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From “Hey guys!” to “Hey y’all!”
I’m working on breaking a deeply ingrained habit of addressing groups of people as “guys”. I’ve played on sports teams my entire life and “guys” is just part of the sports lingo. I’ve used the word so often that now I use it without even thinking about it. In fact, I often begin workshops with a greeting and a direction that sounds something like, “Hey guys, welcome. Please sign the attendance sheet and fill out your name tag.” I don’t intend to be offensive so I’m unaware that I may have just excluded some participants from entering our learning space. I’m lucky enough to have a colleague who …
Finding Math Outside
Teaching during a global pandemic has brought about many changes and some of those have been good things that have moved teaching, learning and student engagement forward in a positive way. One change I hope sticks around is getting kids outside more frequently. What started as getting kids outside for a mask break has become an opportunity to engage kids in the mathematics of the world around us. When we get kids outside, we bring real life mathematics to them in an engaging and exciting way. I recently went on a longer outdoor adventure with a large group of kids who are in kindergarten and …
