Author Archives: Ruth McArthur

New Website: Mathematically Teaching

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

I have recently moved my blog to http://mathematicallyteaching.blogspot.ca/. I have included all my past blog posts and I am in the process of ensuring all of the links are working. I have moved from the WordPress to the Blogger method. Mainly … Continue reading →

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Final Face to Face – Pre Post

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

As the flowers are popping out of the ground, and the faint feeling of warm weather is on the horizon, my students are reminding me (both with words and actions) that the school year is coming to a close. This … Continue reading →

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The Time for Inquiry – Where should it be in the learning process of a math classroom

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

Scrolling through my google reader I saw a quick, short post from David Wees asking how do we encourage more questions and the following image: I am a teacher that believes in inquiry learning and also the power of a student … Continue reading →

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Back to the textbook – teaching reading literacy in math class

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

I am a “no-textbook” teacher. I feel that as a teacher it is my job to understand my students and then develop the classroom materials, activities and practice questions that are reflective of where they are in their progress and … Continue reading →

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No Structure Barbie Bungee – Reflection

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

Over the past 3 days, my Grade 8 class have been working through the popular Barbie Bungee activity. However, as I have shared in my previous post, they did it without any worksheets or guidelines. It was very coincidental that … Continue reading →

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Freestyle Barbie Bungee – No Steps Required

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

After completing day 1 of the infamous Barbie Bungee activity I look on my twitter to see the the following tweet from @ddmeyer: How many different ways can a popular lesson (Barbie Bungee) go wrong? Extremely provocative post from @mathhombre. … Continue reading →

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Changing Who Wins – Lessons from The Bully Project

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

This week I was fortunate to be told that Lee Hirsch, director of the film Bully and The Bully Project social campaign was going to speak at St. Clement’s School as apart of their LincWell program. My motivation to go and … Continue reading →

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PD Reflection: Next Steps

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

After my latest Cohort 21 face to face meeting, I know that my next steps will be to explore the use of Doctopus as an organizational method on Google Drive. I am hoping to use this as a means to … Continue reading →

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Earning their Learners Permit -> 13 year olds at the wheel

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

I have been very fortunate to have a designated period of time with my Grade 8 students focused on taking a pause and reflecting on their past two years of math. The background is it gives the girls time to … Continue reading →

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Helping students find their way in the dark – Personalized Learning Reflection

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

As I have stated in my previous posts, I am beginning the process to create a personalized learning environment in my classroom. I felt that over the holidays I would think about how I was going to do this, but … Continue reading →

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