SMCPS Secondary Math

🧮 Build fluency with 10-frames! Students can move counters to visualize math facts while strengthening their understanding. ✨ Try it out: fluency.amplify.com

Developing a sense of the 'significant' figures when estimating. #1001MathsBots mathsbot.com/tasks

How would you calculate 75 × 28? Traditional column, grid method, or is there a more efficient way? mathsbot.com/cpd

Printable bar models. Super simple to use, great for building fluency. I'll often set the whole to 180 (like in the screenshot) before starting work on angles. mathsbot.com/printables/bars

“Math has always been a core part of science, especially in high school chemistry and physics—so much so that many studies have found a correlation between students’ high school math abilities and their performance in college science classes.” edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Drawing can help make polynomial division easier!

How would you find the 100th term of the sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, 19,...? One of my students showed me a strategy I will never forget.

Where does the number e come from?

A Teaching Question: In each of these standard (U.S.) algorithms there is a 4 with a little 1 attached to it. Does the 1 mean the same thing in each case? How do students differentiate the different meanings/uses of that superscript?

Why is the sum of consectutive odd numbers (starting from 1) always a square? Simple to show using counters. mathsbot.com/manipulatives/…

#TryThisThursday Think teaching. Which scenario has the most potential for a student to progress in mathematical reasoning and lead to the most success? Why? na2.hubs.ly/H010S1X0 #MathIsFigureOutAble #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathEd

📊 Nat’l NAEP results show a 3-point drop in math. But there’s reason for hope: In Los Angeles, for example, where IM® Math was implemented with integrity, students improved at rates 2.5 times the state average. 👉 Read more from our CEO, Kristin Umland: knowim.org/news

New! My 192nd gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎 resourceaholic.com/2025/09/5-math… Hat tips will follow on Bluesky. #mathsgems #mathschat #teammaths #mathscpdchat #mathstlp

Number of the Day. It's been around for a few years now, but still one of the most popular starters on the site. mathsbot.com/starters/numbe…

Linear sequences completion table. You can make some lovely questions depending on which cells you reveal. mathsbot.com/tables/nthTerm

It's time for #MathStratChat! Rules: post your favorite or a clever solution! It's also fun to comment on other's strategies. Tell us about your reasoning. Like/Retweet so others can see! #MathIsFigureOutAble #MathsStratChat #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathEd

Creating joyful math learning spaces starts with healing the mather in you. 🥰 Deborah Peart Crayton, author of "Readers Read. Writers Write. Mathers Math!" and #NCSM2025 closing speaker joins Episode #113 of our award-winning podcast! 🎧Listen now: 🔗 mathedleadership.org/podcast

Your graphs have never looked so good. 🤩 You can now turn your folders of saved graphs into a shareable gallery. From a folder’s dropdown menu, select Open Gallery View to create a single link that showcases all the graphs inside. 🖼️ What gallery will you share first?

Bridges® in Mathematics develops independent learners and the critical thinking that creates a lifelong love of learning.

A slight change of wording is a quick win to ask more engaging questions. mathsbot.com/cpd