Trying to rethink professional development for teachers…want to make it meaningful and personalized. ♥ L.Mochizuki,EdD ♥, I may need a thought partner!

After 3 years of no NCTM annual conference, I got my annual selfie pic with Dan Meyer. Missing @dewgott. Miss seeing my favorite math people all in one place! #NCTM2022 #NCTMGamenight

At the GEER Summit at the Sheraton Waikiki. Rockin’ it at the #SomeoneSpecial808 grantee booth.

Congratulations to the 2023 Hawaii Teacher of the Year, Michael Ida, ObJN, PhD, NBCT! So excited for you, Mike! Thanks for representing math teachers! Cheers! 👏👍 Hawai‘i Public Schools Hawaii State Teacher Fellows #808educate

Congratulations to Michael Ida, ObJN, PhD, NBCT! Thanks for representing all us math peeps! Excited to see your adventures as the 2023 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year! Whooohooo!!!

Slowly but surely, we are trying to make math understandable for students (and teachers). Jan Iwase I am hopeful for our mathematics future. We have been trying to break away from the memorizing of algorithms to reasoning with the mathematics.

Thought of it as the difference between 2022 and 1976. 1976 is 24 away from 2000. Then from 2000-2022 is 22. 24+22 is 46. (I love thinking of it as the difference between two numbers.) Jan Iwase Don’t you love this? (Sorry, I geek out on math.)

Omg! Congratulations Esther!!!! You deserve it! 👏🙌👍🎉

A0 Aloha from Honolulu, Hawaii! I’m Stacie Kaichi-Imamura, Instructional Interventionist for Mathematics for the Windward District Office. #elemmathchat

A1: There are so many manipulatives I can’t live without! Linking cubes, pattern blocks, transparent counters, two-color counters, Cuisenaire rods, base-ten blocks. I probably missed some but I’m trying to catch up! I know I’m behind! #elemmathchat

A3: Testing issues. I was trying to get Smarter Balanced to allow manipulatives for all students but had been shut down by a lot on the committee. #elemmathchat

A4: Students need to know how to use the manipulative but they also should be able to select the best manipulative for the thinking task. #elemmathchat

A5: I was thinking (push me if there is something better), keep a student desk nearby so students can use manipulatives alongside their VNPS. (Students would go get the manipulatives that they need to work on the student desk.) I’ve been thinking about this a lot. #elemmathchat

NCTM Pre-Conference! So exciting! What do you NOTICE? What do you wonder? #NCTM #NCTM24

I can’t do two NCTM Pre-Conference sessions. Sorry I couldn’t make your session. Joleigh Honey, Ben, and Karen will not disappoint. Have a great session! #NCTM #NCTM24

High Yield Routines is my pre-conference selection. Excited for new learning. What do you NOTICE? What do you wonder? #NCTM #NCTM24

High School Mathematics Reimagined, Revitalized, and Relevant is out! Get your copy! Notice and Wonder love it! Can’t wait to read it! #NCTM #NCTM24

Congratulations Dan Meyer on being named the 2024 Ross Taylor Glenn Gilbert National Leadership award!! #NCSM24

Opening session rehearsal today. I spy David Dai with NOTICE and WONDER! I also spy our incoming NCTM board members. Hope everyone is having a great day! Hope to see you at opening session at 5:30pm today! #NCTM #NCTM24 #NCTMCHI24

My annual picture with Dan Meyer ! Glad I got to see you! Hope you have a great session! I know it will be awesome! #NCTM #NCTMCHI24