#48 A Milken Award Winner Shows Us An Exceptional Elementary Math Classroom - a podcast by Vicki Davis

Felicia Casto @jfcasto28 , 2017 Milken Award Winner, used to hate math. But one day, she woke up and realized she was bored and her students were too. She set about to find answers. After diving into research and applying what she learned, Felicia and her elementary students have left behind a traditional way of teaching math and awakened to the exciting possibilities. If you're tired of boring, traditional math instruction, listen and learn from Felicia Casto Felica shares: The types of activities done in her classroom The 3 Act

In this episode, Felica shares: 

• The types of activities done in her classroom 
• The 3 Act project-based model of learning math
• How she went from boring math class to loving math
• Why she decided to make a shift
• Her philosophy on having fun and teacher exhaustion.

Felicia Casto @jfcasto28 has been in education for 13 years. She has taught K-3 grade, mathematics instructional coach (K-5) and is currently an instructional coach and interventionist.

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