My Testing Shirt

I have a testing shirt. I’m not sure how it became my testing shirt, but I faithfully wear it on every day that my students test (including every day of CST). Students and teachers across campus know that it’s a test day when I wear this shirt....

The Barbie Bungee

Man! My life has been a blur the last 2 week! A few things before I start: I’m unaccustomed to writing math-centered posts (which you’ve noticed if you read anything prior to the Mullet Ratio). Though I’m still pretty green, I’m thrilled to be...

The Mullet Ratio

UPDATE –  21 December 2013: My department developed a week-long performance task about this, and it’s awesome. UPDATE – 06 February 2016 Karine Rozon of Ontario, Canada has translated the Mullet Ratio into French. Thanks! Karine Rozon de...
A Math Valentine

A Math Valentine

I had a sub on Thursday, and the students’ assignment was a Valentine’s Card using math vocabulary (and the math terms underlined). Here are some of the all-stars. Click on the first one to see a slideshow. So, I stole a few lines, and here is a letter to...

The most exciting boring thing I do

“So, Matt; what are you up to this weekend?” Well, Thursday, I’m taking a day off and going to an Exponents and Polynomials workshop with my team, then I go to Palm Springs on Friday and Saturday for a Math conference. I plan on spending three days of my...