Have you ever thought to yourself, "Man, I sure wish this poster was bigger"? A few years ago I stumbled upon a way to enlarge any PDF into a multi-page poster and have used it to enlarge all sorts of things, like this "How to be a Math Person Poster". The directions are easy: 1) Google "Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" and install it on your computer. You can uncheck all the extras they want you to download, you just need the one program. 2) Right click on your PDF and choose "Open with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" 3) Choose "print" 4) Choose "current page" and "poster" and it will open lots of settings. It you play around with "Tile Scale" a bit, you can enlarge your PDF on 2, 4, 6, etc pages. #mathposters #adobe #howtobeamathperson #mathclassroomdecor #mathclassroom #makingposters 
First black raspberries of the season. It was a mistake planting these so close to the house because they spread like crazy. Each cane bends towards the ground and the top splits into these weird fingerlike protrusions that somehow become roots. Those roots then send up a new raspberry shoot. It’s the weirdest way I’ve ever seen plants grow. The berries are so delicious though, so it feels less like a mistake. #blackcapraspberries #blackraspberries #plantingmistake 
My favorite time of year these days is early spring when early sprouters make their first appearances after the long, grey winter. A close second to that time is when everything is green and blooming, making me feel like we live someplace way more tropical than Massachusetts. #colorfulflowers #inbloom #daylilies #pinkflowers #grapearbor #milkweed 
So we have groundhogs and they eat everything. One in our backyard even climbs trees. These are 2 of this year’s babies who moved into a hole under our front porch. And this is one attempting to eat milkweed. He ran away when I couldn’t hold in my laugh😆 It’s illegal to relocate groundhogs here so we just deal with them and try not to be sad when they eat our plants. #groundhog #milkweed #massachusettswildlife #clumsyeater 
Pythagorean Theorem in the no-prep digital geometry word wall. #visualmathwordwalls #pythagoreantheorem #mathwordwall #digitalwordwall #googlemath 
I've been asked about a digital math escape room bundle just for algebra topics from a few folks, and I wanted to post that I finally pulled one together today. Really I didn't think I'd make enough to warrant a bundle, but this one ended up with 25 escape rooms for algebra. If you already have any of my algebra digital escape rooms and want the bundle, tpt is really good about partial refunds for resources already owned. I can help you with this if you need it. #digitalescaperoom #digitalalgebra #algebraactivities #algebra #scaffoldedmath #digitalmath 
New function composition digital math escape room finished today. Most questions ask students to evaluate composed functions given graphs, tables and an equation in puzzle 5. There are also a few solving questions to keep up those skills. #digitalmathescaperoom #algebra #algebraicfunctions #mathescaperoom #digitalalgebra #algebrateaching 
Spanish has been added to the 4th grade math word wall. #visualmathwordwalls #spanishwordwall #4thgrade 
This little guy looks like a giant ladybug but is a milkweed beetle, which I figured had to be related to milkweed bugs but are a totally different species. I never knew they existed until a month or so ago. We let the milkweed grow in our yard and this is the first year he’s shown up. They drop from the plant they’re on and play dead when scared. I’m not a huge fan of beetles (or really any bugs, to be honest), but these little guys are pretty cute. They really do look like huge🐞#milkweedbeetle #milkweed #newvisitor #cutebug