Teacher Circles. Week 1.5. Tangram Squares.
We are now one and a half weeks into our Teacher Circles (one runs on Tuesday, one on Wednesday). Here’s what has happened so far. The first question we had was where everyone was coming from with...
View ArticleUp from the page
Our first goal in the teacher circles was simple: give every teacher who joined an authentic experience with mathematics. We’ve had several meetings now, and I think we’re starting to have that common...
View ArticleFrom a teacher’s newsletter
One of the teachers we are working with, and whose classroom I recently visited to teach a lesson, included some details in her weekly newsletter she sends to parents. She describes the experience so...
View ArticleGuest Speaker – Local Inventor Ross Welburn
Local inventor and scientist Ross Welburn visited Bryant this past week to share his passion for science with TEC students. He brought with him quite a set-up, including a mini Tesla coil and a Van...
View ArticlePartnerships
TEC is lucky to have established a relationship with one of the best STEM partners in town – Mobius Science Center – a place intended to spark curiosity and ignite imaginations. Since we have not yet...
View ArticleInvention Convention Here We Come!
TEC students are eagerly preparing for our end of semester Invention Convention. Students in grades 3-8 will participate in the convention divided into three separate grade bands including primary,...
View ArticleLooking forward, looking back
We wrapped up our first session of Teacher Circles in December, and we’ll be starting the next round on January 29 and 30. (Know a 2nd-5th grade teacher who wants to join in? Send them to...
View ArticleWhere Are We Now?
What a week! We checked in with our teachers to try to get a gauge of how the circle is going for them, whether they’re on board with the project of integrating Common Core Math Practices into their...
View Article“You could hear the hum of learning!”
We’re in the last week of this session’s teacher circles, and exciting things are happening. Teachers are trying out different lessons, and different ways of teaching, and seeing some incredible...
View ArticleThis Math PD is Working!
We’ve collected feedback from our winter Teacher Circles, and it’s looking great. Almost unanimously, we’re hearing that: 1. Teachers are experiencing math in a completely different way than they...
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