@kimrimbey.bsky.social
📤 216
📥 8
📝 34
Thanks for the great conversation!!! I'm walking away with some new ways of using using tools that help students facilitate and communicate their thinking. Have a great evening!!!
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
3
0
A8: I've also been leaning into AI for great ideas on creative visual lately. Chatty, Gemma, and Magic School are all great!
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
3
0
@mnmmath.bsky.social
That's so cool! I love those balance pictures. I'm literally using a set of those tomorrow as I workshop with about 25 middle school math teachers ;-)
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
2
0
A8: I had the privilege of co-authoring the Seeing the Math You Teach. This book spotlights a plethora of strategies we use to help students get beyond memorizing and remembering. This book is heavy on visuals and light on text.
www.corwin.com/books/seeing...
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
3
0
@mnmmath.bsky.social
I agree - I also want students to learn to sketch their own visuals. That said, I like to include mats for things that students may find more difficult to create from scratch - hundred charts, ten frames, grid paper, geometric figures, etc.
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
1
3
0
A6: There are so many strategies to visualize. If you're looking for a resource to help YOU see various strategies and representations, check out this free resource. It's great for helping PARENTS see the math, too! Math Power (free PDF):
tinyurl.com/5xknefzf
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
2
0
A7: Side-by-Side Math provides a learning sequence that helps students connect their thinking with physical, visual, symbolic, and verbal representations:
tinyurl.com/mrv9y367
.
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
1
0
A6: That list is quite incomplete - there are so many strategies to visualize. So...if you're looking for a resource to help YOU see various strategies and representations, check out this free resource. It's great for helping PARENTS see the math, too! Math Power (free PDF):
tinyurl.com/5xknefzf
9 days ago
0
1
0
A5: I include laminated mats with the manipulatives “tool kits” at each table. Students can use laminated mats OR simply write on a white board/paper. This is especially helpful with representations that are tougher to sketch, such as ten-frames, hundred charts, or decimal grids.
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
3
0
A5: I use lots of visual representations while I’m talking with students. I literally walk around with a clipboard and skinny markers so I can sketch a number line, a number bond, or a picture to illustrate as I talk math with the kids. And I invite them to do the same!
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
3
0
@mfannie.bsky.social
So true - feedback is key to helping students manage precision with visuals that facilitate and/or communicate thinking
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
1
0
The key words in
@mfannie.bsky.social
's last poast were "once they understand them." How do we develop that understanding??? Here's a free resource that many teachers and leaders find useful: Math Power (free PDF):
tinyurl.com/5xknefzf
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
2
2
1
A4c: For older learners, let’s help them see how to transfer their thinking from fraction manipulatives, such as pattern blocks, to diagrams, tables, or symbols.
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
3
0
A4b: Explicitly helping young learners sketch counters, such as teddy bears, using x’s, circles, or tallies rather than actual pictures of the teddy bear counters is very beneficial.
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
2
0
A4a: I find it helpful to explicitly help students create visual representations on white boards side-by-side with a partner who is either using manipulatives or recording with symbols. Check out this Corwin blog post on Side-by-Side Math:
tinyurl.com/mrv9y367
.
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
1
0
@anneliserecord.bsky.social
- You're so right!! Sometimes other students need to see the visuals, and sometimes we do, too! Check out the new book I wrote with my friends Katie and Chryste...Seeing the Math You Teach Seeing the Math You Teach (NEW book):
tinyurl.com/mwk8tj26
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
3
0
A3: I also find that we teachers sometimes need a brush-up on the visuals. Because when WE can see the math, THEY can see the math!!!
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
1
2
0
A3: One issue I find most important to address right away is making sure that students understand the visuals so that they use them organically rather than simply copying what the teacher is doing. This is what Peter Liljedahl refers to as “mimicking", and mimicking is not thinking.
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
2
0
As with manipulatives, using visual tools provides two important avenues to thinking: FACILITATING thinking and COMMUNICATING thinking.
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
2
0
A2: We’ve known the research about CRA for decades. I’m a HUGE advocate for using manipulatives, and visuals can never replace physical tools. That said, sometimes a quick sketch can help students communicate their thinking and even help facilitate new thinking.
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
3
0
@mnmmath.bsky.social
- I just taught a 6th-grade BTC lesson today, helping students connect tables, graphs, and equations. It was amazing to see what the students were able to teach themselves using the visuals as supports
9 days ago
1
2
0
A1b: Oh…and let’s remember that virtual manipulatives are also visual representations!!!
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
1
0
I'm Kim from Phoenix, AZ. Today I"m joining in from Honolulu, HI. We had a blast co-teaching BTC lessons in 4 classrooms today!!!
#ElemMathChat
9 days ago
0
2
0
I'm Kim, from Phoenix, AZ. Today I'm joining in from a school library in Honolulu, HI. We had a blast co-teaching BTC lessons in 4 classrooms today and then discussing next steps.
9 days ago
0
0
0
Hi there,
#ElemMathChat
friends! We'll get started with our conversation at the top of the hour. Can't wait to learn together
9 days ago
0
1
0
I'm so excited to learn along with everyone at
#ElemMathChat
TONIGHT!!!
9 days ago
0
0
0
I just joined in on this party. Hello to all my math friends!!!!!
#ITeachMath
#ElemMathChat
#EduSky
over 1 year ago
2
15
0
you reached the end!!
feeds!
log in