A little bit about me...

Hi, my name is Brady Lilley.  I live in Mesa, Arizona but was born and raised in Prescott, Arizona.  Yes, I pronounce Prescott like Preskitt like any TRUE Arizonian would...just saying...I am a country girl through and though.  I love small towns, dirt roads, and actually being able to go star seeing at night.  I am the youngest out of 3 kids, and have one niece who is the apple of my eye.  My family is my everything, and no you don't have to be blood to be family.  

 I am excited to start my career as a teacher! I am currently attending Mesa Community College and Northern Arizona University Extended Campus to make my dreams of becoming a teacher a reality!!! I can't wait to teach! I currently work for Gilbert Public Schools at Desert Ridge Junior High School.  I'm a paraprofessional specialist in a multi-disability classroom, and I also work with several autistic students as well.  I love my job and wouldn't change it for the world!!! 

Activities

Here are some great websites with fun, interactive games on graphing!

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/bugs-in-the-system/

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/numbers/mathdata.html

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/subjects-math-graphing-647-2-1

http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/teaching-graphs.html

•Searching on Pinterest, I also found some really great ideas!!! 

http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/teaching-graphs.html

http://www.themeasuredmom.com/7-ways-to-make-a-graph-with-kids/#_a5y_p=1925658

http://www.childcarelounge.com/blog/dr-suess-birthday-ideas/

http://www.simplycenters.com/2012/04/jelly-bean-math-activities-freebie.html

All of these sites got my wheels turning!! I can't wait to teach these ideas!!!!

Box and Whisker

-A box-and-whisker graph is a graph that shows how far apart and how evenly data are distributed it looks like this Minimum: is the lowest extreme of your data. Lower quartile: is the median of your data starting at the minimum to the median of the original data. Median: is the middle of the first set of data Upper quartile: is the median of data starting AFTER the median of first set of data to the maximum.

This video I found was very helpful in explaining how to make a box and whisker plot.

http://youtu.be/CoVf1jLxgj4

Videos and Pages

I think videos are a great resource!! Here are some videos I found very helpful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icKtkOt05Nk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4XgnFbMCxk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3QoquxnfZk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj2CF1XQDMY

Loved these sites!

http://www.mathgoodies.com/glossary/term.asp?term=box-and-whisker%20graph

http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/graphs-index.html

http://mrnussbaum.com/coolgraphing/

-Loved this site because it gives graphing print outs and its all set to common core standards!!!