A little introduction...

In 2003, I began teaching grade 4 in Greenwich Central School District, a small, rural district (approx 1,000 students in K-12) in Upstate New York. Upstate, as in north of Albany. I remained at the grade level for 12 years. In 2014, I had the opportunity to loop with a group of 4th graders to grade 5 and thoroughly enjoyed that unique experience. As a general education, elementary teacher, I taught 5 content areas per day, not just math. Math, as a specialty, began to work its way into my professional life around the same time as the new standards were being rolled out and my district was adopting a new math curriculum. At the same time, it began to spill into my personal life in the form of nerdy math conversations over dinner with my favorite mathematician, aka my wife, which lead me to seek out my current position in my district.

Following the year in grade 5, the AIS (Academic Intervention Services) Math position opened up and I expressed interest in filling this role. Since 2015, I have supported students in math in grades 3-5 and added grade 6 this year. I have also built an enrichment math program for students in these grades. During the 2017-18 school year, I worked as a Curriculum Fellow for Great Minds, the writers of Eureka Math. I spent half my time in my district and the other half working from home revising and updating the Eureka Math curriculum.

Before I knew it, my Amazon wish list began overflowing with professional books in the area of math. The more I read, the more my interest grew. Next, I was looking for opportunities to share what I had learned beyond the "four walls" of my district. Over the past two years, I have sought out opportunities to share my curriculum and pedagogical knowledge by presenting at local and statewide math conferences.

And now, as husband and wife, we present to the world our math blog.

Come along as we take this journey from Counting to Calculus!