Let me be honest with you. My first year of teaching almost broke me. I walked into my classroom with my lesson plans printed, my anchor charts made, and my heart completely full. I was ready. Or at least I thought I was. What I was not ready for wa...

The Power of Letting Students Struggle — and Why it Works Can I tell you something that took me way too long to figure out? For a long time I thought my job as a teacher was to make math easy. To break it down so small, explain it so clearly, and wa...

How to Facilitate a Math Discussion Without Giving Away the Answer Here is a scene I know every teacher has lived through. You pose a problem to your class. A student raises their hand and says something that is almost right but not quite there. And...