Math Teacher Mambo

These days of enough sleep will soon come to an end. I'll miss the sleeping part, but I won't miss the sitting around on my heiny pa...

That's what I deem this first day of vacation. It started out with a much needed 8 hours of sleep. Continued on later with a brisk exerc...

This problem makes me happy in its difficulty and challenge. I threw down the gauntlet to my precalculus students. We'll see if they run...

As always it's just slam-banged and gotten here already. Now it's a scramble to get all things graded and finals written and reviews...

In my geometry class, I'm trying to keep their algebra skills fresh (AND exciting!), so lately I've brought back lines: find the equ...

For sad work-related issues of not being able to get out of work on time, I often miss my 1 favorite yoga class in the week. It's either...

We've just finished a unit on transforming trig function graphs: y = a sin b(x + c) + d. We did various things and practice, but I think...

Well, from 20+ failing students down to 3 for now and possibly only 1 or 2 after I grade some test corrections and put in more homework grad...

Well, it's towards the end of the 6 weeks (1 more day), and it's the last chance for my kidlets to do their "1 minute / 10 ques...

We started talking about 2 lines cut by a transversal this week in geometry. I had fun with the "magic hand" statement, and it see...

"It's not a mistake. It's a white-out opportunity."

Eesh. I had to go to a PLTW meeting last week and had a substitute for the whole day. First of all was the planning and me being a last-minu...

Today in precalculus we worked on a "real life" application of the sine curve. Sure I could have done this without a worksheet, an...

Phew! I'm still alive, and I didn't damage kids too much, and I'm still reasonably sane. This week was filled with drama and lac...

In my mind I believe I keep a neutral face when I answer student questions. Most of the time it's okay, but I'm thinking of those ti...

Before I started my logic unit in geometry, I told my students that in their lives lots of people are going to try to sell them things: prod...

You know, in all my spare time, I had to fill the vacuum, so now I'm obsessed with making these: Which I heard about from pinterest.com ...

I had a nice reminder yesterday that (obviously) our students are not finished products . I don't know about you, but it's too easy ...

You know how you gather tons of teaching advice throughout your career. Some sticks, some doesn't seem to (but who knows, maybe the fact...

Geometry. Geometry. Geometry. It's almost like I don't teach another class. BUT. I totally teach precalculus, and it's fun to ge...