Carole’s Corner


About Carole The CMAT team thanks Carole Greenes, Ed.D., Professor Emerita, Mathematics Education at Arizona State University, for sharing her puzzle books and activities in Carole’s Corner. More About Carole		Adoption News Great news! MathLinks: Core Grades 6-8 (2nd ed) is on track for adoption in January 2026 by the CA Board of Education. What makes MathLinks special? The authors of MathLinks are all former classroom California teachers, along with mathematicians and English language specialists, who have taught pre-service teachers at UCLA and other CA universities, as well as provided in-service training to educators and administrators. Through these experiences, we have gained a deep understanding of California’s unique educational needs. Explore how we’ve transformed this expertise into an engaging, standards-aligned curriculum Contact us for Previews, Pilots, and Presentations.
Carole's Puzzle Games READY X is book of algebraic reasoning puzzles where students informally and formally solve systems of equations. Three levels of challenge are included. …And..because of the popularity of the READY-X puzzles, Carole created a second volume of more challenging puzzles – called SMARTY. Download these books today – two gifts from Carole!		MathLinks: Core Grades 6-8 (2nd ed) The Math Talks Activity Routine provides talking and listening opportunities for students with multiple avenues for access, entry, and extensions. To introduce the Math Talks routine: Lesson Notes Google Slides PPT Try these from the 8th Grade Program. The “slow reveal” Data Talk in this set is one of our favorites! Google Slides PPT
Carole’s Tasks and Projects Give your students the opportunity to solve a puzzle and then create a similar one with A Puzzling Project. If your students send their puzzles to Carole, she will definitely get back to them with feedback!		MathLinks: Essentials (Intervention for Grades 6-9) Battling Ships is a coordinate grid game based on “Battleship.” This review activity is in the MathLinks Essentials Integer Concepts Unit.
Carole’s Games SMASH is a Jeopardy-like game for your class. Here are SMASH Game 3 and Game 4, along with directions. Have fun!		Wanna learn more? Contact us here.

Welcome to Carole’s Corner!

CMAT is honored that Carole Greenes is joining our CMAT team as a distinguished contributor. I personally met Carole when she wrote and directed the 50^th anniversary musical celebration for NCSM. Her energy and spirit are contagious, and now Carole is part of the CMAT family.

We are so excited that Carole will be sharing some of her engaging puzzles, projects, tasks, and wisdom with all of us through Carole’s Corner. Every month, Carole will share her thoughts of the moment in Carole’s Corner. We also will post some of Carole’s activities, puzzles, tasks, and projects, with connections to MathLinks materials. Carole would like these selected materials (and solutions) to be free to you, so download, enjoy yourself, and use with your students!

Thank you, Carole,

Shelley Kriegler
President, Center for Mathematics and Teaching