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Mindset

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  Mind Set...Is Important! How can the dialogue in your head have the power to transform thinking and help you overcome difficult challenges? Take this course to find out. With the right mindset, you can motivate yourself, help raise your grades, and overcome multiple challenges. You will explore the concept of Fixed vs. Growth Mindsets. With  YouTube videos, group discussions, and an interactive workbook to accompany different sections, you will be delighted with the high-interest level of this course. The first part of the course is for 10 years and up. Depending on the number and age of students that class may be split...stay-tuned! What is your mathematical mindset? Take a quiz to find out. (Please note date change to Sep. 8) The class will begin on Sept. 8 @ 10:00 and continue for 5 weeks. Each class will be 30-45 min. Please sign up on Sign-Up Genius and I will send you the Google Classroom code. This class will take place online. If circumstances change, I would like...

Welcome Back

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Back-to-School Hi, my name is Tricia Graham and I am the Math Specialist. Let me start off by saying I did not grow up  loving math. In fact, I hated it. Math was my enemy until I sat inside an amazing teacher’s classroom. There I developed a love for mathematics.  I learned that mathematics can be fun, that it is a puzzle to be solved and anyone can be good at Math! Read more about me in the "About" section of the website. Why is Math Important Anyways? I know we all wonder, why do we have to learn this silly math. Below are a few videos to help answer that question. What is Mathematics   Why Should You Study Mathematics?    How Math is Our Real 6th Sense  Grades 7-12 Language of Math Middle school math uses a lot of formulas, which is a language to help you understand math. If you watch the videos above, you learned that it is important to understand this language. So please take the time to learn the  Language of Math . Here is a quick referen...