Jenna Laib
@jennalaib.bsky.social
K-8 Math Specialist, #EduSky (pronounced Lai-eeb) 📝jennalaib.com 📈slowrevealgraphs.com
New #SlowRevealGraph Emoji use by age: which emojis do different generations use? And, similarly, am I getting old? 😭 Link below:
Popular Emoji Use By Age, 2025
Why are European heat waves so much deadlier than similar temperatures in the US?
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The last few weeks have been a whirlwind but HEY GUESS WHAT..... Math Routine Collaborative is meeting TONIGHT! See you at 8ET if you can make it!
So you want to share slow reveal graphs with colleagues! 📊 I created some slide decks for people to use at faculty meetings at PLCs (openly licensed, CC-By 4.0). They don't recreate the full experience of professional learning I facilitate, but they're a nice invitation into the work. Link below!
Free Resource: Slide Decks For Faculty Meetings & PLCs
by Jenna Laib So you want to share slow reveal graphs with colleagues! I am thrilled! While I'm the person that popularized the routine, I did not create it on my own, and I hope that it has a life beyond me and my collaborators. After I give a session -- whether it's at a conference or a private PD -- there are typically a few requests for slides.
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[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week: ontariomath.blogspot.com/2026/08/math... Links and help from @howiehua.bsky.social @jennalaib.bsky.social @duanehabecker.com @ontspecialneeds.bsky.social #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
New #SlowRevealGraph Europe is about to be slammed with yet another heat wave. Why is this so dangerous -- especially when compare with high temperatures in the US and China? Link to slow reveal graph below. Via Our World in Data
Share of Households with Air Conditioning, By Country or Region, 2025
Why are European heat waves so much deadlier than similar temperatures in the US?
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New #SlowRevealGraph Countries have been racing to space since 1957, with manned missions beginning in 1961. Who's really "winning" the launch count today? 🚀📊 Link Below
Manned (and Unmanned) Missions to Space by Russia, the US, and China (1961 – 2026)
Manned (and Unmanned) Missions to Space by Russia, the US, and China (1961 - 2026)graph from Space Stats Online & Julia Wendling/Jennifer West; slow reveal by Jenna Laib Type of Graph: stacked bar graph Purpose This slow reveal is designed to support analysis and discussion of both the data and the design choices. The questions in the slide deck…
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NEW BLOG POST Nmbr 9: Opportunities to Observe and Nudge Student Thinking While Playing Games What a commercial game (Nmbr 9) revealed about my daughter's mathematical thinking — and how playing "just for fun" led us into a larger mathematical conversation. Link below:
Nmbr 9: Opportunities to Observe and Nudge Thinking While Playing Games
During the school year, I spend time thinking about math games for the classroom. Most often, I'm thinking content first. I adapt games with structures I love, like Number Boxes, to highlight different ideas or flex different skills. These games serve many purposes -- learn more about student thinking, develop mathematical reasoning and strategies, exercise social skills -- but the primary function is curricular.
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New #SlowRevealGraph How much has LeBron James made (in salary only) each season since 2023? What trends do you notice?
LeBron James’ Salary By Season (2003-2028)
LeBron James' Salary By Season (2003-2028)graph from Sportico/Lev Akabas; slow reveal by Jenna Laib Type of Graph: bar graph Purpose This slow reveal is designed to support analysis and discussion of both the data and the design choices. The questions in the slide deck invite learners to identify trends, estimate values, and compare values, as well as making connections to sports and what students know about the salaries of professional players.
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New #SlowRevealGraph Phytoplankton in the North Atlantic: Examining Seasonal Cycles of Chlorophyll Phytoplankton are the foundation of the entire marine ecosystem. What drives their seasonal booms and busts?
Phytoplankton in the North Atlantic: Examining Seasonal Cycles of Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll in the North Atlantic: Examining Seasonal Cycles
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I finally took some time to add submitted images to the Number Talk Images website. Check them out on the Photos page. ntimages.weebly.com
I'm finishing up with a third grade group. Student A: Which one of us is older? I was born in 2017. How about you? Student B: I fought in World War 2. Student A: What? Student B: You do the math. We still have another week.🫠
Which countries have won the World Cup? How many times? Link below. Great for elementary! Link below. slowrevealgraphs.com/2026/06/11/n...
Number of World Cup Titles, by Country - Slow Reveal Graphs
How many times have different countries won the World Cup?
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How many different appearances have national teams made in the World Cup? Which countries and continents are best represented? Why?
Number of FIFA World Cup Appearances, by country/national team (updated 2026)
How many times have different country's teams appeared in the FIFA World Cup? Updated for 2026!
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World Cup Player Heights How tall are professional soccer players? This graph -- the first box plot on Slow Reveal Graphs -- explores whether height may be advantageous for different positions in soccer/football. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
World Cup Player Heights
How tall are professional soccer players? This graph -- the first box plot on Slow Reveal Graphs -- explores whether height may be advantageous for different positions in soccer/football. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
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happy 6/7 to all math educators (using month/day) who celebrate its fadeout from everyday discourse 📉 it's also, appropriately, the birthday for at least three EXCELLENT math educators: Angela Ensminger, Amanda Peper, and, of course, @jennalaib.bsky.social! Great day for SRGs: slowrevealgraphs.com
Slow Reveal Graphs
An Instructional Routine to Promote Sensemaking about Data
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"Graphs are 1 of the pieces of math students will interact w/ most outside the math classroom. We should strive to give students a rich & broad conception of all the different ways to represent data in the world." - @dylanpkane.bsky.social on how @jennalaib.bsky.social's Slow Reveal Graphs do this.
Slow Reveal Graphs Are Awesome
A lovely little way to learn about the world
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New #SlowRevealGraph The Oldest Names in the United States How old would you expect a Myrtle to be? ...a Gertrude? ...a Mildred? [link to slow reveal graph below; data visualization and data processing by Erin Davis]
The Oldest Names in the United States
The Oldest Names in the US How old would you expect a Myrtle to be? ...a Gertrude?
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New #SlowRevealGraph Billboard Hot 100: Artists With The Most #1s Drake recently surpassed Michael Jackson as the solo male artists with the greatest number of #1 hits. What other artists made the list?
Billboard Hot 100: Artists With The Most #1s
Billboard Hot 100: Artists With The Most #1s Drake recently surpassed Michael Jackson as the solo male artists with the greatest number of #1 hits. What other artists made the list?
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Work from 3rd graders. The lowest answer was the winner. Both selected the correct player, but one for the wrong reason! Answers are only the starting place -- how they reason is so important.
It only took almost 9 years 😅 approximatelynormalblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/hi/
Hi.
*Looks at date of last post* Well, this is embarrassing. What happened? A lotta story time for another time. Let’s start in the present. I’ll be teaching 3 sections of precalculus and 2…
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New Puzzle: Daily Desmos #39 NeeDoh Can you recreate this? -> https://dailydesmos.com/home/daily-desmos-39-needoh
New #SlowRevealGraph "It's not just a trend -- it's a phenomenon!" How common is AI-assisted writing in the corporate world? Instances of AI-signifying sentence structure ("it's not just x, it's y") in company documents doubled in both 2024 and 2025. Link below 🤖
“It’s Not Just a Trend — It’s a Phenomenon”: AI-Signifying Sentence Structure in Corporate Documents Doubled From 2024 to 2025
"It's Not Just a Trend -- It's a Phenomenon": AI-Signifying Sentence Structure in Corporate Documents Doubled From 2024 to 2025
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New #SlowRevealGraph: End of an Era: Percentage of Number One Hit Songs with a Key Change (since 1960) (from Chris Della Riva's "Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves") Link below 🎵
The End of an Era: Percentage of #1 Hit Songs with a Key Change
The End of an Era: Percentage of #1 Hit Songs with a Key Change
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New #SlowRevealGraph: "E-Books Still No Match for Printed Books" Estimated share fo the population in selected countries that purchased an e-book/printed book in 2025 (in %)
Across the World, More Readers Prefer Printed Books to eBooks
Across the World, Readers Prefer Printed Books to eBooks
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Love the rebuttal! I would love to see a positive framing of a no-phones policy: helping students reclaim their attention and choose not to be the product in the captured attention market.
