Posts Tagged ‘teaching’
The 3-Container Estimation Routine
The 3-Container Estimation Routine is a clear and simple routine that invites students to estimate and discuss their ideas. This school year, I’ll be posting new sets of 3-Container Estimation Routines every Monday. Watch this video to learn how to use the routine: Note: Use the blue download links below…
Read MorePart 3 – New Esti-Mysteries and Number Sense Resources Every Day for the Rest of the School Year
Hi, Friends. I’m posting a brand new, free math resource every school day for the rest of the school year. This is part 3 of the series. This effort is my way of spreading encouragement, providing a daily resource to fellow educators, and promoting math joy during a challenging year. I look forward to posting…
Read MoreNew Esti-Mysteries and Number Sense Resources Every Day for the Rest of the School Year
Hi, friends. I know this is really challenging and we are all exhausted. This post is my way of providing support and encouragement – as well as bringing math joy to your classroom… I’m going to stick with you all year long. To do that, I am going to post a new math…
Read More51 Esti-Mysteries
51 Brand New Esti-Mysteries! 4 Challenge Levels! All New Images! If you’ve used the Esti-Mysteries from the original Esti-Mysteries blog post, or the 15 additional Esti-Mysteries that I wrote for 20 Days of Number Sense and Rich Math Talk, you’ll really enjoy this new set! My goal was to write and post 51 brand new…
Read More20 Days of Number Sense & Rich Math Talk (K-12)
20 Days of Number Sense & Rich Math Talk – for all grades from K-12. That is the goal of this series. Entirely new, exclusive content fills this post in a ready-to-use format that will allow you to deeply explore 4 rich math routines. By downloading each day, you can have a clear pathway to…
Read MoreCube Conversations
Cube Conversations is a set of 80 (eighty!) animated lessons designed to promote visually rich math discourse. I’ve designed these lessons to invite many voices and vantage points into classroom conversations. Much like Splat!, you control the animation with a few simple clicks – and each click presents an opportunity for students to…
Read MoreThe Second Cube Connector: Pointing Out the Arrows
The Cube Connectors series, which began with this post, continues with a glimpse into the classroom of Hannah Yazzolino. The resource which I shared on Twitter, and which Hannah used very effectively in her classroom – even before it was in an animated form – is now downloadable in both an animated form and as…
Read MoreScene 3: “The Return”
In Scene 3, from the Animated Learning Walks Series, the classroom teacher detects two rare and powerful opportunities. Instead of exchanging places, the teacher returns in a different way to take advantage of those two opportunities. For more information with 4 challenges and practical tips on how to make this realistically happen, see the recent blog post…
Read MoreScene 2: “The Exchange”
In Scene 2, from the Animated Learning Walks Series, the observers return to the classroom, but they are now ready to try something new in order to make the experience even more powerful for everyone. So they try out “The Exchange.” For more information with 4 challenges and practical tips on how to make this realistically…
Read MoreStepping Into Each Other’s Classrooms
Powerful instructional practices are occurring all around us. Sometimes those practices are in classrooms only a few feet away from us. So very close. There may be teachers just a few moments down the hallway who are using highly effective strategies that could quickly empower our own instruction and positively impact our students. We know…
Read MoreLosing the Mustard Bottle
The mustard bottle was only inches away. It stood on the rolling cart next to the overhead projector. The nearly blinding light from the projector shone through the transparency and was then reflected up onto the screen behind me, the screen that the students were watching intently. My hand was smeared with blue vis-à-vis ink,…
Read MoreFinding Bedrock
Education moves and changes quickly. It’s changing right now. We all feel it – and we should, because we care so much about it. The list of changes is long, and the opinions surrounding those changes is even longer. When we are the drivers of change it is new, exciting, and illuminated with possibility. But…
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