Materials: Friend, Not Foe!

Preparing for the Beginning of a New School Year

It’s that time again—time to start planning for the beginning of the school year. We all know that the start of a new...

Using Exit Tickets to Inform Instruction

This webinar will show how using the Exit Ticket and Student Debrief at the end of Eureka Math TEKS Edition

Preparing for a Successful School Year and Preempting Burnout

We’ve all experienced it at one point or another—that feeling where you’ve reached your tipping point and you’re...

Giving Teachers the PD They Need and Want

At the start of the school year, my oldest son got on the bus for his first day of 1st grade, which means he’s trading...

Eureka Math TEKS Edition is Your First Stop for RTI

Response to Intervention (RTI) is an approach to academic intervention that helps educators identify and support the...

The Struggle is Real (and Productive)

When your students struggle, your instinct may be to jump in and help them. That’s natural. You care about your...

Strip Diagrams Reveal Underlying Mathematics

A stripdiagram isapictorial model studentscan drawto representa mathematical relationshipor to develop understanding of

In Math Instruction, Words Are Just as Important as Numbers

When working with students, choose language that communicates a growth mindset, not a fixed mindset.

Effectively Addressing Unfinished Learning

At the start of every school year, but especially this school year, you may wonder, “How do I adjust for missed...

Maintaining Rigor with Eureka Math TEKS Edition®

What does rigorous mathematicsmean to you? When answering this question, many teachers think of how difficult the math...

Multilingual Learners: Improving Access While Maintaining Rigor

When I was in the classroom, I sometimes struggled to prepare lessons that met the needs of multilingual learners, who,...

Customizing Problems for All Learners

As a district math consultant supporting the implementation of Eureka Math®, part of my charge was to ensure that the...

Building Mathematical Thinkers, One Application Problem at a Time

When am I ever going to use this in life?

My students asked me this question all the time. The truth is, I didn’t know...

Continuous Learning in Action

The education community has always accepted change and adapted to it. But it’s probably fair to say that we’ve never...

Excellent Instruction in Extraordinary Times

To say that the 2019–2020 school year was out of the ordinary would be an understatement. Because of the pandemic,...

Exit Tickets: Plan, Analyze, and Adjust

Exit Tickets are quick formative assessments that can help you make instructional decisions effectively. But with so...

Application of the Strip Diagram—A Tool For Problem Solving

STRATEGIES

A load of bricks is twice as heavy as a load of sticks. The total weight of 4 loads of bricks and 4 loads of...

Read-Draw-Write: Making Word Problems Less Problematic

Students need a better approach to word problems than just key words.

The Value of Think Time

STRATEGIES 

As teachers we are pressed for time. We have what seems like a week’s worth of material in front of us and...

Supporting Students with Mathematical Models

The Eureka Math®TEKS Edition curriculum uses an intentionally selected set of versatile models to support students’...

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