3rd grader: “Mr. Zak, I made a circle out of things that only have points.”

Me: “What?!?! Let me see!”

This is what he created.
Kids are the best!!

After our 2nd and 3rd grade learning labs today in Miami Beach, one teacher said her biggest takeaway was that “You don’t need to work with big numbers to do big thinking.” I absolutely love this quote.

Embark on a mathematical journey with Storytelling Math books this #NationalLibraryWeek ! Stories show children weaving math into their daily adventures. Grab a copy at your local library! @IloveLibraries American Library Association Charlesbridge #LibrariesTransform hubs.la/Q02g0y6f0

Check out my interview of Marta Garcia for some tips on supporting multilingual students in math class. She has an online course coming up where you can learn more. youtu.be/9tJ6hhT04Kw?si… via YouTube

Look at this student's work. How do you think she solved the problem? #UseWhatYouKnow

What do you do when your Counting Jar has a number in it, instead of a set of objects? #CountingIsMoreThan123

Recreating cube and matching 3-D blocks to 2-D shapes #Geometry

I bought six giant cookies for post-iftar dessert. I told my 8yo that we’d have to share them, since there’s more than 6 people at dinner tonight.

She ran to get a piece of scrap paper.

“Mama, we have a problem.”

“What?”

“There’s going to be extra halves.” /1

#tmwyk

Roll a die. Take that many counters. Do you have 20? How do you know? ... Roll again. How many do you have now? Do you have 20? How do you know? (Do students count from 1? from the prior total? do they use the rows of 5/frames of 10/20 squares in any way?) #CountingIsMoreThan123

Lining up and counting cubes to answer the question 'how long is your arm?' connects ideas of #Measurement and #Counting

You really have to understand the operation and the notation to write a story to match an equation #MP2

👇Thinking about zero in fourth grade

Playing games with families. What a great way to encourage math conversations and share the math that's happening at school! #GamesAsMeaningfulPractive #StudentsAsTeachers

We would love to have you joing us! mathcoachconnection.org/service-page/s…

Playing games with families. What a great way to encourage math conversations and share the math that's happening at school! #GamesAsMeaningfulPractive #StudentsAsTeachers

'Even when there is only one right answer, there isn’t a single right way to get to it, to reason about it, to visualize it, or to investigate it.'

Busy morning prepping a webinar on subitising for an EY hub. There’s a lot to share! Including these wonderful books

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This is a great example of what expertise in math #teaching looks like, from ⁦Jenna Laib⁩ Cookie Recipe: Learning Math from Students – Jenna Laib // Embrace the Challenge jennalaib.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/the…

📢Mass #adulted teachers!
Don't miss our self-paced online course:
'Getting Started with Integrating Math in the ESOL Classroom' running Mar 25-Apr 24
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