by William McCallum | Feb 22, 2021 | Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8, Grades 9–12, Grades K–2, Professional Learning
By William McCallum Our vision at Illustrative Mathematics is a world where all learners know, use, and enjoy mathematics. In my last post I picked up that first verb and talked about what it means to know mathematics. In this post I’d like to talk about what it...
by Jennifer Wilson | Feb 9, 2021 | Grades 6–8, Grades 9–12
By Jennifer Willson In my role at IM, working with teachers and administrators, I am asked to help with the challenges of implementing an IM curriculum. One of the most common challenges is: how can we best align these materials to our homework and grading practices?...
by Portia Gibbs-Roseboro | Jan 12, 2021 | Professional Learning
By Portia Gibbs Roseboro, Britnee Wright, Justin Brennan The IM Community Hub, affectionately known as “The Hub,” was created to support educators using the IM Curriculum in navigating what teaching looks like now. Educators register for free to access resources from...
by William McCallum | Nov 4, 2020 | Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8, Grades 9–12
Newspapers are full of graphs, far more than 10 or 20 years ago. Indeed, I have a graph to show that! (Source, Priceonomics) And yet I wonder how often readers see graphs as pictures illustrating a point, rather than as texts to be read. A reader looking at the graph...
by Illustrative Mathematics and 1 more | Sep 30, 2020 | Grades 6–8
By Lorie Banks Trying to plan for the 2020–2021 school year has been like trying to fly the airplane while building the wings. I am a career educator—a middle grades math teacher in an urban district in Western Massachusetts—and this year has promised to be one like...
