child study Building Mental Representations 25 Nov 201917 Nov 2019 "Sabrina is fascinating. She will look at a problem for three minutes, not appearing to be thinking about it at all, and then come up with the correct answer," her…
education… The Story of Fibonacci, and the Math Ethnic Studies Framework 17 Oct 201917 Oct 2019 In the late 12th century, a young Leonardo Bonacci -- better known as Fibonacci -- traveled with his merchant father from their home in Italy to Algeria (North Africa). They…
in the classroom Listening to Early Understandings of Division: “12 ÷ 5 is either -3 or 0” 20 Aug 201920 Aug 2019 ___This blogpost is a part of the (2019) HUMANIZING MATHEMATICS CONVENTION: Virtual Conference on Humanizing Mathematics hosted by Sam Shah and Hema Khodai___What does it mean to divide? I love,…
games One of Favorite Games: The Skip Count Game 30 May 20196 Jan 2020 This game is part of my "simple but high leverage" collection of games that are flexible, engaging, and easy to prep. Others include Number Boxes and the Answer Is... I've played the…
games… One of My Favorite Games: Number Boxes 29 May 20196 Jan 2020 This game is part of my "simple but high leverage" collection of games that are flexible, engaging, and easy to prep. Others include The Answer Is... and the Skip Count Game. I…
games One of My Favorite Games: The Answer Is… 28 May 20196 Jun 2019 This game is part of my "simple but high leverage" collection of games that are flexible, engaging, and easy to prep. Others include Number Boxes and the Skip Count Game. I have…
in the classroom The Striped Snake Barbecue Puzzle: Exploring “Challenge” in 3rd Grade 4 Mar 20193 Mar 2019 Who gets to be challenged in class? How does the work we give students impact their status (or how they perceive their status) in the classroom? Meet Calvin You've probably…
assessment… What does it mean to be “struggling” in math class? (Eduardo’s Story) 5 Feb 20195 Feb 2019 It was a sea of dots. Eduardo's work for 47 + 27 Over and over again, for both computational and story problems, third grade student Eduardo drew dots. Eduardo's work,…
child study… Cultivating a Listener’s Mindset — with ELs 10 Jun 201827 Nov 2018 In a post last January, I wrote about how the "mental load" teachers carry can impact their ability to listen to their students. ...but listening is critical. It's especially critical when…
five practices… Leading Act 3: Using the 5 Practices & Intentional Talk To Deepen Discourse About the “Whopper Jar” 3 Oct 20173 Oct 2017 The books 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions (Smith and Stein, 2011) and Intentional Talk (Kazemi and Hints, 2014) have helped me transform how I facilitate discussions. I try my best…
in the classroom Coherence, Round 2: The Power of Connecting Instructional Routines 20 Sep 201720 Sep 2017 For a million reasons, I love, love instructional routines*. They engage students, active thinking and discourse, and, with the structures in place, students are given the freedom to focus on…
in the classroom Inaba’s Place Value Puzzles: Making Connections and Asking “What If” 21 Feb 201713 Feb 2019 Last week, my sixth graders helped me make connections between a puzzle I used in third grade and their current work with place value, specifically multiplying and dividing by powers of…
