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Try This: Start Math Menu with Games They'll Want to Play

If you're kicking off Math Menu for the first time this year, don't start with everything at once. Start with games. It's one of the lowest-lift entry points: a quick one-time print-and-cut for the deck, then no more prep needed all year. Your students already love game time, and once …

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Try This: Mindset Closures to Calm First-Week Nerves

Confidence is contagious (in both directions). If you're feeling that little flutter of "can I really pull this off with this new group?", chances are some of your students are walking in with their own leftover math anxiety from last year. The good news? One simple daily routine can …

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Try This: Get a Real Read on Your Students This Fall

You've got a room full of new faces (or maybe some familiar ones with a summer's worth of change), and you're staring down the same question every year: who are these kids, mathematically speaking? Before you can plan meaningful instruction, you need to know where they're starting fro …

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Try This: Build a Safe Math Discourse Culture in Week One

At the beginning of every school year, you're rebuilding trust from scratch, and nowhere is that more visible than in math discourse. If a student doesn't yet feel safe being wrong out loud, they'll stay quiet, and you'll never see their real thinking. The good news: you don't need a …

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Try This: Find the Right Math Game for Any Concept

Planning your math menu and need a game that reinforces a specific concept and keeps students engaged?

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Try This: Differentiate Any Task with Three Entry Points

As the year wraps up, keeping students engaged in math can be a challenge. You need activities that are accessible, interesting, and get everyone thinking.

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Try This: Generate an Exit Ticket for Any Lesson in 30 Seconds

As the year winds down, it's a great time to check in on how students are feeling about math. Not just what they know, but how they see themselves as mathematicians.

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Try This: Differentiate One Lesson for Every Student in Your Group

Planning for a mixed-ability group can feel overwhelming. You know your students need different things, but you also want them working on the same core concept together.

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Video Walkthrough: AI Math Coach

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