I went back to work today after a 3+ month maternity leave and was greeted with so much excitement and love from my students and coworkers ❤️ It’s hard to be away from my baby, but it’s also great to love what you do so much that it’s easy to come back to 🥹

The kids had a half day so I brought Addie in to meet some of my teacher friends and see my classroom 🥹 it was so much fun to show her off! …and I’m very glad to still have a month left of maternity leave 😅

I did in fact make it through the first two weeks of school (and then some 😅). Our baby girl, Addie, was born in early September 💕 it’s been very bizarre not being in a classroom, but I’m soaking up every minute of maternity leave with her!

Day 1 of year 12! Will I make it through the first two weeks of school?? Only time will tell 😅 Peep my newly renovated classroom with 6 full sized whiteboards all along the walls 😍😍😍

1/8 Words cannot express the shock and sorrow we feel hearing that Shelli Temple, @druinok.bsky.social has passed. Shelli was a connector, a builder, and a believer in the power of community. 🧡 #MTBoS #iteachmath

Fellow math teachers who have been on maternity leave: Has anyone had a sub that was NOT a math teacher? It seems like there’s a good chance at least some of my classes may be covered by, essentially, a warm body for the semester I’ll be out for. I’m having a hard time planning for that. #mtbos ♾️

Such a great day 2 at #wmc25. All the sessions I attended left me feeling excited and ready to make changes, the sun was shining, and I got to connect with lots of wonderful math educators!! This place fills my soul every year ❤️ #iteachmath

Looks like we’re going to have some great weather up in Green Lake for #WMC25 ☀️ #iteachmath

We covered arithmetic sequences and series in my honors sophomore class today. A bunch of them said “thanks for planning something easy for today!” 1) I’d argue they aren’t always “easy”, they’re just very intuitive 😁 2) We just got done covering rational functions, so I guess I’d agree 🤣 ♾️

Hard launched my baby bump to the students on Thursday with this fun shirt that says “Teaching Math, Expecting an Addition”🤰🏼 So excited for Baby Sheehan coming in September ❤️

In case you haven’t lately, survey your students. I always forget how much valuable input students are willing to give when you give them the chance!

We were supposed to go back to school this morning but SURPRISE the heat was broken 🙃 Nothing like getting school canceled 5 minutes after you get there 🤣

Excited about these gifts for my niece and godson who both LOVE counting 😁 #tmwyk #iteachmath

So there has been more outrage and suggestions to protect CEOs from being killed in the last weeks, but not a damn thing done for years related to kids and teachers being killed in school buildings. Do I have that right????

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas. Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏

My work secret Santa clearly knows me well 🤣 Not only is it spindrift, but it’s my number one favorite flavor 🥰

Love that @ddmeyer.bsky.social blogged about the new AI tool I’m introducing to my students literally TODAY 😁 I agree it seems to have its pros and cons, but with flipgrid out of the picture, I’m really hoping snorkl can step in (and up my feedback game!). ♾️ danmeyer.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...

I love the big puzzles in the NYT Thanksgiving weekend issue! Some of these are very difficult (I don’t even know where to start with some of the other ones 😅) but I love that they’re excellent examples of logic and counterexamples!! #ITeachMath ♾️

Used these Christmas tree puzzles as a little warmup today and they were a hit! @mathequalslove.bsky.social always coming through with sharing seasonal puzzles 🙌🏻 #iTeachMath ♾️

Honestly why did this break feel so short 😭 Two more weeks until final exams over here. We can do it 😅

We really have to work again tomorrow????

We have a STEM themed brewery in MKE and my cousin and (both women in STEM 💪) left our mark today 😁

Happy Thanksgiving break friends! We made it!! *slams classroom door shut ‘til Monday 🚪 #ITeachMath

Now that flip/flipgrid is gone, what else are we using?? Forgot I used it a lot for things at the end of the semester and now I’m not sure what to use 😬 #EduSky #iTeachMath

Can you guess today’s underground spirit week theme?? #iTeachMath

Good stuff lined up for tomorrow! - Growth and Decay lab with the IM1 students - Investigating/reviewing exponent rules in IM2 - Practicing with right triangle trig in IM2 honors AND it’s a half day for the kids with wellness activities for teachers to choose from in the afternoon 😁😁😁 ♾️

We’re doing underground staff spirit week this week because I needed something to get through this full week of school so I decided to make it happen 😁 Day 1 was blackout and it was a success! It’s such an easy and fun way to bring the staff together 👏 #iTeachMath

I listen to a podcast called Fantasy Fangirls and they are currently doing a deep dive on the last ACOTAR book, which involves a character climbing up/down a spiral staircase. Each episode the hosts use math to figure out how many miles she walks up and down the stairs, and it’s amazing 🤣 ♾️

Made a Starter Pack of *current* K-12 math classroom teachers. Let me know if you should be added (or removed). go.bsky.app/35M7izP

Yesterday I introduced my freshmen to the Puzzle a Day on Polypad and they were both obsessed with the puzzle AND polypad, and I guess that means I should be incorporating more of both! #iTeachMath♾️

After grading our latest assessments in IM 1, I decided tomorrow is Linear Marbleslides day because we could definitely use a little more practice graphing lines 😅 #iTeachMath ♾️

There’s a lot of notifications, I tried to follow back names/handles I remember from the bad place, but I left that place a long time ago and maybe missed you in the look just now. If we interacted back in the day and I didn’t follow back, give me a light nudge here so I can fix that situation.

Okay so it’s actually going so much better than it past years?? One of the differences is that I have higher expectations for this group than I have in past years. After teaching this class a few times, I’ve learned they can give me more. I’ve also connected to their prior learning much better.

Sometimes I feel like I’m speeding through content in my honors class without doing anything meaningful. But then today we got to discover the special right triangle relationships and it was such a joy to watch them discover patterns 🥹 #iTeachMath ♾️

I’m looking for a fun and short activity to do with my freshmen to introduce/reintroduce exponential functions! We have short classes on Fridays so I’m looking for something we can finish in 40 min. I was thinking about doing something with Sierpinski Triangles. Anyone have an activity made? ♾️

♾️ 🍎 Math understanding and language competence develop interdependently. But the cultural script for teaching math that we have inherited does not make space for the two to coexist. These 8 math language routines provide a glimpse into how we might make it happen. ul.stanford.edu/resource/pri...

The cool kids at the Learning Sciences feed are doing introductions to build community. So let's try it in ♾️ #ITeachMath feed. Name, what you do, favorite breakfast food and one burning question you have right now about math teaching and learning. Feel free to disregard my prompt for your own!

Teaching piecewise functions this week and actually feeling more confident than usual that it’s going to go well! I guess we’ll see 😅 #iteachmath

My freshmen have their first test coming up this week, so today we broke up into groups and came up with important notes and examples from each section. Then they did a gallery walk and recorded notes on a summary sheet. I was so impressed with them! 🥹 #mtbos #iteachmath

You know it’s the beginning of the school year when you’re taking breaks in your Sunday routine to respond to Name Tents! 😁 #mtbos #iteachmath

Lots of mathematical joy and sunshine on day 3 of the @WisMathCouncil annual conference! ☀️💙💛 #wismath24 #mtbos #iteachmath

Coming to the Wisconsin Math Council annual conference this week?? Come find me at lunch or around the grounds during free times to make a friendship bracelet 😁 I’ll have lots of color options and extra letter beads!! #mtbos #iteachmath #wismath24

Doing an estimation jar this week (b/c it’s the week before break and HS kids love this stuff too! 😁) Told my husband I needed to count the jelly beans before putting them, and came home to them counted BY COLOR 👏🏻 So many good things to estimate! #iteachmath What would YOU ask kids to estimate?

So excited to get to speak at NCTM in Chicago in September!! I’m so excited to share my experiences, learn from others, and meet so many of my internet friends in person!! #iteachmath

Favorite activities to introduce exponential functions to freshmen?? 😁 #mtbos #iteachmath

I’m not sure I have the energy for another full week of school this week 😴 This cloudy, wet, cold, foggy weather is absolutely not helping!

Gave one of my fav assessments today! I use this for our volume/SA unit for my honors sophomores. Students work in table groups to complete a menu math a la @natbanting.bsky.social. After completing that with their groups, they do an individual portion with 3 carefully chosen prompts. #ITeachMath

Look who remembered to submit her Desmos Fellowship application this year 😅🤞🏻 #mtbos #ITeachMath

Starting systems of equations with my freshmen today, and we all loved this intro activity on desmos! #mtbos #iteachmath teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...

One of my dept members had to leave at semester 😭 and I am now the lone female out of the 6 members of our math department 🙃 But I’m also the department chair. So at least there’s that 👸🏼 #iteachmath