Playing #Multi with #TrinityLearns 5th grader. We “thought out loud” as we played so others could learn. He taught me a new rule and ended the game in a tie. Phew! Playing to learn, practice, and strategize.
Multiplication Fluency: Uncovering misconceptions together #TrinityLearns jplgough.blog/2024/12/12/m...
Multiplication Fluency: Uncovering misconceptions together #TrinityLearns
Strength, resilience, and a little bit of encouragement can make all the difference. What do you notice, and what do you wonder when looking at WT’s data? Yes, that is correct! This student knows a…
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PD Planning: #MBE Session 4 (F2F) Learning in Action: Neuromyth Busting, Primacy-Recency, and Retrieval Practice #TrinityLearns jplgough.blog/2024/12/05/p...
PD Planning: #MBE Session 4 (F2F) Learning in Action: Neuromyth Busting, Primacy-Recency, and Retrieval Practice
Continuing our consistent practice, we played Face the MBE Facts: A Neuromyth Busting Activity from The Center for Transformational Teaching and Learning as our warm-up. I really like these cards. …
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Partnering with Parents: Embolden Your Inner Mathematician Session 1 #TrinityLearns jplgough.blog/2024/10/01/p...
Partnering with Parents: Embolden Your Inner Mathematician Session 1
At Trinity School, we believe that every child can become a successful mathematician. Thinking critically, problem-solving, and demonstrating number flexibility lead students to make connections t…
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Pileggi and Valentine 4th Grade Coding (Parker-Webster) #TrinityLearns jplgough.blog/2024/09/09/l...
Level 3 Observation of Practice: Pileggi and Valentine 4th Grade Coding (Parker-Webster)
If you have always been able to code and “do” math, would you more readily overcome stereotypes concerning who is capable? At Trinity, our teachers are teaching algebraic reasoning and …
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In this paper, we also describe incremental changes teachers made in their teaching practice after reading Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn (book published by Stenhouse), including a case of how a teacher used rough draft math while teaching using Illustrative Math. www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14...
New article announcement: Along with Meg Botello and @elenamsilla.bsky.social, we write about small changes that teachers reported in their after participating in a conference presentation about rough draft math (see figure below). (Alt text restates ideas in figure.) www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14...
PD Planning: #MBE Session 2 (F2F) Neuromyth Busting, 3-2-1 protocol, and Retrieval Practice #TrinityLearns jplgough.blog/2024/10/28/p...
PD Planning: #MBE Session 2 (F2F) Neuromyth Busting, 3-2-1 protocol, and Retrieval Practice
As a community of learners, our Specials teachers are focused on learning more of what research tells us about learning in the intersection of neurology, psychology, and education. There’s a course…
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Twiggs-Glafcke 4th Grade An Assortment of Fractions #TrinityLearns @illustratemath.bsky.social jplgough.blog/2024/11/18/l...
Level 3 Observation of Practice: Twiggs-Glafcke 4th Grade An Assortment of Fractions #TrinityLearns
As a community, we continue to learn. At Pre-Planning, we pitched a system of teacher-choice levels of observation opportunities. Marsha Harris and I were invited to observe 4th-grade math at the s…
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Cooney-Daigre First Grade Build a Sentence #TrinityLearns jplgough.blog/2024/09/12/l...
Level 3 Observation of Practice: Cooney-Daigre First Grade Build a Sentence #TrinityLearns
As a community, we continue to learn. At Pre-Planning, we pitched a system of teacher-choice levels of observation opportunities. On September 4, I received the following email: Hi Jill, Sher…
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Burton-Moore Kindergarten Launch of A Writer’s Special Place #TrinityLearns jplgough.blog/2024/09/12/l... @k8burton.bsky.social
Level 3 Observation of Practice: Burton-Moore Kindergarten Launch of A Writer’s Special Place #TrinityLearns
We are working to learn more about our teaching and our students’ learning, and we seek more feedback. We implemented a system of teacher-choice levels of observation opportunities. On Septem…
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#TrinityLearns Observation of Practice: Observation not Evaluation. Levels of observation opportunities - teacher choice. Are you interested in a strength-based observation with feedback? jplgough.blog/2024/08/07/o...
Observation by Invitation: Observation, not Evaluation
Trinity Teachers have questions about our craft. Determined to hone and enhance teaching, assessment, and relationship-building skills, we turn to each other for advice. From the work of Harvard Gr…
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All it takes is 10 mindful minutes | Andy Puddicombe | TEDSalon London • November 2012 www.ted.com/talks/andy_p... "meditation offers the opportunity, the potential to step back and to get a different perspective."
All it takes is 10 mindful minutes
When is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: ...
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PD Planning: Summing up whole numbers, productive struggle, deep learning #TrinityLearns jplgough.blog/2024/10/02/p...
PD Planning: Summing up whole numbers, productive struggle, deep learning #TrinityLearns
As teachers, how often do we grapple, struggle, and press our thinking in new ways? We intend and hope that our students are challenged every day? How empathetic are we when our students grapple wi…
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Writing Tip: The quality of your first draft does not represent the quality of the finished product. Far from it. Most first drafts are an incomprehensible mess. Quality shines in editing. Even a poorly-written draft can be polished into a diamond over time. #writing #writingtips #writingcommunity
PD Planning: Playing to Learn with The Carnival Conundrum #TrinityLearns #BTC jplgough.blog/2024/09/11/p...
PD Planning: Playing to Learn with The Carnival Conundrum #TrinityLearns
From The Trinity Way: Trinity prepares its students for the future, helping them build the critical academic and character foundation needed for success and happiness in middle school and beyond. W…
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Have you viewed Why you think you look bad in photos 565,381 views | Teri Hofford | TEDxWinnipeg • June 2024? www.ted.com/talks/teri_h... "When we change how we look at things, the things we look at change." ~Dr. Wayne Dyer
Why you think you look bad in photos
Do you hate having your photo taken? Portrait photographer Teri Hofford is here to change your mind. She unpacks why you may think you look bad in photos — and how to boost your confidence for those m...
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We tried a mashup last week: #OpenMiddle – Mild, medium, and spicy results lead to more engagement and strength-finding. jplgough.blog/2024/11/24/o... @robertkaplinsky.bsky.social
#OpenMiddle – Mild, Medium, and Spicy results lead to more engagement and strength-finding
We are working on strength-based teaching and learning, multiplication, language-rich math classrooms, and structure. How often do we – and our students – just start computing to solve,…
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The benefits of not being a jerk to yourself | Dan Harris | TED2022 --- Don't be misled by the title. It’s an important 13.5 minutes that everyone needs to consider. www.ted.com/talks/dan_ha... #Mindful #Mindfulness
Dan Harris: The benefits of not being a jerk to yourself
After more than two decades as an anchor for ABC News, an on-air panic attack sent Dan Harris's life in a new direction: he became a dedicated meditator and, to some, even a guru. But then an anonymou...
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Multiplication: Strength-based data analysis empowers students to take action, learn more #TrinityLearns jplgough.blog/2024/11/26/m...
Multiplication: Strength-based data analysis empowers students to take action, learn more
Numerical fluency can be defined as the ability to perform mathematical operations with accuracy, flexibility, and efficiency. Fluency also involves having a solid understanding of mathematical con…
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Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price | TED2022 • April 2022 www.ted.com/talks/cather...
Catherine Price: Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life
Have you had your daily dose of fun? It's not just enjoyable, it's also essential for your health and happiness, says science journalist Catherine Price. She proposes a new definition of fun -- what s...
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Breathwork and exercise are key! #TEDTalk How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist | Wendy Suzuki www.ted.com/talks/wendy_... How are you taking care of yourself today?
Wendy Suzuki: How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist
What if you could transform your anxiety into something you can actually use during your work day? Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki shares two evidence-based activities -- breathing and movement -- that ca...
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Getting ready to blog again. Went back to some past blogs &it is clear people are still engaging w/ them even though I was not. I am reflecting on some of my more popular blogs & want to reshare this one. I am bringing back the Nevermind Strategy. #iteachmath burnsmath.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-...
The Power of the Nevermind Strategy
It was the third day of class and we were going over a problem I had given the students as homework. The problem was a little tricky and th...
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Started my day with these beautiful, brilliant 5th Graders. We did not finish, so I’m patiently waiting to continue tomorrow. #TrinityLearns #Multi
Excited Ed d for my #MNmath community to join this space.
Amie Paulson@amiepaulson.bsky.social · 2y agoMaking connections with multiplication! #iteachmath #mnmath
My first BlueSky post! Today I taught a division lesson about how a problem can have different right answers. I'll blog soon. www.marilynburnsmath.com
♾️ #ITeachMath Please remember that no one makes the content here but us. Community will not be created without things to think and talk about. I may be verging on annoying but I care very much that math educators have a space to converse and grow! #MTBOS