Anytime we can relate a math lesson to real life, student interest increases. My go to real life example is money. Over the years, whenever teachers dump things on the free table, I collect the play money. I’ve used it from Kinder to 6th grade and the enthusiasm never dwindles. Play Money as a Math […]
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Organizing Intervention Data for Groups
Organizing intervention data can be a challenge, until you have a system in place. The word data tends to get two reactions from teachers. 1. Really? MORE DATA?!!? or 2. Yippee! I’m a little embarrassed to admit that my reaction is more like the second one. I love data. There. I admitted it. The reason […]

