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Poetry Friday: “Do Not Go Gentle” with that Math Practice Standard #7
The villanelle is a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains. The form originated in France in the late 1800s, and the structure is comprised of five tercets followed by a...
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Author’s Craft Revealed Through Mathematical Practice Standard #7
The year 2013 provided one of the best examples of real life detective work as well as real-life application of the Common Core Mathematical Practice Standard #7: CCSS.Math.Practice.MP7 Look for and...
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Poetry Friday- A Sestina Follows a Pattern
I am seeing patterns. My recent fascination with looking at crossovers from the Mathematical Practice Standards to the English/ Language Arts classroom has me seeing patterns everywhere. In poetry and...
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Poetry Friday: Poetic Patterns Meet the Spiral of Theodorus
The amazing artwork in the hallways of the middle school was created by….(wait for it)…math classes! Last week, Ms. Nihan, the 8th math teacher posted drawings created by students who were studying a...
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Precision Attended to in Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”
There is no surprise in reading the word “precision” in the language of the Common Core’s Mathematical Practice Standards. Mathematics requires precision: CCSS.Math.Practice.MP6 Attend to precision....
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Begin March Madness: Testing and the SBAC
March Madness is not exclusive to basketball. March Madness signals the season for standardized testing season here in Connecticut. March Madness signals the tip-off for testing in 23 other states as...
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Math, Patterns, and MLK’s “I Have a Dream”
Today is the third Monday in January, a national holiday commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr., and if you have not already seen Nancy Duarte’s visualization of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream”...
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The Technology Glitch in the Lesson IS the Lesson
This past week, I listened to a friend describe a SKYPE session with a children’s author that was particularly challenging; audio and video feeds were not running simultaneously. She described how she...
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