPhone app on my drive to work and heard him re-iterate the 5 things that differentiate a WISH from a GOAL […]

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Why I call myself a ‘Recovering’ Traditionalist

Everyday a little piece of a traditional teacher creeps out of me in an unexpected way. Yesterday our family was driving around looking at jobs my husband is working on and our oldest son, who sits between us up front in the bench seat of the truck, asks, “What does C-E-N-T-E-R spell?” Both my husband […]

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Fly on the Math Teacher’s Wall: Squashing Fraction Misconceptions

I am once again working with a group of math bloggers to join forces in ‘squashing’ some math misconceptions.  For the inaugural blog hop we tackled the big idea of Place Value.  This time around we are taking on FRACTIONS.  Read through my thoughts and then at the bottom is a link to another blogger and their thoughts […]

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Using number lines for Time problems

The newest addition to our family finally slept through the night.  So besides the panic wake up at 3:30, rushing to his bedside to ensure he was in fact still alive, it was a great night of sleep.  When he woke up at 5 am, I was feeding him and of course figuring out a […]

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Teaching Numeracy Book Study-Preface & Intro

I am partaking in a book study over at the Math Coach’s Corner on the book Teaching Numeracy: 9 Critical Habits to Ignite Mathematical Thinking by Margie Pearse and K.M. Walton.  I always have intentions of reading a new book during the summer, but summertime is my busy time for doing teacher trainings so my good […]

The Recovering Traditionalist

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I Heart Math

Valentine’s candy conversation hearts are a favorite around our house.  I recently saw this post about these cool conversation hearts that have letters instead of sayings on them. Of course, being math minded as I am, my first thought was, “What math could teachers do with these conversation hearts?”  Here are my initial 🙂 ideas…do you […]

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Mathematical Christmas Buying Guide 2013

The other day my mom asked me if I saw a thing she pinned on Pinterest that encouraged people to give their children 3 things for Christmas: 1) Something they want. 2) Something they need. 3) Something to read. I like the simplicity of this idea, but my initial response was, “What about something mathematical?”  […]

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