I teach 3rd grade math and use multiple formative assessments every single day. We use smart pals or white boards daily to review content and as a quick check for me to gauge their understanding to new content as well. Each of my math lessons end with an exit ticket. This helps me ensure that students are reaching mastery and fully…Read More

Our district has had discussion around the Kentucky’s Uniform Academic Course Codes and this is probably our biggest concern about the new accountability system. We are a small rural district with bare bones staff. Every year, our district faces a reduction in funding so the challenge to provide students opportunity and access to all of these…Read More

Project title: Talk the Talk

Extensive research in educational journals supports the importance of including time for students to have rich math talks. This discourse increases students’ mastery of content by holding them accountable for explaining their reasoning and their problem-solving strategies. The National Council of Mathematics (…Read More