Maegan Giroux
@maegangiroux.bsky.social
Mother, wife, teacher, glassblower, author
Visual Patterns 🤝 Pattern Blocks I am currently OBSESSED, in a (mostly) healthy way, with @fawnnguyen.substack.com visual patterns and @mathforlove.bsky.social pattern blocks for kids to learn and create patterns. Ah-may-zing. Also, I am in LOVE with Mary Vail's Thinking Desks, they are phenomenal!
This blog post, by Ian Maurer is a quick and easy read about how extensions can really make a task sing (or chirp). This blog post reminds me that a stories task can start off simple and with the right perspective, can make the mathematics very deep and complex. imaurer.weebly.com/blog/when-bi...
When Birds Do Math
Storytelling and Surprising Depth At the Building Thinking Classrooms conference in Seattle this summer, I was struck by how powerful storytelling can be as an instructional strategy-- and how rarely....
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A man in Finland received a speeding ticket and had to pay $103,000! The penalty was so harsh because fines in Finland are based not just on the severity of the offense, but on the offender’s income. Can students figure out Vanjoki’s annual income? robertkaplinsky.com/work/fi...
@vendi55.bsky.social @webbkyle.bsky.social @maegangiroux.bsky.social Hi all. I've recently discovered the BTC book and it's re-inspired me to build more collaborative problem solving into my practice. I'm really enjoying your podcasts to fill in gaps and help adapt my initial ideas.
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Make sure you register for #BTCC25 before it is too late. The conference is already 70% full. @btcthinks.bsky.social btc2025.sched.com
Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference Schedule
Check out the schedule for Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference
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0% alcohol 100% Canadian Content 🇨🇦🫠 @maegangiroux.bsky.social is made of fairy dust + I feel so lucky to have had the chance to watch her bring @btcthinks.bsky.social to life at NCTCA, it made math feel like magic ✨ #iteachmath
Just a PSA to let everyone know that I’ve finally sniffed @peterliljedahl.bsky.social + @maegangiroux.bsky.social’s book & it smells pretty good tbh
Next month I’m headed to Alberta to speak at @cctca.bsky.social, ESTCA, NCTCA, PDTC, CATCA & GETCA AND I’M BRINGING ✨MATH THERAPY✨ FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS GET EXCITED🙏✨💖 #edusky #iteachmath
You know you hit it off with someone when you realize 45 minutes into the call that you need to stop complimenting each other and talk about the reason for the meeting
Vanessa Vakharia aka The Math Guru@themathguru.bsky.social · 2y agoMet my new favourite Canadian math girlie yesterday & just want the world to know that @maegangiroux.bsky.social is sweeter than maple syrup 🇨🇦😋 #iteachmath
Proud to be a part of your top 10!
Carles Granell@carlesgranell4.bsky.social · 2y ago7️⃣ “Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom. Grades K-5” (Peter Liljedahl i Maegan Giroux) 👉🏼 A través de la proposta de 50 tasques es proposen recomanacions per implementar #AulasParaPensar a l’etapa de primària @maegangiroux.bsky.social
7️⃣ “Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom. Grades K-5” (Peter Liljedahl i Maegan Giroux) 👉🏼 A través de la proposta de 50 tasques es proposen recomanacions per implementar #AulasParaPensar a l’etapa de primària @maegangiroux.bsky.social
I spy @phonisha.bsky.social in these math streets! www.edsurge.com/news/2024-12...
How This Curriculum Specialist Brings Math to Life for Students - EdSurge News
How do you convince students — and teachers — that they actually can be a “math person”? Curriculum expert Phonisha Hawkins uses chocolate chip cookies.
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Black educators and our co-agitators/co-disruptors are out here doing the work. It don’t take much to find us. It’s a choice at this point.
The co-opting of language like “good trouble” without interrogating what that actually means is irresponsible. The all white starter pack of educators “getting in good trouble” had good intentions, I’m sure… but the impact is exclusion and alienation. Good trouble would have meant doing the WORK 1/
I facilitated learning for instructors in the local International Languages Program and received positive feedback; “You speak exactly the right amount at exactly the right pace.” 😊 I’m grateful that participants feel respected and cared for when I lead professional learning.
My white women sky people… I offer a read for you. When most white feminists mention women’s rights, they don’t REALLY mean Black women. I encourage us all to know the history and do better. Black women continue to labor for everyone while simultaneously being made invisible.
When the song is only 1 second long because there are 288,000 musicians :( #math #ITeachMath
Friends…. Ya math homegirl needs some thoughts! What are some tried and true things you’ve done to improve literacy quickly but also in a way that sticks? #edusky #blackedusky tee
🚨Attention #EduSky check out this interactive @geogebra.org applet where ss can #MathPlay 🧮 with slope (rate of change) by comparing different representations for it 🏎️🏁 #ITeachMath #MTBoS #MathSky #MathsToday #EdTech #STEM #EdChat #Math #Maths 🔗👇 geogebra.org/m/xhkdam8n
The urge to talk about alligator teeth when comparing numbers is real. 😳 However the kids did amazing with the alternative method and worked hard during the error analysis consolidation #iteachmath
Kindergarten #MathPlay 🧮 with Maddie👨👧 - We created our own concept circles ⭕️🔢 #ITeachMath #MTBoS #STEM #ElemMathChat #MathIsFun #EduSky #MathChat
If nothing else, a Building Thinking Classrooms approach supports with making math more accessible for students and teachers in a field (K-12 math) that has by and large made math inaccessible for most. I see myself in both the student and teacher group. #iteachmath #mathsky
Tried an area/perimeter #menumath a few weeks back and was very worried the grade 3/4s would struggle because it was the youngest group I've done it with. I was wrong. They loved it and did so well! Up next, grade 1/2! @natbanting.bsky.social
