The Math Guy

A Math(s) teacher from Yorkshire, now working in Ontario and always learning about how students best learn Math(s).

Thursday, November 5, 2020

The Big Ideas of Trigonometry (2)

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In order to consolidate what they had previously explored on sinusoidal graphs, we gave the students the Marbleslides Periodics activity. Ha...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

The Big Ideas of Trigonometry (1)

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Teachers around the world are facing many challenges as we get to grips with new schedules involving online learning, cohorts, quadmesters a...
Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Elapsed Time and Empty Number Lines

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I cannot think of a better tool to help students understand elapsed time than empty number lines. I was in a Grade 4 class and began by ask...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Developing Perimeter

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I recently was in a grade 3 class and tried this activity with them to help them understand that perimeter is the sum of all the sides of a ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Unpacking Some EQAO Measurement Questions: Junior

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With the recent release of some of the questions used in this year's EQAO Math tests, I thought it might be useful to share some insight...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Unpacking Some EQAO Measurement Questions: Primary

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With the recent release of some of the questions used in this year's EQAO Math tests, I thought it might be useful to share some insight...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

More Than Adding Zeroes

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 A common misconception I often see is that when you multiply by 10, you just stick a zero on the end of the number, and that multiplying by...
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