I am excited to announce that we are back for year 2 with our same, but new conference--Digital Middle School Mathematics SUMmit 2025! We have added new sessions this year!! Join me on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 to improve middle school math teaching and learning! Spend 1 day engaged in sessions to strengthen students'… Continue reading Digital Middle School Mathematics SUMmit 2025
6th Annual Digital Number Sense SUMmit 2025 Spend 3 days engaged in sessions to strengthen students' math skills. All sessions include hands-on activities and easy-to-implement strategies that are grounded in math instructional best practices. Participants will leave with access to a variety of online materials, digital handouts, and the ability to watch the recordings of… Continue reading Digital Number Sense K-5 SUMmit 2025
I am officially opening my calendar up to start booking jobs for the 2025-2026 school year! As I look to the future and get excited about the continued work in improving the teaching and learning of mathematics, I can't help but reflect on the last twelve months. As we have all flipped our calendar to… Continue reading 2024, a great year
I was fortunate enough to have my session of Walking the Number Line in grades 3-5 selected to be a part of the California Mathematics Council South Conference in Palm Springs, CA this past weekend. When I applied back in the spring, I honestly wasn't expecting to present as this is a pretty popular conference among math… Continue reading California Mathematics Council South Conference
Join fellow educators by enrolling in our Meaningful, Sense-driven Math Community. I am partnering with my friend and colleague, Kristin Hilty, to create a community for educators to receive access to high-quality, engaging resources and connect and interact with each other. Together we will provide students math instruction that Makes Sense and is Meaningful! We… Continue reading Meaningful, Sense-driven Math Membership
Welcome!! I am truly thrilled you’re here. For 5 years I have co-hosted the K-5 Digital Number Sense SUMmit with my friend and colleague Kristin Hilty. This year, I have had the honor of working with more teachers in grades 6, 7, 8, and Algebra 1 teachers. I listened to feedback from teachers and administrators… Continue reading Middle School Digital Mathematics Digital SUMmit
Throughout my 19 years in education, working with time is one of those things that students of all ages struggle with. Specifically, telling time on an analog clock and working on problems with elapsed time are the biggest struggles. Before we dive into how I like to help teachers with these topics, let's take a… Continue reading Telling Time…
Time for YEAR 5! This year the Digital Number Sense SUMmit is being offered for 3 days! We listened to your feedback and designed a conference we are sure you will LOVE! Key Highlights: Attend LIVE sessions AND/OR watch recordings at your convenience–perfect for those who are still in school, on vacation, or have other… Continue reading Digital Number Sense SUMmit — Year 5!
Over the course of my career as a classroom teacher and throughout my journey as a mother, I have developed a LOVE of picture books. I love reading books to students, picture books and chapter books. What's even better is when I would read books during our math time. Some of my favorites are below:… Continue reading Math Picture Books
If you've taught for very long or investigated any text book series, you'll notice a variety of things, but one thing that I noticed is that geometry is usually taught towards the end of the school year. Often times teachers think to themselves or talk with their team members about how their students don't know… Continue reading Top 5 Manipulatives: Ang Legs
