Math Teacher. Marigold. Lover of coffee. Wife. Mom. Ultimate High-Fiver. On a mission to make a difference in the world since middle school.
Wentzville, MO
Joined July 2018
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Jennifer Hancock retweeted
Believing in your students is not fluffy, feel-good language that we banter around in schools. It is a fundamental principle of teaching and one that we must ALL work for every single day. It isn't easy to do it all the time, but it is critical.
#TeachBetter #MasteryChat
Jennifer Hancock retweeted
Everyone who teaches children mathematics also, whether explicitly or implicitly, teaches them ABOUT mathematics. A good question to ponder as the year begins: What am I teaching my students ABOUT mathematics? #iteachmath
Jennifer Hancock retweeted
If the discussion of student math anxiety and fear occurs without the discussion of testing/grades/homework, then we are either insensitive or ignorant of the psychological damage that this does.
How do I know? I have two kids who both suffer from math anxiety...in school.
Jennifer Hancock retweeted
The premise of so much school is that "students don't know what the teacher knows and the students should fix that." #5Practices (and writing from other folks) reverses that. 👉The teacher doesn't know what the student knows and the teacher should fix that.👈
Jennifer Hancock retweeted
Fair does not mean doing the same thing for all students. If we want to close the achievement gap and teach all learners, we need to change this mindset. #kidsdeserveit #teachergoals
Jennifer Hancock retweeted
At Back-to-School, families may arrive with different perspectives on what “doing math” means. This week's IM blog and IM 6–8 Family Math Night resource offer activities to learn about perspective and share how students will do math this year. ow.ly/qn8x30l6AW2 #LearnWithIM
Jennifer Hancock retweeted
Has anyone ever used the formula for the volume of a square pyramid in real life? The percentage of the population that has actually used that HAS to be less than 0.000001%... and that might be waaaay too high of an estimate. There are so many standards I wish I could get rid of.