Lara!
@laramathcalf.bsky.social
Math education, Ed tech, curriculum - UDL and accessibility. Former teacher/coach in deaf Ed. I have a baby (toddler!?!), he exists because of science.
A month into my new math coaching job, I’m really enjoying being back in a school and getting to work w teachers and students but I feel like I’m going to struggle being in a big county. There is a lot of support, which is nice and in opposition to my tiny school coaching job, but the testing 1/3
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A month into my new math coaching job, I’m really enjoying being back in a school and getting to work w teachers and students but I feel like I’m going to struggle being in a big county. There is a lot of support, which is nice and in opposition to my tiny school coaching job, but the testing 1/3
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This is hands down my favorite part of NCTM so you BETTER be there!!! #NCTMATL25
🎲✨ NCTM Game Night 2025!✨🎲
Join us for math games, puzzles, raffle prizes & fellowship! Bring a friend & connect in a fun, relaxed setting.
📅 Wed Oct 15
🕕 8 PM
📍Omni Intl Ballroom E
🍸 Cash bar.
Play, laugh & celebrate math together! #MTBoS #ITeachMath #NCTMATL25! #GameNight #ElemMathChat
Join us for math games, puzzles, raffle prizes & fellowship! Bring a friend & connect in a fun, relaxed setting.
📅 Wed Oct 15
🕕 8 PM
📍Omni Intl Ballroom E
🍸 Cash bar.
Play, laugh & celebrate math together! #MTBoS #ITeachMath #NCTMATL25! #GameNight #ElemMathChat
October 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is hands down my favorite part of NCTM so you BETTER be there!!! #NCTMATL25
Anyone used the Solve Me Mobiles website recently? Doesn’t work for me (get the small screen warning then it just says loading forever). 😭 #ITeachMath
October 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Anyone used the Solve Me Mobiles website recently? Doesn’t work for me (get the small screen warning then it just says loading forever). 😭 #ITeachMath
NCTM!!!!!! Who’s going??
October 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
NCTM!!!!!! Who’s going??
In case you were following my saga I got a new job and it’s actually one I want to do 🙌🏻 🎉🥳👏🏻
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In case you were following my saga I got a new job and it’s actually one I want to do 🙌🏻 🎉🥳👏🏻
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1/3 🎲✨ NCTM Game Night 2025 is almost here! ✨🎲
An evening of math games, puzzles, fellowship, raffle prizes, and more! Bring a friend and connect with colleagues in a fun, relaxed setting.
#NCTM2025 #MathCommunity
An evening of math games, puzzles, fellowship, raffle prizes, and more! Bring a friend and connect with colleagues in a fun, relaxed setting.
#NCTM2025 #MathCommunity
September 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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NCTM people! Idk how many people use this website lol but I love in the Atlanta area so am planning to come and hover around but not attend the actual conference. Would love to see people are grab lunch or something!! Let me know if you wanna hang! #ITeachMath
September 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
NCTM people! Idk how many people use this website lol but I love in the Atlanta area so am planning to come and hover around but not attend the actual conference. Would love to see people are grab lunch or something!! Let me know if you wanna hang! #ITeachMath
Anyone happen to know any grants that non-profits can apply for for curriculum.. and/or specifically creating stem materials.. and/or specifically for underserved populations?
August 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anyone happen to know any grants that non-profits can apply for for curriculum.. and/or specifically creating stem materials.. and/or specifically for underserved populations?
I just saw a commercial for Botox and there were testimonials from people explaining why they needed it and they had TWO people saying “I smile a lot” and the fact that we feel like we need to hide the evidence of us smiling??? Makes me soso sad (at least I won’t have to worry about crows feet!?!)
August 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I just saw a commercial for Botox and there were testimonials from people explaining why they needed it and they had TWO people saying “I smile a lot” and the fact that we feel like we need to hide the evidence of us smiling??? Makes me soso sad (at least I won’t have to worry about crows feet!?!)
Hello again internet friends I’m still looking for a jobbbbbb!! Help a girl out 🙏🏻😅
July 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hello again internet friends I’m still looking for a jobbbbbb!! Help a girl out 🙏🏻😅
A very mathy week for #tmwyk
We have a system where he gets 3 “dots” to use to call us into his room after he’s in bed.
My child: MAMA! Come here!
Me: if I come in I’m taking a dot
MC: no dadas going to take a dot
Me: if I come in I take a dot
MC: okay you can take 1 dot and dada will have 2
We have a system where he gets 3 “dots” to use to call us into his room after he’s in bed.
My child: MAMA! Come here!
Me: if I come in I’m taking a dot
MC: no dadas going to take a dot
Me: if I come in I take a dot
MC: okay you can take 1 dot and dada will have 2
a man with a beard and long hair is holding a fishing rod
Alt: a man with a beard and long hair nodding approvingly
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July 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A very mathy week for #tmwyk
We have a system where he gets 3 “dots” to use to call us into his room after he’s in bed.
My child: MAMA! Come here!
Me: if I come in I’m taking a dot
MC: no dadas going to take a dot
Me: if I come in I take a dot
MC: okay you can take 1 dot and dada will have 2
We have a system where he gets 3 “dots” to use to call us into his room after he’s in bed.
My child: MAMA! Come here!
Me: if I come in I’m taking a dot
MC: no dadas going to take a dot
Me: if I come in I take a dot
MC: okay you can take 1 dot and dada will have 2
Me: “we can do that in 1 minute”
My child: “I will count to 1!”
Me: “you need to count to 60”
MC: “okay! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 60!”
Me: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6”
MC: “60! 6! 60 is like 6!”
Me:
My child: “I will count to 1!”
Me: “you need to count to 60”
MC: “okay! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 60!”
Me: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6”
MC: “60! 6! 60 is like 6!”
Me:
a man applauds with the #schitts creek logo behind him
Alt: David from schitts creek applauds proudly
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July 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Me: “we can do that in 1 minute”
My child: “I will count to 1!”
Me: “you need to count to 60”
MC: “okay! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 60!”
Me: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6”
MC: “60! 6! 60 is like 6!”
Me:
My child: “I will count to 1!”
Me: “you need to count to 60”
MC: “okay! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 60!”
Me: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6”
MC: “60! 6! 60 is like 6!”
Me:
Do you think AC/DC would be happy to know my 2 year old’s fav song is thunderstruck?
June 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Do you think AC/DC would be happy to know my 2 year old’s fav song is thunderstruck?
My (curriculum) company laid off almost all of its curriculum team last week, myself included. The kept some of us around to finish out our current projects, some they axed immediately. Looking for a new job in curriculum is rough because districts seem to usually hire internally, curriculum +
June 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My (curriculum) company laid off almost all of its curriculum team last week, myself included. The kept some of us around to finish out our current projects, some they axed immediately. Looking for a new job in curriculum is rough because districts seem to usually hire internally, curriculum +
Math language question (as per usual).
✅“There are dozens of snakes”
✅”There are hundreds of snakes”
✅”There are thousands of snakes”
🤔”There are tens of snakes”
Why?
✅“There are dozens of snakes”
✅”There are hundreds of snakes”
✅”There are thousands of snakes”
🤔”There are tens of snakes”
Why?
April 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Math language question (as per usual).
✅“There are dozens of snakes”
✅”There are hundreds of snakes”
✅”There are thousands of snakes”
🤔”There are tens of snakes”
Why?
✅“There are dozens of snakes”
✅”There are hundreds of snakes”
✅”There are thousands of snakes”
🤔”There are tens of snakes”
Why?
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This is the article of my dreams. Finally, finally delving into the ways in which cochlear implants can fail deaf kids, and the importance of early sign language - all upside, no downside. Amazing work, @cathleenogrady.bsky.social !
Implants can help deaf kids hear—but many still struggle with spoken language
Some researchers worry about risks of devaluing sign language, overreliance on imperfect devices
www.science.org
March 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is the article of my dreams. Finally, finally delving into the ways in which cochlear implants can fail deaf kids, and the importance of early sign language - all upside, no downside. Amazing work, @cathleenogrady.bsky.social !
I love this discussion and also I dislike English 🫠
OMG I’ve found it!!! An everyday word that is both the action and the thing produced by the action!
GROUP
You group objects and so create a group.
(Only slightly unfortunate that this is already a maths terminology that inside maths is only a noun and not a verb.)
GROUP
You group objects and so create a group.
(Only slightly unfortunate that this is already a maths terminology that inside maths is only a noun and not a verb.)
February 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I love this discussion and also I dislike English 🫠
One thing I actually love about teacher social media is that you can totally tell who’s a great teacher by the way they talk about kids (in general and their students specifically). It’s really nice to hear people talk so fondly about students.
February 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One thing I actually love about teacher social media is that you can totally tell who’s a great teacher by the way they talk about kids (in general and their students specifically). It’s really nice to hear people talk so fondly about students.
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I've now listened to this episode of @pjvogt.bsky.social's Search Engine on which I appear and I cannot recommend it enough, not because of me, but because it frames the challenge of ChatGPT in schools and student writing better than anything I've seen or heard. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Playboi Farti and his AI Homework Machine
Podcast Episode · Search Engine · 02/14/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I've now listened to this episode of @pjvogt.bsky.social's Search Engine on which I appear and I cannot recommend it enough, not because of me, but because it frames the challenge of ChatGPT in schools and student writing better than anything I've seen or heard. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
This is a really great explanation about why the way we represent data matters (also just a good way to help students understand diff kinds of functions) #ITeachMath
Full video link www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2hBAChv/
Full video link www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2hBAChv/
February 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is a really great explanation about why the way we represent data matters (also just a good way to help students understand diff kinds of functions) #ITeachMath
Full video link www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2hBAChv/
Full video link www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2hBAChv/
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Charlie Kirk and assorted knuckleheads: Just use closed captions! You don't need an interpreter!
The live captions:
The live captions:
January 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Isn’t tenths of an inch a weird way to measure?? Are there other places we use tenths of an inch?
January 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Isn’t tenths of an inch a weird way to measure?? Are there other places we use tenths of an inch?
My toddlers new favorite song is Thunderstruck. He requests it by saying “Mama I listen Thunder by ABCs!!”
My two year olds favorite song atm is Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
January 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My toddlers new favorite song is Thunderstruck. He requests it by saying “Mama I listen Thunder by ABCs!!”
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Deaf people and our communities are economically exploited with little in return from birth until death. Most of this happens until the age of 18-21. After 18, you're also derided as a taxpayer burden if you dont magically overcome societal failures and barriers to get a job. Some examples below
January 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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