Made some edits to @amplifyeducation.bsky.social lesson so that younger students can solve some picture puzzles with values that will then open 3 and 4 digit locks. Order of difficulty SPICY, MEDIUM, MILD so work from the bottom! #MathJoy #ITeachMath drive.google.com/file/d/16ttc...

@amplifyeducation.bsky.social Thank you for the holiday/winter activities! My 4th grader is loving "snowflake studio". My 8th graders had a fun review day with "string lights" (linear equations) and "flake-tastic fun" (symmetry with rotations and reflections) - forgot to take pictures! #MathJoy

Thinking games work so well on those days before a big break! 7th graders played the factor/multiple version of 24. 8th graders played versions of Racetrack as described in Ben Orlin's Math Games with Bad Drawings. We are in our linear relationship unit so some slope fun was fitting. #ITeachMath

So grateful for the dream team and all our participants and supporters! I can't wait for the next round with Steve Johnson and @adameschborn.com Thank you AMTNYS for the platform to share. #ITeachMath #FindingJoyInMath #AMTNYS2025

Happy Halloween 🎃 sharing my intro to linear relationships story time with my 8th graders. Made the orange circle the "pumpkin". Students don't yet know how to write non-proportional equations and were able to figure out how that +1 pumpkin circle would affect the table and equations. #ITeachMath

Made me smile so big today when our food on the go club brought my coffee order ❤️ #ITeachMath #FindingJoyInMSMath

Love this example!! It is a great EOY problem for my 7th graders. Throw in a % somehow and you have basically covered all the big content. Thank you @howiehua.bsky.social for continuing to create content that catches the attention of young mathematicians. #FindingJoyInMSMath #ITeachMath

Is the 6" or 7" slice of pizza the better deal?

Favorite addition to celebrate students for studying and trying to really master our content! I have students that earn 85% or better take a photo (with or without glasses) that I then email to their families. Kids find it silly, families love the positive contact! #FindingJoyInMSMath #ITeachMath

If you have never tried a Formative Assessment Lesson from the Mathematics Assessment Project, here's your invitation!! The time is worth it! These are some of my 8th graders working with transformations. www.map.mathshell.org/lessons.php #FindingJoyInMSMath #ITeachMath #StudentAgency

#FindingJoyMSMath I had a student leave 'egyptian hieroglyphics' on my board...hint was the first character is "s" 😂

That's a wrap on year 13. Finding and focusing on joy in my classroom has been difficult at times, but this is one of the most positive years I have had. I'm celebrating immense growth in my students and myself. Now to refresh for year 14! #iteachmath

Still a few hours left to register! There are so many virtual presentations available. Interested in powerful reflections as we attempt to combine Desmos digital lessons with BTC principles? Join me and Amy for our session TODAY at 4:30 EST.

One of my favorite warm-ups of the year! 7th graders have sorting challenges (I describe attributes) and 8th graders will use the manipulatives to solve systems of equations. #iteachmath #findingjoyinmiddleschoolmath #mathsky

Finding Joy in MS Math: take time to watch Hidden Figures with your students. The conversations are incredibly powerful and important. #iteachmath

Ice cream celebration with some of my students that had 2 or less zeros over the quarter. #iteachmath #findingjoyinmiddleschool

State testing day 1 done ✅ Watched Brain Games during the classes when we weren't testing about the benefits of positive thinking.

Problem Solving through Games and Puzzles loosely based on Ben Orlin's Math Games with Bad Drawings. Inaugural Spring Conference of Buffalo Area Association of Math Teachers. Another fun presentation with @adameschborn.com! #BAAMT #mathsky #findingjoy #iteachmath

Capture the Flag with an unfair twist today in order to keep my students powering through review questions. Great conversations, and I feel the students were really helping each other grow in understanding. #iteachmath #mathsky #findingjoyinmiddleschoolmath

8th grade state science test today so I volunteered to take all the 7th graders for 3 periods of review games and shenanigans. They were all engaged and so many actually thanked me for my ridiculous antics on the way out ❤️ #findingjoyinmiddleschool #iteachmath #mathjoy

Probability should be fun! Race to the top dice sums, predictions vs experimental data. Good energy in the room on the day before break even though we were still covering the curriculum! #iteachmath #findingjoy #mathsky

We have been working on determining the area and then side length of a tilted square in order to discover the Pythagorean Theorem. I had a kid beat me to the big reveal!! The student in blue was verifying the idea and named it "C's way". I can't wait for tomorrow. #iteachmath #findingjoy

"The robots are back!" "OH! I finally see it!" "Yes, my king!" "Hey! That's what I said! That's MY thinking!" Just a few quotes I want to remember from the day. Teaching middle school can be A LOT, but these moments make me so happy I'm THEIR guide. #findingjoy #iteachmath #teachmathlove

Great way to begin my day! @kurt-salisbury.bsky.social my 7th graders loved your Punch Out challenges in Desmos Classroom, one stating "defeating Mike Tyson helped me really know mean, median and range!" #findingjoyinmsmath #iteachmath #desmosclassroom

Finding Joy in Middle school math: I'm pretty sure I was the only teacher in the building on a Friday afternoon with 10 students staying BY CHOICE after school. Breakout club for some, math questions for others; kids that run in different circles working together to solve problems. #iteachmath

Finding Joy in Middle School Math: blasting The Best from Awolnation while 8th graders compete to draw "the best" line of best fit! Another rather mundane lesson turned exciting thanks to @desmos.com activity builder. #iteachmath #mathsky #findingjoy

Finding Joy in MS Math: 7th graders practicing math vocabulary through @desmos.com Polygraph activities! Second moment today, 8th grader took great pride in "being Mrs. McClure" and helping facilitate review/skill practice with his peers. #iteachmath #findingjoy

Finding Joy in Middle School Math: understanding lines of best fit and outliers though @desmos.com 8th grade Dapper Cats lesson. My own children wanted to try my fun lesson. My 8th graders had fun and are confident with predictions through the line of best fit. #iteachmath #mathsky #edusky

Finding Joy in Middle School Math: the joy of pulling away from endless state test practice workbooks! Presenting questions, talking about common mistakes, supporting each other's thinking, and celebrating "how easy this is" after months of powerful thinking! #mathsky #iteachmath #joyinmath

Finding Joy in Middle School Math: during a re-evaluation meeting a student said math was her favorite...she recognizes she struggles in the subject but stated I'm her favorite teacher and she will keep showing up to try every day for me 💕 I'm so proud of her growth. #iteachmath

Finding Joy in MS Math: click battle @desmos.com to pull them into the lesson, then space and pacing created so the students can organize the data as they see best. My only group that graphed today went further to point out the data was non- linear and not a function. Great class discussion!

Finding Joy in MS Math: really fun having students realize that due to battery saving settings, a cell phone's charge is only linear until about 80% charge. They then explained in context the y-intercept, and average slope with ease. How long will it take my phone to be at 67% 😜? #iteachmath

Finding Joy in MS Math: new challenge for my 8th graders following their volume unit; What amount of space is empty in the cheese ball container? #iteachmath #projectbasedformativeassessment #sharemathlove #cheeseballs

Happy Pi Day my math people! Five of my 7th graders were able to pie me today but this event helped raise over $2700 for cancer research through Roswell Park. #iteachmath #piday

americasfavteacher.org/2025/erin-mc... Thank you for any and all support! Honestly, I would be so excited and grateful for the benefits of winning, but sharing my page has started conversations about math education that moves us all forward. That's why I'm here. #iteachmath #sharemathlove

Finding Joy in Middle School Math: the energy and excitement as kids discover with the help of @desmos.com Shira the Sheep why the inequality must change direction when multiplying or dividing by a negative. #iteachmath #DontGetShiraWet

Although these would make a fabulous set of earrings, I'm so excited to get these TI travel bugs placed so they can begin their adventure! Wonderful birthday present! Special shout out to my TI people for making this math teacher super excited!! #sharemathlove #iteachmath #ticalculators

Finding Joy in MS Math: 8th grade students enthusiastically sculpt models of 3D shapes to test if they can slice it fairly thus proving if it follows V=(base shape area)(height) formula. Hands on experience means we aren't tricked with rotation.

Finding Joy in MS Math: when @desmos.com provides the self-checking opportunity that invites my students to take on the challenge of combining 9 expressions all at once! Built-in student agency, some students only combined pairs or groups of 3 at a time. #mathteacher #mtbos

Sharing joy: that feeling of validation and appreciation when participants enthusiastically expressed interest in future presentations focused on my Desmos, BTC and TRU on-target work 😁❤️

Finding Joy in MS Math: the past two days my room has been FULL during our end of day help period with kids that either need some 1-1 review or just a safe space to get work done before they leave for the day. So many students stepped in as tutors for others so I could focus on individual needs.

Finding Joy in MS Math: warm-up today was introducing Quantum Hangman to my students (thank you Ben Orlin for your collection of games in "Math Games with Bad Drawings").

Finding Joy in Middle School Math: it's great that the Solving Equations FAL from map.mathshell.org aligns so nicely with our chart paper conversation after @desmos.com balanced equations. I don't think I ever would have that about scaling over distribution when I was a kid.

Finding Joy in MS Math: after such disappointment in the widespread AI cheating that was happening yesterday, many students came to face-to-face apologize and recognize why I made such a big deal about it for their future selves. This is one student's reflection in her CYU from last night 💓

Now for my dose of Finding Joy in MS Math: how would you solve the following equation: 3(x+200)=3000 Distribution or Scaling? There were some really powerful ah-ha moments today in comparing these strategies.

Hard feelings today when so many of the kids I am constantly pumping up turn to AI to complete their practice assignment for them. 6 questions and normally my assignments have a deeper thinking component or an explanation to check understanding, but this was just meant to be a quick CYU.

Finding Joy in Middle School Math: My co-taught section of 7th grade destroyed the accuracy of the other sections today in blooket 2-step equations and then went on to all successfully demonstrate algebraic communication in solving typical 2-step word problems!

Finding Joy in Middle School Math - determine the rule given: This = t Is = t Great = u I'm = n So = p Good = e At = u Math = i **Direct example from an 8th grader today 😁**

Finding Joy in Middle School Math: an 8th grade student discovering the definition of a function through @amplifydesmos Turtle Crossing and unable to contain "I LOVE this!"