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Here's
what a few educators have to say about our books and workshops:
TESTIMONIALS
FROM TEACHERS
“Brad and Bill's math
activities are the best I've seen in 30 years of teaching middle
school! These activities are engaging and meaningful but simple
to use. They are invaluable in infusing algebraic concepts and
processes into lower grades in preparing all students for the
demands of formal algebra. Many other math teachers at my school
site are finding them equally useful.”
– Wayne Dequer, 7th grade math teacher, Arcadia, CA
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“Excellent…relevant…useful…practical…engaging.”
– Tizoc Tirado, kindergarten teacher
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"It's great to go back to work with actual usable lessons!"
– Peggy Norton, 7th-12th grade teacher
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"A fun and innovative way to teach math. I have used Brad
and Bill's activities with middle school and high school students
with great success. I have also presented them to teachers in
workshops and in an algebra standards course at the college level
as an excellent way to actively involve students in learning important
algebra concepts."
– Terry L. Nevin, high school algebra teacher
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“Your methods should be taught to all math teachers and in all
math books!! What a wonderful way to teach outside the box.”
– Nancy Heim, Adult Education, Dana Point, CA
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“Absolutely engaging. I can teach algebra to second graders!”
– Lisa Fellers, teacher
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“The game activities are so open-ended. They can work at many
grade levels.”
– Karyn Mazo, K-8 teacher
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“Absolutely loved the step-by-step process of leading the students
to complex algebraic processes while providing a deep understanding
for the students at every step.”
– Kathy Meiser, 4th grade/gifted and talented teacher
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"If we want students to engage in mathematics, we need to
have engaging, rigorous curriculum to share with them. These units
do that better than anything else I have ever used. The activities
can be modified to use at many grade levels to introduce or review
important mathematical concepts. Students love the activities,
and because of the connections to the world outside of school,
parents are impressed with what their students are learning to
do."
– Judy Ferrarri, 4th/5th grade teacher, Springfield, OR
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“You really addressed the real-life classroom and problems with
teaching fractions, decimals, and percents.”
– Jacquelyn Jacobs, middle school teacher
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“Even though I have a degree in math and have been teaching 16
years, I learned new things.”
– Linda Parry, 7th and 8th grade teacher
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“Very helpful for my at-risk kids.”
– Susan Waller, 9th grade teacher
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“This is a way to really get kids and adults excited about math.
No more bored students!!!”
– Nancy Heim, adult education
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“The content was great! Very captivating and energetic. The whole
staff was very involved with the activities.”
– Michele Wehrhan, Title 1 teacher
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“As a special education teacher, this is the first time I've taken
a workshop that has ideas that I really feel can help resource
students enjoy and be successful at math.”
– Lynn Ohren, Resource special education teacher
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“This workshop addressed differentiation for GATE and RSP in the
same setting. Thank you for such a wonderful opportunity to learn
great activities.”
– Deborah White, teacher
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“The most informational workshop I have ever attended. This is
a workshop everyone should attend. There is information available
for use in any grade or classroom.”
– Melba VanPelt, RSP special education teacher
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“The most informational workshop I have ever attended. This is
a workshop everyone should attend. There is information available
for use in any grade or classroom.”
– Melba VanPelt, RSP Special Education, Palmdale, CA
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“Absolutely loved the step-by-step process of leading the students
to complex algebraic processes while providing a deep understanding
for the students at every step.”
– Kathy Meiser, 4th grade/GATE, Palmdale, CA
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TESTIMONIALS
FROM ADMINISTRATORS
“Teacher To Teacher Press materials and program workshops have
provided Orange County teachers with a rich and important set
of resources, models, and instructional tools in mathematics.
These resources have been successfully applied and used to boost
teachers’ and students’ understanding of mathematics. The use
of these materials, coupled with our ongoing staff development
program, has positively impacted student learning. The Teacher
to Teacher Press materials and presenters are both adept and talented
in their approach, understanding, and use of modeling to facilitate
concept development. These program materials continue to provide
a rich resource of ideas and strategies for the classroom teacher.”
Ed Rodevich
Coordinator, Math/Science
Orange County Department of Education
Costa Mesa, California
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“I am a mathematics consultant with the Los Angeles County Office
of Education. We have had Brad Fulton present numerous times to
many elementary, middle, and high school teachers who provide
mathematics instruction in Los Angeles County. Brad has presented
workshops in all the strands, and on a regular weekday he commands
an audience close to 200 participants. Many of them are second
or third time attendees who want more of his strategies to make
math accessible.
These strategies are taken from the eight books written by Brad
and his partner, Bill Lombard, and published by Teacher to Teacher
Press. From their partnership, innovative activities have been
developed and extended into week-long explorations to give students
an opportunity to deepen their mathematics. At the same time,
teachers work on these activities to increase their own mathematics
content knowledge at Brad and Bill’s workshops. Used with research-based
lesson plans, these strategies support the California Mathematics
Content Standards and help to strengthen conceptual understanding
and mathematical reasoning while increasing students’ motivation.
Brad Fulton and Bill Lombard have provided materials and methodologies,
and have helped both teachers and students in Los Angeles County
strengthen and enjoy their mathematics learning.”
Yuki Mio
Mathematics Consultant
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Downey, California
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