A big THANKS to Theresa over at True Life: I'm a Teacher! for nominating me for a Liebster Award. This is like a giant icebreake...

April. Already?!? This school year has been a speedy one in the Tilmon house! I know. I have been a terrible blogger. Let me be completel...

Teachers Pay Teachers has reached THREE MILLION teacher members! Image Credit: Lindsay Perro In celebration of this milestone, my...

Do you have an iPad or two (or maybe a class set of 30!) available to use with your math students? Are you wondering where to begin?!? Pr...

Every child deserves a champion... an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists...

While sitting in a district Math Task Force subcommittee meeting last winter, the junior high principals asked me what teachers needed most...

It's time to dust off my blogger mic and return to chatting about math, curriculum design, and so much more! My little nook at "Mrs...

Testing 1 2 3... Middle School Math Blog

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Day 31 Prompt: What will you do to energize yourself for 2013? Perspective. For 2013 I commit to consider my circumstances through the ...

Day 30 Prompt: Benjamin Franklin said, "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Do you agree or disagree?   Agree. Pe...

 Day 29 Prompt: What reoccurring thought uses up a lot of your mental energy?   Step 1. Do my students have the necessary prior k...

Day 28 Prompt: What emotion do you think is the biggest waste of energy and why?   Emotion? Worry. Waste of energy? Definitely. ...

Confession: I could spend hours browsing on Pinterest. And my latest pinspiration has been working wonders in my classroom! I spied s...

Happy Saturday to YOU! What's on your "to do" list today? finalize answer keys create assessment documents organize onli...

Day 25 Prompt: How long do you think you could last in a power outage? How long could I last in a power outage? Honestly?!? Not lo...