Elementary Math and Literacy Interventionist, Enthusiastic Supporter of Students and Teachers, Passionate Advocate for the Positive Reputation of Mathematics
Joined July 2015
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21 Jun 2024
Momma’s little book 🐛. He abandoned his cars and trucks on the floor when I pulled out my book to try and get caught up for book study. Guess he’s going to help with #buildingthinkingclassrooms, too!
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13 May 2024
Today’s #OPESMathyMonday is a Convince Us That…routine in which classes are given an equation, statement, or model, and tasked with justifying why the given is true. This allows students to practice their reasoning & justification processes and is a great way to use math vocab.
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"Read short math stories together. Studies have shown that reading math-focused stories to children, such as Bedtime Math books or the Family Math series, can help boost math scores in school." gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable….
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7 May 2024
Had the best time in first grade yesterday doing a #MathByTheBook lesson using the picture book My Rows and Piles of Coins to introduce money. Students did an amazing job connecting the text to our money, sorting coins by various attributes, and creating a coin foldable.
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7 May 2024
Last week for #OPESMathyMonday each class across the school engaged in a grade-specific choral count. This week classes worked through a What Comes Next Routine from @MLCmath. Love hearing how students are talking math each week during this school-wide math moment.
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23 Apr 2024
This week for #OPESMathyMonday classes participated in a math game called Math Yapper in which students take turns giving a partner clues about current or review math vocabulary. This routine comes from Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class by @JohnSanGiovanni. Kids loved it!
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23 Apr 2024
Last week for #OPESMathyMonday classes wrote math poems as we celebrate April as #NationalPoetryMonth and #MathAwarenessMonth. Check out these clever poems from our mathy poets.
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4 Mar 2024
Love this use of Cuisenaire rods!
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From @gwenblumberg on IG: “Whose voices are heard the most in our classrooms? Teacher voices? Kid voices? The same kid voices? Talk is an art & we can teach kids to grow this skill like any other."
ALT "Progression of Talk" infographic made with colored sticky notes on a file folder. In order of progression: Say anything, Say something relevant, Say something back, Say something to clarify, Say something better, Say something to revise, Say something to provoke, Say something to extend
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4 Mar 2024
Today at @OPESEaglePride classes are participating in a CHEESY #GraphChat using a Slow Reveal Graph from @jennalaib for #OPESMathyMonday. This is an easy, fun #mathroutine to promote sense-making about data and teach through #mathematicalpractices.
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4 Feb 2024
Happy Sunday! I spent yesterday morning writing a progression of puzzle-y pictarithms for Gr K-7. Concepts build gradually across the grade levels & encourage algebraic thinking & sense-making at every step. Goal is to build strong reasoning & computation skills while having fun!
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31 Jan 2024
This little mathematician joined the party in October and has given me so much practice with elapsed time, but not much margin for anything else. 😂 Now that I’m settled in at work and finding a good routine, I’m excited to re-engage. But first, how cute are these Mathy jams?!
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6 Sep 2023
This week for #OPESMathyMonday we explored what it means to persevere (#MathematicalProcessStandard1) by reading the book A Little Spot of Perseverance and collaborating with teams to design, build, redesign, and rebuild the tallest towers with base ten blocks.
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ALT "Teaching is ultimately an act of hope. Every time I teach a lesson, I hope it will inspire learning. Every time I intervene with a struggling student, I hope it will change the trajectory of their path. The temptation to fall into cynicism is alive and well in education. However, hope is a choice I make every day." —Rachel Jorgensen, Educator
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28 Aug 2023
It's the first #OPESMathyMonday of the 23-24 school year! Today classes will make concept maps with math at the center. Classes are encouraged to brainstorm what math means to them, when they use math, tools, strategies, symbols, and more. Can't wait to see how these take shape!
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23 Aug 2023
Can't believe year 16 is already under way. Grateful for another year to learn and grow alongside some of the very best. What a blessing to get to do what you love every day!
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26 May 2023
Year 15 is in the books and a full summer of sweet memories is ahead. So grateful for this time to rest and prep for Baby Ledbetter coming in the fall!
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10 May 2023
Can’t think of a better way to start a Wednesday than with a sweet bunch of first graders and an amazing #MathByTheBook lesson! After reading Hide and Snake, we created our own snakes and used them to practice measuring items around the room with nonstandard units. ❤️
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