By Meredith Dadigan Abel, K-5 IM Certified® Facilitator When teachers come back from summer break, there is a magical feeling in the air. For me, it’s like the feeling that accompanies the first snowfall of the season. Teachers feel refreshed, renewed, and filled with...
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Annotate and Acknowledge
Aug 9, 2024
By Jen Hawkins, IM Certified® Facilitator and Independent Curriculum Implementation Specialist As I sat at the table in the back of the room, I watched the teacher reveal an image connected to the lesson’s warm-up. She told her students they would have a minute to...
Getting Started with IM Certified® Math
Jul 11, 2024
By Dr. Catherine Castillo, Sr. Specialist, Implementation Portfolio Are you leading IM implementation at your school or district and want to ensure an organized and thoughtful rollout? With the upcoming launch of IM® v. 360, you may be thinking about ways to set...
Math Successes Multiply with a Growth Mindset
Jun 13, 2024
By Dr. Elisabeth O'Bryon, Chief Impact Officer and Co-Founder of Family Engagement Lab and Toka Hussein, K-5 Curriculum Specialist at Illustrative Mathematics Illustrative Mathematics (IM) and Family Engagement Lab (FEL) have collaborated to produce a three-part blog...
Leveraging PLCs to Maintain the Magic in Math Communities Throughout the Entire Year
Apr 4, 2024
By Meredith Dadigan Abel, K-5 IM Certified Facilitator When teachers and students come back from spring break, spring fever is in the air, and classroom routines may falter. While teachers have spent the entire year setting high expectations and building strong...
Elements of Problem-Based Teaching and Learning
Feb 28, 2024
By Max Ray-Riek, Senior Director, Teacher Professional Learning Our vision at IM is a world where all students know, use, and enjoy mathematics. Educators in our IM Community work toward this vision in classrooms day after day using our problem-based curriculum. What...
Visualizing IM K-5 Math in Specialized Academic Settings: Part 2
Jan 18, 2024
By Brea Jimenez, Specialist, Facilitator Certification and Quality Assurance and April Mouton, Senior Director, Access, Content & Equity IM believes in a world where all learners know, use, and enjoy mathematics. We also believe all students deserve access to...
IM Kickoff Message for 2024
Jan 4, 2024
A Look Back and a Look Ahead By Bill McCallum, IM Co-Founder and CEO Hello there, and welcome to 2024! I hope that you have had time to relax and recharge in preparation for all of the excitement that this year will bring. 2023 was a big year for IM, and I am amazed...
Introducing IM 360: Taking Students Around the World of Mathematics
Oct 18, 2023
By William McCallum, IM CEO You asked, we listened, and now, we are preparing to deliver! I am excited to tell you today about our new curriculum, IM 360, which was developed based on your thoughtful feedback. IM 360 is the most comprehensive revision of our...
Building Thinking Classrooms with the IM Curriculum
Sep 1, 2023
By Adrienne Baytops Paul, Math Specialist, UnboundEd, COO of My Mathematical Mind, and former Middle School Teacher The 14 Practices of Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) complement the Illustrative Mathematics curriculum in remarkable ways. In my 23...
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