The Exponential Curve

The purpose of this blog is to help generate and share ideas for teaching high school math concepts to students whose skills are below grade level.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Difficult News

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I haven't posted for a while now, and I wanted to let people know why. My younger sister passed away suddenly about five weeks ago. Sh...

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Algebra 1: Systems of Equations

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We are finally getting to move beyond basic graphing and finding equations of lines. It was a long slog, but the skills tests show that the...

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Sunday, February 07, 2010

Language and Retention of Math Concepts

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I've been thinking lately that one of the reasons my students have such difficulty with long-term retention of mathematical concepts is ...

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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Both Flattering and Disturbing

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Students in our Numeracy support class have been working on plotting points to help them with graphing in Algebra 1. The students just fini...

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Algebra 1: Representations of Linear Equations

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Increasing my students' representational fluency has been something I've been working on for a while. Our second semester started ...

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Thursday, January 07, 2010

Introducing Linear Inequalities

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To show that a line is a representation of an infinite number of points, I like to give my algebra 1 classes an equation, like y = 2x + 3, a...

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Algebra 1: Graphing Lines Practice

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I just used this worksheet from Mr. K for the first time the other day. I thought it had a pretty cool setup, but I didn't realize ju...

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Monday, January 04, 2010

Algebra 1: Skills List - Spring Semester

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I spent a good deal of time right before break trying to figure out exactly how far I can push my students for the second semester of Algebr...

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

ELL Joke Worksheets?

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Kate wrote a great post about the value of a well-structured worksheet last month. I agree that there are huge benefits of having a unified...

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Algebra 1: Situation Graphing

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I learned a few years back that jumping right into graphing slope-intercept equations never worked. This is one of those concepts that, bef...

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Dan Wekselgreene: I am a math teacher in the Bay Area, California. Previously, I taught for eleven years at Downtown College Prep charter high school in San Jose, where the target student is low-skilled and of the first generation to go to college. Currently, I am teaching at Capuchino high school in San Bruno. On this blog, I will post strategies that I am trying, and I would love to see strategies that others are using to help bring students up to grade level and teach them real math skills. If you want more information on any of my lessons, feel free to email me at yochanan AT gmail.com. Also, if you have ideas to share, please comment.

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