The resource I found is this blog written by Math Geek Mama. Her real name is Bethany and as a former teacher she specializes in math education, specifically approaches and engaging students. She posts videos and forums about encouraging students to want to learn about math and articles about incorporating technology and literacy into the math curriculum. The main article I found gave tips about increasing literacy in the math classroom. One of the tips I liked was the math vocabulary and the word wall because I’ve seen similar ideas in social studies or science classrooms where vocabulary is crucial, but I never thought about vocabulary helping students with math. She also talked about using schemas which we talked about in our textbook, while hitting on predictions, connections, and visualizations all in relation to math. When she goes through these tips, she also links other resources that she thinks can be helpful or beneficial for teachers. She has lesson plans on her page for grades K-12. There were also tips for teaching math like helping students with dyscalculia, common core help, and just basic resources for students and teachers. I like this website a lot because I feel like the author was once a struggling teacher and now wants to help out other new, struggling teachers. She posts her lesson plans and worksheets for free.
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