Ellen Thompson

IB Math Winter 2022 webinars are open!

IA Marking & Standardization - Jan 22, Feb 19 or Mar 5

Extended Essay - Apr 23

Details and registration: https://www.ellenthompson.ca/webinars

Just a reminder of the IA workshop for NEW IB math teachers on September 18th. Sign up now!
This will be the last workshop I will be running in 2021.

Math IA Workshop for NEW IB TeachersSaturday September 18, 202114:00-17:00 GMT(9:00-12:00 CST) — Ellen Thompson - Teacher Mentor In this three-hour interactive virtual workshop, we will explore all aspects of the IB Group 5 Internal Assessment. We will go through the process, the teacher responsibilities, the marking criteria, how to help students choose a topic, and more! This introduction to the IA will give new IB teache

GROUP 5 SUMMER WORKSHOPS
Register now! Spots are filling up!

Intensive Math IA Workshop
July7&8
July 17&18
Aug 5&6 (6&7)

Extended Essay in Group 5 Workshop
July 21
Aug 11 (12)

Details can be found here:

Store 2 — Ellen Thompson - Teacher Mentor Workshops All Intensive IA workshop - July 7&8 115.00 Intensive IA workshop - July 27&28 115.00 Intensive IA Workshop - Aug 5&6 (Aug 6&7 in parts of Europe, the middle East, Asia & Australia) 115.00 Extended Essay Workshop - July 21 60.00 Extended Essay Workshop - August 11 (Aug 12 in parts of Europ...

SUMMER PD WORKSHOPS

Intensive IA workshop
July 7&8 or July 27&28 or August 5&6
Content: standardization of marking, guiding students on producing a quality topic submission, giving draft feedback and more

Extended Essay Webinar
July 21 or August 11

Details can be found here:

Store 2 — Ellen Thompson - Teacher Mentor Webinars All Intensive IA workshop - July 7&8 115.00 Intensive IA workshop - July 27&28 115.00 Intensive IA Workshop - Aug 5&6 (Aug 6&7 in parts of Europe, the middle East, Asia & Australia) 115.00 Extended Essay Webinar - July 21 60.00 Extended Essay Workshop - August 11 (Aug 12 in parts of Europe,...

I am offering a webinar on marking IAs.
March 13th 2021, two different time slots.
Information can be found here: https://www.ellenthompson.ca/webinars

My TeachersPayTeachers store is having sale! This includes all my IB math resources as well as projects and other goodies.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Ellen-Thompson-Teacher-Mentor

If you are heading back to school soon, either virtual or face-to-face, stay safe and reach out if you need anything.

~Ellen

NEW RESOURCE!

This editable Word document contains historical facts and pictures for 32 mathematicians who contributed to topics found specifically in the IB math courses. This is a great way to embed international mindedness into your daily lessons.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/History-of-Mathematics-for-IB-International-Mindedness-5740056

History of Mathematics for IB (International Mindedness) This editable Word document contains historical facts and pictures for 32 mathematicians who contributed to topics found specifically in the IB Analysis & Approaches and Application & Interpretation courses.This is a great way to embed International Mindedness into your daily lessons. You c....

The newest ROTW is up!
https://www.ellenthompson.ca/blog/rotw-20

The ROTW will now be on summer hiatus until August...but don't despair, I am always here if you need help.

Also be sure to regularly check out my TPT store as I will continue to post items there all summer.

See you in August!
~Ellen

My latest ROTW has been posted!

https://www.ellenthompson.ca/blog/rotw-18

ROTW #18 — Ellen Thompson - Teacher Mentor Happy June! For this week’s resource, I am featuring the work of a fellow IB educator and virtual friend Ian VanderSchee . Ian and his colleague Karie Kosh have created an  amazing website built for a flipped classroom approach to the two IB Math courses . Listed beside eac

ROTW #17 is now live!

https://www.ellenthompson.ca/blog/rotw-17

Resource of the Week #16 is up! This one is all about choices!

https://www.ellenthompson.ca/blog/rotw-16

I am hosting a free webinar for IB DP Math teachers on the IA criterion. Details can be found here:
https://www.ellenthompson.ca/upcoming-events

I am #4 with a lot of #3 mixed in. You??

https://educationtothecore.com/2020/05/the-5-types-of-teachers/?fbclid=IwAR0emrjP9uASlNHjC7mvxGdi0wjgu9G8pI-wmFq-qjtbuHZAYyLb7O-bhhg

The 5 Types of Teachers Teaching is a profession that relies on the collaboration among peers. We thought about it and came up with 5 types of teachers. We integrate our

If you are an IB Math teacher, I am hosting two ZOOM meets on Thursday May 14th to chat with other IB teachers about the exploration.

Details can be found here:
https://www.ellenthompson.ca/upcoming-events/ib-math-ia-zoom-chats

IB math IA Zoom Chats — Ellen Thompson - Teacher Mentor I am hosting two Zoom chats about the IB Math IA. These are NOT official IB events, but rather just a group of IB teachers who want to talk about the exploration. I will attempt to record both and post them afterwards. Chat #1: 12:00PM – 1:30PM GMT (8:00AM – 9:30AM EST) Chat #2: 11:

New ROTW posted! Check it out for over 375 teaching ideas!

https://www.ellenthompson.ca/blog/rotw-15

There is a sale in my TPT store today - 25% off!
Check out my free resources as well! They are not on sale. 😅

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Ellen-Thompson-Teacher-Mentor

Ellen Thompson - Teacher Mentor Browse over 10 educational resources created by Ellen Thompson - Teacher Mentor in the official Teachers Pay Teachers store.

What does wax paper have to do with math?
Check out this week's resource of the week to find out!

https://www.ellenthompson.ca/blog/rotw-14

I highly recommend the free Desmos webinars. I did the Essentials one today and it was excellent. Desmos activities are so engaging and perfect for synchronous virtual teaching with little prep on the teacher’s part!

https://learn.desmos.com/webinars

Webinars — Learn Desmos Over the last few weeks, we have released a bunch of new features to help support teachers with distance learning. Let’s take some time to explore these new features and practice using them.

What do you notice about this graph?
What do you wonder?
What’s going on in the graph?

Check out my latest ROTW to learn more!

https://www.ellenthompson.ca/blog/rotw-13-part-3-of-a-4-part-mini-series

What do jeans have to do with math???

Check out my new ROTW: the 3rd part of a 4 part mini-series to get students talking about math!

https://www.ellenthompson.ca/blog/rotw-12-part-3-of-a-4-part-mini-series

Shared by Pulkit Jain

Which one of these numbers below does not belong?

Check out my latest Resource of the Week to find out the answer and read the second part of my April four part mini-series on activities to encourage mathematical conversation in your classroom!

https://www.ellenthompson.ca

New Resource of the week is posted! April is a 4-part mini-series on activities to encourage mathematical conversation in your classroom!

https://www.ellenthompson.ca/blog

In one of the sessions I attended at the NCSM virtual conference this week, this graphic was shared. While I have no idea how the data was collected or who was in the sample, I was still struck by it.

Let's discuss. What jumps out for you?

First virtual conference I have ever attended.
I dressed in professional clothes just to get my head in the right space. Came away with some good ideas that I will share in the future! Day 2 tomorrow!

When you teach classes but are also attending a online PD conference, this is what an at-home classroom looks like! There are no substitute teachers with virtual teaching!

New Resource of the Week posted!
https://www.ellenthompson.ca