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Month: January 2017

Practical Math Practice: The Tollbooth Game

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Sheldon Soper · Leave a comment

Learning is most effective when it is both practical and relevant. Teachers and tutors can maximize their students’ real-world math abilities by creating experiences that mimic how math is used in real life. One of my favorite examples of a hands-on, concrete math practice activity is the Tollbooth Game. I still remember playing this Tollbooth […]

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Strengthening Reading Skills Using Current Events

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Sheldon Soper · Leave a comment

As a social studies teacher in the Common Core era, my curricular responsibilities have gradually shifted away from historical material and more towards the realm of teaching strategies for reading and creating nonfiction text. More and more, teaching the skills required to engage with social studies content has usurped the push to memorize names, dates, […]

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