This year, I taught systems of equations right after Christmas break.  My students STRUGGLED.  I think I need to do a two-day review of g...

I teach factoring a little bit differently than most people, I think.  I only teach one method and it works every time.  There's no need...

I liked teaching Polynomials and Factoring in Algebra 1 more than I thought I would!  I was expecting my students to hate factoring, but it ...

I just finished my exponents unit in Algebra 1.  It was interesting to me that some students that struggle seemed to really excel in this u...

I made my students do TONS of word problems when we studied systems of equations.  They were fine at solving the systems, but they struggle...

I know I’ve said it before, but I loved teaching linear equations in Algebra 1.  When I first started teaching, I said I never wanted to te...

I loved teaching Equations of Lines in Algebra 1 this year!  I have a million interactive notebook pages that I used in this unit, and toda...

In the past, I’ve always noticed that my Geometry and Algebra 2 students have HUGELY struggled with graphing horizontal and vertical lines....

I know of a few different methods people use to teach factoring, but I’ve never been a fan of the “fancy” methods.  They just do...

When I taught my students how to write a function rule, I used this graphic organizer .   It was really just an interesting way to organize...