Jennifer O'Keefe

Thank you @FCEFoundation for making my math heart so happy today 😄 Kicked off the @NCTM conference with two inspiring sessions! @MeridianMstangs @jenderoso

White boards are UP and we’re LOVING them in Ms. Peters’ classroom 🙌🏻 😍. Thank you @FCCPSFacilities for making this happen!! Alg 1 students are crushing a thin-sliced task (credit: @JJaysonMath!) on simplifying rational expressions. #ThinkingClassroom @mehms

There’s no case of the sluggish Mondays when you start the first block of the day with some vertical tasks! Ms. Peters’ Honors Alg 1 class came ready to work through some SPICY factoring problems! #ThinkingClassrooms @mehms @MeridianMstangs

Thank you, @VCTMath for putting on a great math conference! I enjoyed learning beside a great group of math leaders from @FCCPS! +Ms.Introna!

Congrats to these two state-wide math presenters for leading a #VCTM interactive session with great discussion on engaging learners and raising the rigor in mathematics! #thinkingclassrooms @FCCPS @peternoonan @JJaysonMath

@dent_official @Kleiker14 @pgliljedahl @JJaysonMath @FCCPS It’s painted. We’ve only had painted walls for about 3 months, but so far so good with how they’re holding up!

@Kleiker14 @OKeefeMath @pgliljedahl @JJaysonMath @FCCPS Me too! Is it painted? How does it stand up?

“Can you give us a SUPER spicy problem??” “Wait! Can I PLEASE finish this one before we move on?!” Quotes from @JJaysonMath’s Algebra 1 class. Makes my math heart so happy! 😁 #thinkingclassroom @FCCPS @pgliljedahl

Thin-sliced some tasks on right triangle trigonometry in Mr. Wright’s IB Math AI SL 1 class to assess their prior knowledge before we dive into our new trig unit. They did some awesome work and gave us great insights for the unit! #ThinkingClassroom @FCCPS

It is truly amazing to see how FAST the students start the task and thoroughly complete the task (that doesn’t even ask a question!) in a #ThinkingClassroom. @JJaysonMath has established fantastic BTC routines and these Algebra 1 students are thriving 🤩 @FCCPS @MeridianMstangs

We had so much fun learning about hints, extensions and consolidation during our #buildingthinkingclassrooms book study meet up this afternoon! We were even able to discuss it in context-visibly seeing the thinking of @JJaysonMath’s Algebra 1 students from class today! @FCCPS

I loved visiting @alcokee and Mr. Wright’s IB math classes this week to see their #thinkingclassrooms where students were collaboratively solving rigorous problems on our freshly painted white board walls. Thank you @FCCPSFacilities! @pgliljedahl

@JJaysonMath’s Algebra 1 students returned STRONG from winter break!! They have so much prior knowledge we were able to see in this #ThinkingClassroom task that will shape the rest of the unit. And THANK YOU to @FCCPS maintenance for the amazing whiteboard walls 🤩 @pgliljedahl

Kicked off the week in the best way - vertical math tasks with random grouping! Ms. Peters’s Algebra 1 students brought some amazing prior knowledge and collaborative thinking to day one of their next unit! Thank you for letting me join! #ThinkingClassroom @mehms @FCCPS

@JJaysonMath’s Algebra 1 students did AMAZING work on day 1 of the new unit!! Thanks to strategies of a #ThinkingClassroom, we were able to see all the prior knowledge students already had for this next unit and they were so PROUD of their work! @FCCPS @MeridianMstangs

Thank you to the @FCEFoundation for supporting the math team in our own professional growth. We learned so many incredible things that will make the @fccps mathematics program even stronger! #NCSM22

Loving this vertical, collaborative work in @alcokee’s IB Math AA HL 2 #ThinkingClassroom !! @MeridianMstangs

Well said! The work we’ve started with #ThinkingClassrooms in our district is already having incredible effects. I got goosebumps sitting in this session because of how excited I am about this revolution! #NCSM22 @MathEdLeaders

Thanks to the @FCEFoundation I finally got to sit in for my first time in person to hear @steve_leinwand speak! High school math should be INVIGORATING and I appreciated hearing how we can work to make that happen. @MathEdLeaders #NCSM2022

Powerful math instruction matters! Thank you @NCSM @MathEdLeaders for an important convening to imagine, inspire, and influence the mathematical genius that resides in all students. #BoldLeadership #NCSM22 #NCSMBold

There they go! Congrats to the class of 2022 - the first Meridian grads. @MeridianMstangs @FCCPS