Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

I share math teaching stories and learn from my students every day. IG: mcqmath 🌾 Treaty 6 Territory and Homeland of the Métis. she/her Saskatoon, SK 🇨🇦 Joined April 2011

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

2 years ago

My time at @BethlehemStars is over. Next year I’m moving to @HCHSCrusaders. I’ll miss the students, families, & staff I’ve made connections with over the past several years; thank you all for your kindness.❤️ Hope we can keep in touch because I want to hear all your updates!😉

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

2 years ago

Here is this year’s Desmos art 😍 Check out the animation that one student made with colour gradients! 😍😍

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

A lovely family gifted me this mug last year and it happens to have the perfect angle for the “lip”, but unfortunately I’m drinking NeoCitran out of it. The illness wheel in our family has spun back around to me. 🤧😷

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

One of my favourite tasks to start setting norms in a new semester: four 4s!

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

Final assessments are marked, so naturally I’m procrastinating doing report card comments by washing all my mini-whiteboards 😆😆

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Matt Enlow @CmonMattTHINK

3 years ago

Yesterday during a class break I heard an Alg II Honors student making comments about how "stupid" she is. (This is a S who aces almost every assessment.) I'd heard her say similar things offhandedly in the past, but I decided I needed to address it directly. 1/6 #iteachmath

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

Thanks for sharing the Calc activities all term Jamie. When I try some next term I’ll report back. Re collab note: what tech access do your students have? When did this happen — class, home? Using their phones or tech provided by the school? Some formatting is quite involved!

Jamie Mitchell @realJ_Mitchell

3 years ago

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

Aww, Alex! File that one away in the memory box. 🥹 Also, I’m sure this student articulated what many of the others are thinking!

Alex Overwijk @AlexOverwijk

3 years ago

Aww, Alex! File that one away in the memory box. 🥹 Also, I’m sure this student articulated what many of the others are thinking!

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

After the many extra hrs I worked this past week to re-assess outcomes, plus the end of term emotions of leaving good classes, I went to the lake with the girl. #rest The boy stayed home for his bball. He has already phoned his sister THREE times before 9am! #twins

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

Today, our last day before finals, I did a course eval in one class: 20 Ss felt there was good balance of #vnps vs indiv work time, 5 want ⬆️ indiv time, and 3 ⬆️ #vnps. I work hard to improve my #ThinkingClassroom each term so it’s rewarding when student feedback reflects that.

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

Student #MenuMath quotes: “Can we have the whole class for this because I really want to figure it out.” “Wait! We’re trying to figure it out in three.” “Can we do this tomorrow? It was really fun.” Who says students aren’t intrinsically motivated to do math? #ThinkingClassroom

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

In our curriculum, these students haven’t yet formally studied “proof by contradiction” but it was such an intuitive thing for them. In my opinion, the “justify” part of the #MenuMath structure is where some of the richest thinking occurs.

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

…but this year, a pair of students did this: Suppose you can do it in 2 fns. But constraint A can’t work with these 6 other constraints. That means those 6 have to work together to make 1 function. But a contradiction ensues because at least two of them can’t work together.

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

This year, and in prior years, most groups explain that it can’t be done in 2 functions because of the position of the vertex. They typically identify three constraints (not always the same ones) that need separate parabolas. But…

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

Parabola #MenuMath today to jump into some prior concepts from the course. Each year, I love seeing the progression as students think through this task. Even though it was the first day back from break, students got into #flow so quickly: the power of #ThinkingClassroom! 🧵

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Anna McQuillan @mcqmath

3 years ago

My heart is so full today after the genuine and heartfelt holiday wishes from students. Beautiful souls valuing real connection post-covid. Given an emotionally safe environment, and opportunity to show it, teens are so kind and generous. ❤️ The kids are gonna be all right.