For a department meeting at the beginning of the year (before I started running department meetings), I had the opportunity to showcase a instructional strategy. I chose Always/Sometimes/Never. Unfortunately, I was sick, and I was not at the meeting, but I'm a huge fan of this strategy, and I would like to talk about why. … Continue reading Strategy Showcase: Always/Sometimes/Never

As I did with I, We, You, today I am going to analyze one of my favorite strategies – 3 Reads – by answering ten questions. Where did I hear about this strategy?  Source: OUSD Instructional Toolkit for Mathematics p. 27-28 Also see: Dan Meyer's Post that led me to it I should note that I found … Continue reading Strategy Showcase: 3 Reads

Where did I hear about this strategy? The New York Times recently published the article Why Do Americans Stink at Math? In the article, Elizabeth Green discusses the ubiquitous "I, We, You" instructional strategy, and I thought it would be good to test my Ten Questions on a strategy with which I have mixed-feelings. In fact, I don't … Continue reading Strategy Showcase: I, We, You

On this blog – under the Strategy Showcase heading – I want to write about the lesson ideas and instructional strategies I'm using in my classes. I want to write about the failures and successes and the drawbacks and benefits. But when I started to write, I realized this was way too broad. I could … Continue reading Ten Questions