A Teacher’s Play Card

Posted on November 20, 2019May 17, 2021 by ashleytaplin

We are full-on in basketball mode at my house as the season started a few weeks ago and my husband… Read more A Teacher’s Play Card

Purposeful Student Talk

Posted on January 17, 2019September 28, 2019 by ashleytaplin

I recently went to a Solution Tree conference (which was awesome BTW. . . if you get a chance to… Read more Purposeful Student Talk

Exterior Angle Sum Theorem

Posted on March 2, 2017 by ashleytaplin

I made this quick activity for students to discover the exterior angle sum. I just printed several quadrilaterals and pentagons,… Read more Exterior Angle Sum Theorem

First Week Highlights

Posted on August 29, 2015August 16, 2021 by ashleytaplin

I just finished the first week of school and looking back, it was one of my favorite starts to the… Read more First Week Highlights

3D Solids Lesson Using Jigsaw Cooperative Learning

Posted on May 5, 2015April 5, 2017 by ashleytaplin

Here is a quick lesson I put together using the Jigsaw Cooperative Learning technique for 3D solids. We learned the surface… Read more 3D Solids Lesson Using Jigsaw Cooperative Learning

MatHistory Part 2

Posted on February 22, 2015February 23, 2015 by ashleytaplin

This post has taken me a while to write with several revisions because I just haven’t known how to write… Read more MatHistory Part 2

Teams-Games-Tournament

Posted on February 9, 2015September 8, 2019 by ashleytaplin

I am always looking for new review games to use before a quiz or a test. This year, we have… Read more Teams-Games-Tournament

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