Middle School Math Teacher at GVSMS. Elementary Mathematics Specialist. Ed. S in Admin. ~Work hard and be nice to people~
Lee's Summit, MO
Joined January 2016
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New activity from your pals at Desmos!
✨ Getting to Know You ✨
A free distance activity to help you and your students introduce yourselves this fall.
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Why have I not been using @Screencastify all along for students who miss class🤯 So easy and so much better than typing a long email to answer their questions. #SMSEagles #GVEaglePD
Algebra 1 students used the @desmos Marbleslides activity to transform parabolas in order to launch marbles and collect stars. 🌟 #SMSEagles
@GVMrsJonesELA !!!!! Tell Matthew!!!
🎨 Announcing our first Art Contest!! 🎨 Details here:
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@lmjenkins84 @mrsgroshong look at this one!
🌈 NEW FREE ACTIVITY 🌈
In Balance the Scale, students will use scientific notation to figure out questions like ...
... how many jellybeans will balance an Egyptian pyramid?
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“Kindness scales. It scales better than competitiveness, frustration, pettiness, regret, revenge, merit, or apathy.
Kindness ratchets up. It leads to more kindness. It can create trust & openness & truth & enthusiasm & patience & possibility”. #SMSEagles
thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/Br…
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@lmjenkins84 for Reg this week or next 😊
ANOTHER new activity?
In 🐢 Turtle Crossing students create distance-time graphs to help the turtle SKIP PAST THOSE SNAKES!
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Our students LOVED this Desmos activity. @emmygilbert try it with your advanced math class during your proportional relationships unit!
Y'all are keen on "notice & wonder" but look what happens when you ask students to "tell a story."
h/t @LBmathemagician & @Maestra_Rocha for the idea. More here: blog.desmos.com/articles/how…
teapaw.org/mreschborn/status/1215… h/t
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A great reminder to check our thoughts and shift our mindsets. Choose to see the good. #SMSEagles
#SMSEagles 👏🏻👏🏻 – at Lake Lotawana, MO
In working to solve big problems, we often look for grand designs, programs, or initiatives, failing to recognize that our greatest leverage, our capacity to influence, comes from right where we stand.
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“People start to heal the moment they feel heard” ~Cheryl Richardson
#LearnFwd19 #traumainformed – at St Louis, MO
PLC cohort participated in a peer observation today using the Tovani/Bennett observation model. Ts had the pleasure of observing @chadlograsso while focusing on how we can evoke/foster critical thinking. We connected what we saw/heard to research. Go team! #GVEAGLEPD #SMSEagles
I've made @openmiddle problem matrices for 3rd grade to Algebra 2 to show how a single problem can replace an entire worksheet. This blog highlights the 7th grade #DOK matrix but has a button to download EVERY grade level right now. robertkaplinsky.com/depth-of… #iteachmath #MTBoS
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@lmjenkins84 let’s remember this for quadratics unit! – at Lake Lotawana, MO
I didn't realize how little I understood about quadratics until I created this problem & didn't know how to solve it. It helped me build conceptual understand and I hope it will help your students as well. Hints & answers on @openmiddle: openmiddle.com/maximum-value… #iteachmath #MTBoS
They are VERY loud, but also very engaged in a review of all things slope🤓 @quizlet #Algebra1 #SMSEagles #GVEaglePD
GV middle school math teachers spent a day exploring the differences between 3 act tasks and rich mathematical tasks. Teachers then collaborated to create rich tasks that aligned with upcoming units. #GVEaglePD – at Missouri, USA
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