by Illustrative Mathematics | Mar 23, 2020 | Grades 6–8, Grades 9–12
Some schools are sending home printed packets and establishing teacher office hours by phone. Some are conducting their regular class schedule, but online. And lots are doing something in between. We understand that it is very challenging to translate IM curricula to...
by Jenna Laib | Dec 8, 2019 | Professional Learning
“What I find distinguishes IM is that IM Certified Facilitators are uniquely supported by the IM authoring team to ensure the integrity of the curriculum remains intact.” By Kiana Porter-Isom I was always interested in mathematics as a student but I only began...
by Carrie Duncan | Oct 8, 2019 | Grades 9–12
The first thing you have to understand is that asking people to model with mathematics makes them mad. Not in all contexts, though! At a social gathering with a generally amiable and curious group of people, you might try floating a question like: I wonder if...
by Jenna Laib | Sep 23, 2019 | Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8, Grades 9–12, Grades K–2
By William McCallum I am sometimes asked what is the secret to the success of our curriculum, what is the special property that sets it apart from other curricula. That question is like the one in the title of this blog post, “Which vertex is the center of a...
by Jenna Laib | Aug 30, 2019 | Grades 6–8, Grades 9–12
Last year, we put together some reading to help people get started planning their year with IM 6–8. Now, we have another year’s worth of blog posts to choose from, plus a shiny, new high school curriculum! So once again, we’ve gathered some posts from IM’s blog with...
