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Getting students to see themselves as mathematicians (or mathers as we like to call them) can be challenging. Below you’ll find some resources that will help you engage your learners in thinking about math, doing math and building the #Mathers community in your classroom. Solve a Visual Mathematical Mystery with Graham Fletcher’s 3-Act TasksGrade Levels: …
Color-coded Google Sheets. Graphs. Progress-Monitoring. Data. Data. Data. We are in a data-driven education system right now. It can be a wonderful thing but the question we have to ask ourselves is not just what we gain from viewing our students from a data lens – but what do we lose? I believe we …
Engaging students in their math community from the start is an important part of those first weeks of school. It builds trust and confidence in themselves and their peers, which sets them up for a place to take risks, increasing the opportunities for them to grow. Over the years I taught, there were two …
If you haven’t tried a morning meeting routine in your classroom yet, I highly recommend you give it a try. It’s a daily routine that helps set the tone for the rest of the day of learning – you can learn about all of the components of a morning meeting at https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/what-is-morning-meeting/. Part of the …
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