Erin Flotte

6th grade math, 7th grade math, Geometry.
6th grade advisor.
Obsessed with fonts and making guided notes.
Lover of numbers and robots and baking.
#MTBoS

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

@KamalaHarris and Tim Walz, are you aware that your interview with @CNN can only be accessed by those who pay for a TV Provider? This is a poor move if you want to reach the huge part of the American population who solely streams their media. Very disappointing. @VP @KamalaHQ

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

@cmmteach So I am also SO VERY BAD at transformations (my spatial sense is v weak). And I NOTICED a bit ago while planning lessons that you can relate it to slope. So when you reflect, the slope from A to line and from line to A' will be related. Also worked with rotations.

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

@cheesemonkeysf THANK YOU for voicing this. Everyone is going around talking about these cool new learning sites and "here's 6 documents with 7 links each to videos about how to ____" and I'm over here like "...how 'bout we all stay alive and learn a little bit?"

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

Opinion: the Distance Formula is a "trick" and should be thrown out with all the rest of them.
Thoughts?

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

@optimizingke @mavenofmath I do this too! I can't tell you how many times I've opened my phone to look at the weather and then ended up spending 15 minutes scrolling social media instead 🙄 🤦‍♀️

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

@mavenofmath Also re: phones, that's assuming every student has one, so we can run into some equity issues there. A $20 calculator is more accessible to some than a hundreds of dollars device. Also my school is no-phones-in-class, so that's moot point anyway.

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

@mavenofmath Honestly, I haven't tried it, so maybe I spoke too quick. Regarding scientific calculators, is your question based on the fact that Desmos is free and so buying a calc is a waste of money? Or is there functionality that you think makes Desmos superior?

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

@misscalcul8 This is my plan! I might just do the first semester (mostly because I teach 3 classes and don't have time to do the entire year), but I think it will be really helpful.

[evelyn @drivinatninety]

“no one who works full-time should live in poverty” actually hot take i don’t think anyone should live in poverty

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

@mathillustrated @GlobalMathDept This is giving me flashbacks to college...

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

@MrsSheehanMath I have been wondering the same thing! My plan for next school year was to hit Number Talks every. single. day. And then Covid happened, and I'm trying to figure out how I'd do it. We're losing so much goo math chat time!

[Outside the Lines @OTLonESPN]

“Enough" says it all.
@dougglanville essay inspired by George Floyd and the world's response.

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

@misscalcul8 Let me know when you find it. My hometown full-on had white supremacists line the streets with bullet-proof vests and assault rifles to "protect" the streets from "rioters" and "antifa".

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

Officially a #nationalboardcertifiedteacher !!
#nbpts #nationalboards https://t.co/2iTpjmxQk4

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

We're "discovering" the Order of Operations through number talks by noticing patterns and making claims and conjectures. No more PEMDAS is this classroom!
#ditchthetricks #orderofoperations #iteachmath #iteach6th… https://t.co/7O0ATOX3L1

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

We did it! Somewhere between 60 and 70 people attended, which was amazing!
If you're interested in seeing our presentation and/or the resources we provided, you can find everything at
https://t.co/ppIHSHJ1Ti… https://t.co/9Nclqytony

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

T minus 15 minutes!! Ballroom J if you're here! #ditchthetricks #nctm #nctm19 #nctmslc19 https://t.co/oOMoLdLmyS

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

T minus fifteen minutes!! Ballroom J if you're here! #ditchthetricks #nctm #nctm19 #nctmslc19 https://t.co/rxBgaU2jLw

[Erin Flotte @class_tangents]

AAAAAAAAAH!!! #nctm #nctmslc19 #nctm2019 #ditchthetricks #speaker #presenter #nctmspeaker #soexcited #alsonervous #iteachmath @NCTM https://t.co/I8okA4h6dh