To better prepare students for their future careers, a fifth-grade teacher designs and implements a lesson that uses spreadsheet software to graph functions.
Kelly S. Chrisler, chrislerk@gmail.com, teaches fifth grade at Mountain View Elementary School in Corvallis, Oregon. Although teaching in a general education setting, she is particularly interested in teaching mathematics to advanced students and enjoys using technology as a means to extend student thinking, understanding, and application of mathematical concepts.