@bscribmather.bsky.social is an inspiration! Listen in as we talk about the #thinkingclassroom. You'll be inspired, too. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tam...

Summer 2025 Courses! www.vmimathematics.com/featured/sig... Discrete Mathematics for Teachers – June 23-27 Mathematics as a Second Language – Burlington – July 7-11 Geometry for Teachers – Burlington- July 7-11 Functions and Algebra I – Burlington- July 14-18 Statistics I –Burlington – July 14-18

Yes, opinions matter when we land in a movement. So appreciate Bob sharing his about Vermont educators being at the heart of the solution. vtdigger.org/2025/03/05/b...

What teacher moves elicit thinking in a problem based lesson? Loved working with teachers today as we experienced a lesson and planned future learning.

For those implementing IM - Illustrative Mathematics resources (Imagine Learning, Kendall Hunt, and Open Up) if you're looking for some partners to support your work, I would welcome the opportunity, as well as suggest contacting @heidisabnani.bsky.social. Check out: heidisabnani.com/to-pacing-gu...

"Let's talk about Practice." @heidisabnani.bsky.social Molly Vokey offered me the chance to talk about practices in the math classroom that impact student thinking. Hope you can check out their podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uevx...

Enjoyed having time and the invite from @pambrett.bsky.social to discuss approaching student work with AWE in mind. www.blueglassesmath.org/podcast/epis...

Thank you @pambrett.bsky.social for bringing what seems routine to the forefront. So many important teacher actions and student actions unfurl within the use of math language routines, math reasoning routines. I'm certainly elevating routines with new vigor after this chat.

Total nod of respect to youtu.be/h00Ux1qx2zw?... Max, thankful for @mfannie.bsky.social elevating this last week. Yes - Let's get the posters in the rooms. #ElemMathChat

I really appreciate this @mfannie.bsky.social as we have to give ourselves permission to trust the thinking in the room - and we can amplify our resources with small "tweaks." I have certainly felt the freedom to do this despite being asked to implement with fidelity. #ElemMathChat

Back to cog load and the routine, I often feel like great routines flow with the class and allow me to shift my lens to be more present listening and asking questions so that I can learn more about the ideas in the room. Great routines allow me to defront more, and yes, listen 2, not 4.

The joy of finding multiple creative ways allows for some great dopamine release and creates space for all to be validated as owners of math ideas.

It would be ideal to see a math routine to launch each new lesson - let's call it a "warm-up." So powerful as a 5-10 minute formative look into a classroom, as well as a routine to link to the learning goal that transitions into the deeper study of the lesson.

Love the dozen and a half. And bringing in the digits - with birthdays...Totally forgot how my 4th graders loved "date math" as we crafted expressions with each new day.

So agree here - the cognitive load effect on both math facilitator and the learners in the room is so important. It is a joy to enter into classrooms and see routines in the moment and the differences that are evident vs a classroom where routines may not exist - yet.

Routines are invitational, inviting many divergent ideas that cluster around an idea. As open moves, we create space for all to have voice, identify with the math, and begin to establish a culture where we focus on our strengths and students can see each other as the owners of mathematical thinking.

Thinking about a 20 frame, missing 2. As well as the sums - I might use with two addends, three addends and more. As well as multiplying 1 group of 18, 2 groups of 9, 3 groups of 6, 4 groups of 4.5, ...

A joy to be here with you @jjdlagrange.bsky.social

Really great positioning @dcrescitelli.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing some time this evening. I appreciate you all. #ElemMathChat

A key point for sure - @mfannie.bsky.social often I encounter educators not willing to ask questions for which they may not have an answer - being vulnerable and open to new ideas seems to be a challenge some are not ready to embrace, yet.

John Dewey (Love those Vermonters) stated, "We don't learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience." As we wrap up our chat - how can we engage with reflection to reinforce our mather communities? #ElemMathChat

A fantastic collection of work - can't wait to share with some aspiring math educators in the next few weeks!

Questioning...we pondering listening. So how might the many types of questions we pose frame the mather space? #ElemMathChat

Within a give math class - I hope to "gather" ideas often. May be in a warm up - may be around a group conversation in an activity, or at the close of a lesson. Hanging some unfinished ideas in parking lots, or in visible spaces for further consideration as we keep our minds moving.

#ElemMathChat - Our Mathers are in good hands with this group. Let's consider the next layer - parents.

So this is a challenge - to create more positioning space for listening and making sense of...makes me realize my role as a mather does include being less of a teacher, more of a ambassador who sits alongside the math in the room being cultivated by the thinkers and doers. #ElemMathChat

An area I often grapple - am I annotating? Am I scribing? At what moment do I enter with purposeful notation? #ElemMathChat

Well - we're hanging out in this so let's just name how we encourage autonomy and ownership with our learners. Share a moment where you made this happen. #ElemMathChat

Thank you @mnmmath.bsky.social for elevating.

An absolute all time favorite!

Navigating the social culture of the mather space - often first at the individual think time, then moving into small groups. What moves can we use to fold individual ideas with developing group ideas?

Love this @dcrescitelli.bsky.social "Ask questions that prove student thinking and expand it… and really LISTEN to them. Have students repeat and reframe as needed in ways that highlight the brilliance of student ideas. " #ElemMathChat

#ElemMathChat - So we lean into math routines like "Notice and Wonder." Take us deeper - what's next as we build with student sociomathematical contributions during our mather sense making. What might this look like in a classroom? In a community?

The open space we enter with Notice and Wonder, yes, such an important entryway to allow all to be positioned with ideas worth sharing. We must acknowledge the "Notice and Wonder Woman."

I have to say - this challenges me in a myriad of ways when in a room of k-5 mathers, clock ticking steadily, and the district scope and sequence hanging out on a nearby teacher desktop.

#ElemMathChat - Let's get thinking. Consider some ways you lean into inclusive positioning with mathers in your spaces. Share some recent ideas.

#ElemMathChat Excited to linger with you tonight from the cool air of Vermont. A few Mathers that have been influencing me lately: Peg Smith, Pam Harris, and Pam Seda

Welcome to #ElemMathChat - Special thanks to the brilliance of Deborah Peart - who has brought us our key math identity word - "mather."

As a math educator, in what ways might I take myself out from between the mathematics and students? How can I open space for students to have full access to discovering mathematical ideas themselves? #Elemmathchat

#elemmathchat @ 8 pm CST tonight

As a user and lover of Illustrative Math resources, I so appreciate the work done by Dr. Catherine Castillo and peers to build this resource. sites.google.com/illustrative... I also love aligning Pam Seda's ICUCARE work - www.sedaeducationalconsulting.com/icucare

Excited to explore the new Numeracy Problem String books. www.mathisfigureoutable.com/books

Excited to think alongside Connecticut Mathers at ATOMIC24. exemplars.com/sample-perfo...

Interested in joining the next 2024 Vermont Math Initiative cohort - www.vmimathematics.com/wp-content/u...

We have some great proposals rolling in - and hope that you will consider submitting a proposal too. As teachers, we learn best when we learn from each other. Encourage your colleagues to present with you. ATMNE 2024 in Nashua, NH. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Looking forward to an engaging session with Pam Harris - Join us - invite peers, let's play with some Problem Strings, a Performance Task, and ponder teacher moves. home.edweb.net/webinar/math...

Join us in Nashua, New Hampshire **CALL FOR PROPOSALS** ATMNE 2024 Fall Conference "Awakening Student Agency!" October 24 & 25, 2024 featured speakers: Dr. Nicki Newton, Katey Arrington, Chase Orton, Zarek Drozda, Brian Butler forms.gle/jGxT4eBrcpmB...