Cross Multiplying When Comparing Fractions? What We Should Do Instead!

by Jon & Kyle | Jul 19, 2021 | Featured Post, Fuelling Sense Making, Making Math Moments That Matter, Pedagogy

Cross Multiplying When Comparing Fractions? What We Should Do Instead! Why does cross multiplying work when comparing fractions? Where did it come from? Should we be teaching this technique to our students? Is there a better way? These are the questions we should ask...

Free Random Grouping Cards For Visible Random Groupings

by Jon & Kyle | Jul 12, 2021 | Featured Post, Making Math Moments That Matter, Pedagogy

Free Random Grouping Cards For Visible Random Groupings Teaching with problem-based tasks like the ones found on our tasks page will help to spark curiosity in your students as well as fuel their sense making. In our teacher resource guides we often recommend the use...

How To Teach Volume of a Prism

by Jon & Kyle | Jul 5, 2021 | Making Math Moments That Matter, Pedagogy, Sparking Curiosity

How To Teach Volume of a Prism Have you been keeping up with all of the action over on our Problem Based Math Lessons section of the website? We’ve got over 30 problem based math units ready to go and we are continuing to build out learning experiences that...

$4 Tips To Build Your Math Classroom Culture$

4 Tips To Build Your Math Classroom Culture

by kylepearce3 | Jul 4, 2021 | Featured Post, Making Math Moments That Matter, Pedagogy

4 Tips To Build Your Math Classroom Culture Despite our intentions to be the best math educators we can be, there is just one problem… TIME! We certainly understand that the beginning of a new school year feels like the busiest time of the year....

The Ultimate Summer Reading List For Math Educators

by Jon & Kyle | Jun 28, 2021 | Featured Post, Making Math Moments That Matter, Pedagogy, Sparking Curiosity

The Ultimate Summer Reading List For Math Educators As summer is here in the Northern Hemisphere many of us educators unwind, hang up our classroom keys, and enjoy some quality relaxing time. If you’re like us then you have a stack of books on your bedside table...

How To Introduce The Pythagorean Theorem

by Jon & Kyle | Jun 21, 2021 | Featured Post, Making Math Moments That Matter, Pedagogy, Sparking Curiosity

How To Introduce The Pythagorean Theorem The Pythagorean Theorem is one of those topics you probably find hard to avoid rushing to the algorithm. This topic is often taught by just showing the formula and then showing how to “plug and play”. Why not build...