Comments on: Translating Expressions Foldable

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 04:37:34 +0000

I've retired from public education and I am now working in a private school as a Pre-Algebra teacher. I have enjoyed reading your blog and seeing your ideas for ISNs. Your students are fortunate to be in your class.
Can you explain where your students keep their homework assignments? Are those practice problems included in their ISNs or are they in a separate notebook or binder?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 20:05:35 +0000

Thank you just doesn't seem to be sufficient, but it's all the English language has to offer. I appreciate you sharing your awesomeness with us!!!!! So happy I found your blog. Thank you again!!!! You rock!

By: Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)

Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove) — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:53:05 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. Thanks for your sweet comment!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:06:23 +0000

You know what, you are an Angel sent from our heavenly father. I just completed my first year teaching and seeing this just brought so much joy. I wanted to come up with a creative way of structuring my classroom for next year and I know, in my heart, that this is it. Thank you for sharing. I particularly, love you Q&A portion of the site as you answered most of my questions. I know you have a life but your posts are amazing.

By: Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)

Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove) — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 00:45:11 +0000

In reply to ksmathteacher. Sure! Use anything you like!

By: ksmathteacher

ksmathteacher — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:24:37 +0000

I am the editor of the Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics Bulletin. Our October issue is focused on "Attend to precision", and I'd love to use the picture of your Frayer models in your ISNs. Would you mind if we used that picture? We will credit your blog. Thanks for letting me know!

By: Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)

Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove) — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:36:11 +0000

In reply to Teri Ferguson. One of my favorite terms I learned when researching interactive notebooks was "color with a purpose." This sounds like exactly that!

By: Teri Ferguson

Teri Ferguson — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:10:05 +0000

I'm not an INB teacher (yet!), but one thing I have tried to be more conscious of during the last two years is using color in my notes as much as possible IF it serves a purpose! I require my students to have highlighters for that reason. I try to approach it as color coding for easier reference. I feel that it makes their notes easier for them to interpret when they go back to them 5 hours or 5 days later, and let's face it, those are the times they need their notes, not when the material is fresh!

By: Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)

Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove) — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:39:21 +0000

In reply to Unknown. Great idea, Kim!

By: Unknown

Unknown — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 23:51:27 +0000

One thing that started working for me is to distinguish "Turn Around Words" by the word than…It helps create the habit when they see more than, less than, greater than, etc. Therefore, while it doesn't change the end result in simple expressions, it does help with expressions with more than one operation that require grouping.