Nancy Frey's Blog, page 28
January 27, 2022
School Leadership Will Never Be Easy. But What if it Could Be Easier?
Back in the day before microwaves, iPhones, and Wordle there were the “Three Rs.” I was taught that a “sound” education comprised of these “Three Rs” which were: ● Reading, ● Writing, ● And Arithmetic. Now, I’m not arguing that those “Three Rs” aren’t important […]
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January 25, 2022
4 Great Classroom Games to Get at Real Mathematical Strategy and Fluency
A mathematics strategy game typically refers to a game that is won by out-maneuvering one’s opponent. Such games abound in apps. Some more common to the mathematics classroom include Nim and Mancala. These games include quantitative and deductive reasoning, and they are fun! But we […]
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January 19, 2022
Wanna Quit Teaching? You’re Not Alone. Three Ways to Reclaim and Rekindle Our Professional Flourishment
You don’t need me to tell you how demanding and outright exhausting it is to be a classroom teacher. And given the realities of our professional landscape these days, many of us are more than just exhausted. Every passing day, I hear more stories of […]
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January 18, 2022
Restoring Ourselves Through Restorative Practices
It’s Tuesday at a middle school. COVID cases are rising, staff is stretched to the limit, and the students are caught in the middle of the dual distresses of their loved ones at home and the educators at school. A student is disrupting your opening […]
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January 17, 2022
Keys to Happiness in 2022
Authors: Christine Mason, Jeff Donald, Krishna Kaur, Michele Rivers Murphy, and Valerie Brown As we enter 2022, all of us want to put the anguish of the past 20 months behind us. Yet, it seems as if we are almost tethered to trauma. It keeps […]
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January 13, 2022
Reflect, Refresh, and Rejuvenate Your Math Classroom by Celebrating Student Progress & Growth
January represents the beginning of a new calendar year; however, it is also the beginning of the second semester of the school year for students. The beginning of the second semester is a great time to “take the pulse” of your students’ mathematical thinking and […]
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January 11, 2022
3 Tips to Enhance Communication with Families About Their Child’s Math Before Year’s End
Welcome back from hopefully the most restful, relaxing, and rejuvenating break you’ve ever had as an educator. You deserve it! These past two years have truly been some of the most challenging in my professional career and I assume yours, too. One bright spot I […]
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January 10, 2022
PBL and ELs: An Essential Practice for Equity and Digital-Age Teaching
Short Description: Whether you are teaching in-person, virtually, or in a hybrid setting, project-based learning (PBL) provides authentic learning experiences that help ELs acquire content knowledge while also developing their language and literacy skills. By Heather Rubin The pandemic’s impact on teaching and learning environments […]
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December 17, 2021
Our Students and Educators Are in Crisis, But Not for The Reason You Think
“Violence in Schools Seems to Be Increasing. Why?”—EducationWeek, November 1, 2021 “Why So Many Teachers Are Thinking of Quitting”—The Washington Post Magazine, October 18, 2021 “Classroom Time Isn’t the Only Thing Students Have Lost”—The Atlantic, September 7, 2021 “Too Much Focus on ‘Learning Loss’ Will […]
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December 16, 2021
Hopes for a Bright Mathematical Future: A 2021 Year-in-Review of the Top Math PD Books
It has been nearly seven years since the birth of the Corwin Mathematics imprint, when we made it our mission to build a cohesive collection of math PD resources that was unique and special. We didn’t want a laundry list of books full of more-of-the-same […]
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