“Look at your coins and tell me something that you notice.” I loved hearing the 1st grade responses! MISD Math Department #JanetBrockettElementary

I love this number line made out of magnetic border. What a great visual for the students while skip counting! MISD Math Department @nealcheetahs #2ndgrade

Three instructional shifts to build confidence and create access: 1) From memorization to relationships 2) From one way to multiple pathways 3) From *the* answer to *the* mathematics Sherry Parrish #NCTMregionals

Creative counting in a kindergarten classroom! MISD Math Department DPMorris Elementary

Students are discovering the connection between inch tiles and inches on a ruler! #2ndgrade DPMorris Elementary MISD Math Department

Students love Which One Doesn’t Belong! #2ndgrademath #WODB MISD Math Department DPMorris Elementary

Students are seeing that 5x2 is 5 groups of 2. #3rdgrademath MISD Math Department DPMorris Elementary

Students were engaged in a numberless word problem at Kenneth Davis Elem. #2ndgrademath MISD Math Department

Students were connecting multiplication to area Kenneth Davis Elem! MISD Math Department #4thgrademath

[New Post] It's the Great (Big) Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! - New batch of numberless word problems around award winning pumpkins and other Halloween-related inspiration. #ElemMathChat #numberlesswp bstockus.wordpress.com/2018/10/17/its…

Good conversation is happening in a Would You Rather math discussion. ⁦Donna Shepard Leadership Academy⁩ ⁦MISD Math Department⁩

I loved seeing evidence of students being flexible with numbers at Nancy Neal Elem. ⁦@nealcheetahs⁩ #2ndgrade ⁦MISD Math Department⁩

3rd graders at Brockett are learning different ways to represent a half. ⁦Jo Boaler⁩ ⁦MISD Math Department⁩ #3rdgrademath #JanetBrockettElementary #funmath

I remember Grade 3 was about the time I started to get turned off math - and fractions was the cause. I hope this Friday Funny at least makes you smirk! ORIGO Education #iteachmath #elemmathchat

What if we spent the time we use to administer and grade “the mad math minute” to actually sit down with each child FOR a minute so we can listen to their thinking...just a thought. #elemmathchat

I say this with love, but you want to make sure your "what do you notice?" question isn't just another version of "guess what the teacher is thinking."

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Hope the day comes when the standards do NOT include the standard algorithms. We need forward-looking not backward-looking thinking!

The Movement to Modernize Math Class - WSJ wsj.com/articles/the-m…

Mansfield ISD is the PLACE TO BE!!! Welcoming new teachers!! It’s a great day to be a part of MISD!! #YouBelongHere #WeLoveOurTeachers #MansfieldISD #MISDReady MISD Math Department