Algebra's Friend

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At Algebra's Friend, I focus on math education and my experiences as a high school math teacher. I invite your comments and collaboration!

Visit my blog: http://algebrasfriend.blogspot.com/ Math Education, MTBoS, Secondary Math, Algebra

11/30/2025

Looks like fun and it's free!

⏱️✨ A YEAR OF ONE-MINUTE MATH WARM-UPS — FREE!✨⏱️

Want *365 warm-ups* that take **under 60 seconds** but spark BIG math thinking?

This FREE resource gives you a full year of quick, powerful prompts your students will LOVE — number sense, fluency, reasoning, patterns, shapes, decimals, fractions… everything!

Just look at the variety packed inside:
🔸 *“Shout a number that ends in 5.”*
🔸 *“Give a fraction greater than 1/2.”*
🔸 *“Name a decimal between 0.7 and 0.8.”*
🔸 *“Say a multiplication fact equal to 144.”*
🔸 *“Shout your favorite odd number doubled.”*
(And yes — you get **365** of these!)

Perfect for Grades 2–6 💛
Perfect for transitions, warm-ups, stations, morning meetings, and sub days.
Perfect for teachers who want *meaningful thinking in under a minute.*

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COMMENT “SEND IT!” below and I’ll drop it for you!**

Let’s build a math routine your students look forward to — every single day!

5 Teacher Organization Tips 08/13/2024

How do you organize your high school math class?

5 Teacher Organization Tips These teacher organization ideas are the perfect hacks for your middle or high school classroom!

MBB Index — Jay Proffitt Creative Media 05/24/2024

This podcast doesn't have new episodes but there are about 3 years of episodes for your summer listening! Check it out if you teach upper elementary or middle school math:

MBB Index — Jay Proffitt Creative Media Math Before Breakfast episodes are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Math talks to blow your mind | TED Talks 05/24/2024

Do you use Ted Talks in your math class?

Check out these:

Math talks to blow your mind | TED Talks Numbers, patterns and equations are at the core of these talks, which will teach you how to fold better origami and how to quantify history.

01/11/2024

Retrieval practice is essential!

A single session of retrieval practice can generate memory improvements that persist for 9 months. Over multiple sessions, the positive effects of retrieval can last for 8 years. 🤯

See the study: https://go.nature.com/3vBZjVW

12/30/2023

For my elementary friends!

I’m sharing some of my favorite math-based picture books for primary grades. From number order, to counting on, to equal parts, I have included lots of books, mini-lesson ideas, and resources for getting your math mini-lessons on the right track!

🧮 👀 brownbagteacher.com/math-read-alouds/

Puzzles | Math = Love 08/08/2023

Use puzzles to challenge, extend, and engage students learning! Everyone loves "math equals love" puzzle page!

Puzzles | Math = Love Collection of Free Printable Puzzles for the Middle School or High School Classroom. I created these for my math classes, but they can be used for any subject.

PROBLEM OF THE WEEK ARCHIVE | MATHCOUNTS Foundation 08/08/2023

Mathcounts Problem of the Week archive for the past year makes a great "extension" set of problems for your middle school math classroom:

PROBLEM OF THE WEEK ARCHIVE | MATHCOUNTS Foundation This archive contains all MATHCOUNTS Problems of the week.

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