Notes to Nerds

From the Director:

Each day here at the Mathematics Collaborative we are challenged to improve math education for the students in our area by developing teacher leaders.

Math education can be inspiring work! In our world today, the increasingly vital work that we educators do can take a toll on our hearts, minds and bodies. We hope this is a place where teachers can come and rest for a moment ... and if we are lucky ... maybe be inspired by the tremendous work that teachers do each day.

- Peter -

Newsletters

2024

• Begin Now - April 22
• Talk with a Friend (PDF) - April 8
• Buying a Table (PDF) - March 25
• A Valentine‘s Poem (PDF) - February 12
• Slow Down (PDF) - January 23
• Random Thoughts with a Thread (PDF) - January 8

2023

• Random Thoughts with a Thread (PDF) - January 8
• Holiday Jam and Class Routines (PDF) - December 13
• Sharpening the Saw (PDF) - November 27
• I Was Wrong About Gratitude (PDF) - November 13
• Why, Why, Why (PDF) - October 30
• Our Schools (PDF) - October 6
• Pockets (PDF) - October 4
• Should We Review Before Tests? (PDF) - September 18
• One Good Thing (PDF) - September 7
• What's in your Heart? (PDF) - August 21
• New Curriculum, New School Year (PDF) - August 1
• Graduation and Commencement (PDF) - May 23
• Lasagna and Listening (PDF) - May 9
• The Finish Line (PDF) - April 24
• Testing and Retesting and Detesting (PDF) - April 11
• Taking out the Trash (PDF) - March 28
• Three and a Smidge (PDF) - March 8
• Sports Analogy (PDF) - February 21
• Two Stories and a Light (PDF) - February 7
• Cartoons and Classrooms (PDF) - January 25
• Choosing a Pineapple (PDF) - January 9

2022

• The Gift (PDF) - December 12
• Dashboard Confessional (PDF) (with answers) - November 28
• Autumn Leaves Don't Fall (PDF) - November 7
• What Do You Notice (PDF) - October 24
• Teaching Is Hard (PDF) - October 11
• Doing What You Love and Calling It Work (PDF) - September 26
• Why We Ask Questions (PDF) - September 12
• Joy (PDF) - August 30
• Planting Plum Trees and Appreciating Sunshine (PDF) - April 26
• Of Texts, tweets, and muddy knees (PDF) - April 13
• The Old Rope Swing (PDF) - March 25
• Tough as a daisy (PDF) - March 9
• The best-laid plans of mice and math teachers. (PDF) - February 11
• What of Froot Loops, Flies, and Laundry? (PDF) - February 2
• The Answer (PDF) - January 14

2021

• Humble Pi and a Lesson Learned (PDF) - December 17
• Teaching and Apple Pie (PDF) - December 3
• Teaching, Studenting, and PhotoMath (PDF) - November 12
• Sharing a Sunshine (PDF) - October 29
• The short week is the longest! (PDF) - October 15
• Meetings and Fog (PDF) - October 1
• Mistakes We Make (PDF) - September 17
• Old is New Again (PDF) - September 3
• The Start of School and Storms (PDF) - August 20
• Thoughts on Sunflowers and the School Year (PDF) - July 23
• The Reason We Make it Work (PDF) - June 11
• A Note to Your Future Self (PDF) - May 14
• I do, I do, I do... (PDF) - April 30
• Recognizing Good Work! (PDF) - April 16
• Bank Robbers, Mathematics Education and Me (PDF) - April 2
• What's a life lesson you've learned from teaching? (PDF) - March 19
• Dootsie and the Volume of a Sphere (PDF) - March 14
• Has it Been a Year? (PDF) - February 19
• Humbled by Everyday Heros (PDF) - February 5
• Numbers, Names and Math (PDF) - January 22
• A Shoestring, Cat's Cradle and Catenaries (PDF) - January 8

2020

• Reflection (PDF) - May 22
• Sticking with the Birthday Theme (PDF) - May 15
• How Big Is a Foot? (PDF) - May 8
• Winner (PDF)s - May 1
• I Wished a Friend Happy Birthday (PDF) - April 10
• Discovered, Invented or Loved (PDF) - February 29
• Primes and Business Cards (PDF) - February 25
• Sometimes, We Truly Mean Exactly What We Say (PDF) - February 17

2019

• Going Home (PDF)- December 13
• Cold Fail (PDF) - November 17
• Quote the Raven (PDF) - October 27
• You Must Read This (PDF)- October 13
• Helpless in a Helpful Way (PDF) - October 6
• New Teachers and Old Sneakers (PDF) - September 22
• Important Stuff (PDF)- September 14
• Drinking Birds and Empty Jam Jars (PDF)- September 8
• Making a Difference (PDF)- August 31
• Seeing More Than One Way (PDF) - August 25
• Showers, Lightening, Shining, and Sleep-less (PDF) - August 18
• Peach Pits (PDF) - August 11
• Everyday Joy (PDF) - August 4
• Apollo 11 and Current Challenges (PDF) - July 29
• Giving Our Best (PDF) - May 17
• The Runner (PDF)- May 3
• Something More (PDF) - April 26
• Procrastinator's Edition (PDF) - April 19
• Old Friends (PDF) - April 12
• Words From the Heart (PDF) - April 5
• The Drive (PDF) - March 29
• Pimiento Cheese (PDF) - March 22
• Hell Week (PDF) - March 15
• A Long Week (PDF) - March 1