Happy Sunday! Who wants a signed copy of THE PARTITION PROJECT? Follow me, like and repost for a chance to win. Ends tonight. USA only.

If you've also used worksheets to teach your students math, then I've recorded a webinar you'll want to check out. It's called Why We Should Reconsider Using Worksheets (And What We Should Be Doing Instead), with K-5 & 6-12 versions.
robertkaplinsky.com/worksheets #iteachmath #MTBoS

The racial trouble (among many troubles) w/ discipline programs that reward 'good' behavior: research shows that educators interpret behavior differently depending on students' race. If we don't fix that, at least part of what we're rewarding is whiteness.

In 2024, I deeply feel the guidance and love of my ancestors. To my AERA and DivisionK family, your recognition of my work means the world. Special thanks to @profbrandelyn and @eclecticgrits for the nomination. #punishedfordreaming @teacherscollege

I love watching for teachable moments as kids play. Kinders organically engaged in sorting and patterning when playing with keva planks and animal characters.

“Dear Student Behind Me: the world is a better place with you in it. Love, the teacher in front of you” ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Powerful numeracy routine. Students talked about zero pairs, equations, patterns and ratios.

We’ve really been stretching our teacher brains to think about supporting students in conjecturing. Check out these 6th grade ideas and how we might be in route to discovering some important arithmetic properties.

Check out all the creative ways 5th graders created equations and expressions representing unknowns prior to “formal” variable instruction 😍

LOTS of K-6 Hands Down convo learning happening Rolling Valley ES ! Kassia Wedekind

We decided to do some learning about conjectures in 1st grade this week! We started by conjecturing about Scrat the Squirrel from Ice Age and then tried the same with some math. “If you add one, the number becomes the next number” and more early ideas. Such cool 6/7 yo minds.

Glad to have this piece out in the world. I appreciate Aja D. and Erica Bree Edwards, Ph.D. for their editorial leadership of this special issue in Urban Education!

doi.org/10.1177/004208…

Yes… even elementary students! I had a convo with a 4th grader on how we could support them yesterday . It’s not just food and drink either. Have convos!!

Courtesy of Lateefah Id-Deen

“Students need to have the chance to talk and we need to listen.” - Miss. Elmi #NCTMSEA24

If you’ll be at NCTM Seattle, I’ll be there presenting 🥰

Both sessions are Thursday 2/8
#14 from 8:00-9:15am
#52 from 11:00am-12:00pm (and also my first ever solo conference session!)

(Maybe?) see you there!

Problems that don't exist:
(1) children who don't want to learn
(2) a culture or mindset of poverty
(3) communities that don't value education
(4) educational disparities caused by an entire group's shortage of 'grit.'
Let's not use energy fixing problems that don't exist.

How amazing are these 6th graders? Looking at patterns across contexts and models to test conjectures about integer operations 😍

Why is it, when we’re told that we have to prepare children for the ‘real world’ it always means making them do unpleasant things? It means making them get up early every morning, or wear clothes they hate. 1/

Focus on Tier 1 instruction.
Focus on Tier 1 instruction.
Focus on Tier 1 instruction.
Focus on Tier 1 instruction.
Focus on Tier 1 instruction.
Focus on Tier 1 instruction.
Focus on Tier 1 instruction.
Focus on Tier 1 instruction.
Focus on Tier 1 instruction.