by Matt Vaudrey | Dec 30, 2016 | Actual Math, Education, Geekdom |
My daughter, Pickle,* and I got a package in the mail today. Developed by MathForLove, it was a kickstarter… like… nine months ago, and it arrived today. Immediately, (after we clocked the little brother with the box, denied it, got sent to time-out,...
by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 4, 2016 | Actual Math, Common Core |
Dear Claire, I stumbled (re-stumbled?) upon Fawn’s post about the first two days. Sprinkled with her usual wit and ornery charm, the visual pattern process struck me, especially since we’re hitting that hard next week as we “create equations and...
by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 4, 2016 | Actual Math |
Dear Claire, In a post last week, I described wondering if I was working hard at the wrong thing. Several students were comfortable solving one-step equations like this. They were less confident, but able to solve, problems like these. But their methods would...
by Matt Vaudrey | Apr 21, 2016 | Actual Math |
Bonita High School’s Teacher of the Year for 2015, Kari Redman, asked me into her class during prep period. So, once I texted Kaplinksy to say, “Your training went so well, you’re now a verb,” I scooted over to room 202 and she handed me this:...
by Matt Vaudrey | Mar 4, 2016 | Actual Math |
Today, Dana from one of my middle schools let me take over her first period and tackled Robert Kaplinsky’s In-N-Out burger task (with some modifications). Together, she and I re-created the Problem Solving Framework into a Google Doc. After some deliberation, we...
by Matt Vaudrey | Nov 19, 2015 | Actual Math |
Yesterday, something embarrassing happened. I’ve been spending a lot of time in the Math department at one of my High Schools, working with Teacher.Desmos.com, building activities, and preparing to roll out Barbie Bungee to all the Algebra classes. Yesterday, I...
