Transform Math Class into a Community of Problem Solvers
Let’s build problem solvers, not calculators. Word Problem Workshop book coming October 2025
Purposeful techniques are the key to getting every student describing their math thinking and learning from each other. Dr. Sztajn is the author of 📘 Activating Math Talk 11 Purposeful Techniques and the Dean of the College of Education at North Carolina State University. She has published over 90 papers, an edited book with […]
Now is the time … it’s almost the new year. Do you have any plans for your winter break? I love to check out for that first week and then in the second week of break, first week of the new school year I like to get a PLAN together. So, today we’re going to […]
What is your relationship with math? As an elementary school teacher, I always planned to avoid math. Just do the bare minimum and keep myself safe from math. I avoid math. When I walked into my first ever classroom I brought with me a lot of math baggage I didn’t even know I had. I […]
December…is…a…lot! You are the expert of your classroom and community. You know what will get your students excited and engaged. I encourage you to use this season of wild winter break build up to insert some play and fun because in the end it will infuse JOY and building your community with JOY is the […]
