First off, it's important that I share my school's bell schedule so this all makes sense. We are blocked. Monday we meet every class for 1 hour. The rest of the week we alternate periods 1, 3, 5 and 2, 4, 6 and classes last 2 hours each. So on a given week I see Period 4, for example, 1 hour on Monday, and 2 hours on Tuesday and Thursday. This year I'm planning on a “2 Week Cycle” for my groups. This means groups will change every two weeks. I have tables of 4, but I plan to make groups of 3 students. The other table will be used for HW folders (see my upcoming HW post), materials, etc. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for enough desks and < 30 students per class to make this work. I have 9 (hope to make it 10) Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces (VNPSs) in Read the full post...

Thank you for coming to our session. Here are the presentation materials. -LiemnNate MTBoS Meets MfA What's the Scenario Presentation MTBoS Meets MfA What's the Scenario Presentation Handout 5.4 #blowingup Read the full post...

Today in my Algebra 2 class we solved equations. I started with a simple worksheet – solving linear and quadratic equations with one variable. Easy stuff. But as I looked around the room I was very happy with what I saw. My students were all working diligently. More importantly they were working together. Many had left their seats to ask for help. Others were moving between groups confirming their answers. At this point in the year, I was proud to see my students motivated and working hard. I remember in my early years, as the year wound down, my students would become less and less willing to work and more and more likely to try to distract me from teaching. I suppose I've come a long way. Some thoughts… My students like easy work. This is somewhat bothersome. I Read the full post...

Thank you for coming to our session. Here are the session materials. NCTM 2016 Session 450 Functions Powerpoint NCTM Session 450 Functions Participant Handouts LiemnNate Unit.1.Relations.and.Functions Carl's Function Tasks link for more information please contact me at liemtran@mfala.org Read the full post...

Here are the materials from your session: Session 473 Arithmetic Sequences and Series Powerpoint Session 473 Handouts Nate Goza and Liem Tran's Year 1 Unit 3 – Arithmetic Sequences and Series Thanks for coming. -Liem and Nate Read the full post...