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Teachers have access to more resources than ever, but finding, evaluating, and adapting them takes time too. What if we measured a resource by the work it removes instead?
Yes, we create math resources. Yes, we design curriculum, intervention materials, activities, and assessments, but that’s not what we’re really building. We are building time creation.
Absences happen. Kids get sick, have appointments, miss the bus, travel, or are out for a hundred other reasons. What I don’t think should happen is that a student’s absence suddenly becomes my responsibility to manage. I will make sure students have everything they need to figure out what they missed and get caught up.
Students don’t just copy. They write, annotate, highlight, and interact with the content as we go. I guide the process so they’re learning how to take math notes, not just recording information.
The first week of school can be unpredictable, stressful, fun, challenging… all the things! This year I decided to spend my entire first week on review and group work in my 5th grade math classroom. I wanted to set the tone from the very beginning that our class would be one full of collaboration, teamwork
