by Jenna Laib | Feb 29, 2020 | Grades 3–5, Grades K–2
It was easy to say yes! By Crystal Magers Last spring, I was approached by our Math Coordinator and asked about piloting a new math program. I knew my staff was ready for building-wide consistency and we were ready to try something new. I easily said yes! My...
by susanllovell | Feb 29, 2020 | Grades 3–5, Grades K–2, Grades K–5
By Dionne Aminata Before I joined the K–5 curriculum writing team at IM, I was a K–8 regional math content specialist for a public charter organization that largely consisted of Title I schools, or schools receiving federal funding to support a large concentration of...
by Jenna Laib | Nov 2, 2019 | Grades 3–5, Grades K–2
“I’m not sure this is working. Only five of my students are participating and commenting each day. The rest sit there and look at me.” By Tabitha Eutsler This was my conversation with our math coordinator after my first few days of teaching IM K–5 MathTM with my third...
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 | Jul 29, 2019 | Grades 6–8, Grades 9–12, Professional Learning
This blog post is the fourth in a series of four blog posts exploring the student experience of problem-based learning. The first three posts are available here: (1) “How Do Students Perceive Problem-Based Learning?” (2) “Inviting Students to the Mathematics” (3)...
