In honor of Black History Month we’ve provided a few fun and challenging math problems. Try these out. 1. On 25 March 1965, Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators on a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. According to the American College of Sports…
Read MoreHappy Holidays from Ascend Math! Here are some festive math problems to share with your class as you celebrate the holidays. Santa’s reindeers Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixon, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blixon, and Rudolph were helping in wrapping gifts. Dasher can wrap 1,000 gifts in 3 hours. Prancer can wrap 300 gifts in 1 hour. Prancer…
Read MoreMath Interventionist Brian Wessel provides helpful advice on how to instruct eighth grade students with math skill gaps several grades below level. Brian shares several of his findings including suggesting a scaffold approach in this video recorded during a special lunch session at a recent National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference.
Read MoreI thought you might want to share these fun Thanksgiving math problems with your class. Three covered baskets were brought to the Thanksgiving dinner. The first covered basket has two pumpkin pies. The second covered basket has two apple pies. The third covered basket has one pumpkin pie and one apple pie. The baskets look the…
Read MoreNext week is the 96th annual American Education Week, celebrated in our country since 1921. Every child deserves to receive a quality education. American Education Week provides all Americans an opportunity to celebrate and support the individuals who provide quality education to all our youth. I want to thank Ascend Education’s present, past and future school…
Read MoreBusiness Insider put out a fascinating story with pictures of scans showing what happens in the brain when solving a math problem. They indicated four distinct steps: encoding (reading and understanding the problem), planning (strategizing how to tackle the problem), solving (performing the math), and responding (typing or writing the answer) http://www.businessinsider.com/how-brains-solve-math-problems-2016-8 The steps themselves…
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Share these fun math facts about our Presidents with your students. Mount Rushmore The four Presidents featured on Mount Rushmore are often considered our greatest. What were their total years in office? George Washington, 1789-1797 (8 years) Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809 (8 years) Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 (4 years) Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 (8 years) 2. The youngest…
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Edutopia recently ran a list of ideas for education leaders preparing for the new school year. You’ll find some innovative ideas here. Take a quick look and see what might help you. https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/10-things-great-school-leaders-do-over-summer
Read More“Write the following on the blackboard 100 times: Schools don’t want technology Schools want curriculum Schools don’t want technology Schools want curriculum Etc.” From THE Journal, In K-12, the New, New Thing is the Old Old Thing: Currriculum by Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway Okay, we have certainly gotten past the premise that technology…
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An article in Education Week caught my eye recently. It examined Curriculum Playlists as a method of personalizing instruction. Here’s a quote: “But some have found that implementing a playlist-based instructional model is harder—and more expensive—than it looks: On top of facilities renovations and technology upgrades, yearly software licenses cost $225 per student” This is,…
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