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How To Teach Trigonometric Ratios for Retention
If you want to teach trigonometric ratios, here are 3 quick methods every geometry teacher needs to know. Method #1: Connect Trig Ratios To What The Students Already Understand Here's the big thing geometry teachers must...

How to Teach Transformations with These Ready To Use Free Resources
I love teaching transformations. It's so fun to get visual with the students and allow them to see the world around them with new vocabulary and new appreciation. Take a look around for examples Transformations are everywhere. I like to ask the students to brainstorm...

The Statistics Resources Roundup
So after the last blog post all about functions (if you missed it, you can find it here), I received a few asking about statistics. So I thought I would do another round-up for you. Every resource mentioned is free below. Enjoy! Before I begin, feel free to email me...

4 resources to help you teach functions
I have been getting a lot of emails regarding functions. How to teach them in a way that helps students to understand and remember what they are and why they are so important in mathematics (and science and computers and...)So, I thought I would share some previous...

Do you really need to cut sarcasm out of your classroom?
Humor is good, right? Sarcasm is so easy. It is fun to get a laugh. It certainly had a place in our home growing up and within my extended family too. I brought it with me as a teacher in my classroom. Humor is good, right? My embarrassment What I didn't realize...

Even on your worst days
You may have noticed this post on Facebook Page recently. (If not, feel free to like our page. We would love for you to join us!) One of the comments really made me think. "This is supposed to be encouraging...but I feel that it’s most truly an indictment on our...
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The fastest path to teaching math vocabulary [angle definitions lesson plan]
Do your students often forget the definitions that they need to understand to be successful in geometry? If so, this blog post is for you. We will use angle definitions specifically to address this topic.
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3 Reasons You Need Emergency Lesson Plans [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Emergency lesson plans are a great way to be sure that if you need to be out of your classroom, your students will continue to learn and grow even when you are not there or there are other situations.There are three different times that I use emergency lesson plans...

Overcoming the Butterfly Method
https://youtu.be/L3jmByleIu0 I recently shared an article on the expiration dates on certain strategies or concepts used in the classroom, and so many of you had such great comments on that article that I wanted to discuss it a bit further. The strategy that brought...

Classroom Management vs. Leadership
If you’ve been teaching for any amount of time, you have likely encountered those students who tend to shut down. There are many reasons why a student will have difficulties, and it is important to understand how to create the best environment possible for them. Too...