PEDAGOGY
Evidence #1: Year One Project: Teaching Number Talks Online
This was the project where I combined one of my favorite instructional practices (number talks) with the essential understanding that the equal sign is a balance point.
Evidence #2: Year One: Reflection Log
One of my least favorite teaching practices, but ultimately one of the most useful things I've done.
Evidence #3: Year Two Project: From Number Lines to Numberless Word Problems
This project helped me realize it was okay to shift focus if the intervention you've been applying hasn't been working for your students.
Evidence #4: Year Two: Reflection Log
I included this log to help me remember that it's okay to divert from the prescribed program if it is not meeting the needs of your students.
Evidence #5: Essential Mathematics Grades 3-5 Planning
This helped me think through using models with students during a COVID year. Using multiple models to represent multiplication and fractions is necessary for students to fully grasp how and why multiplication and fractions work.
Evidence #6: Just Ask Why: The Importance of Discourse in Additive Reasoning
This was one of the first times I articulated to myself that it was important to help students understand why math works and not just focus on procedures and solutions.
Evidence #7: Daily Warm-Up: A Sample from My Fifth Grade Class
An example of how I incorporate cumulative review into my teaching practice. One of the most beneficial things I learned from Leinwand.
Evidence # 8: Achieve the Core - Coherence Map Reflection
Standard Progressions and the Coherence Map, profoundly influenced what I choose to focus on in Math. I focus on building the foundations of understanding the math they need not only for their current grade but the next one.
Evidence #9: Calculus in the Classroom
A project that introduced high-level concepts to an elementary grade level. A challenging prospect that helped me think about the progression standards in a whole new way.