Sally Cassilles

@cravenscience1 @adamboxer1 @MrARobbins @Mr_Raichura @MissBird90 Printed hard copy with space to complete. 4 fluency questions on the front, fifth conceptual question on the back. Students collect on the way into the room. Minimal faff time. Vary answer collection based on q's, vibe & class. I have tried most approaches. Hard copy for the win!

Retrieval practice/Do Now at start of lesson. Should students answer in exercise books or on MWBs? My focus is on getting teachers to know which do now questions weren’t answered successfully (so they can be repeated) @adamboxer1 @MrARobbins @Mr_Raichura @MissBird90

@adamboxer1 This reminds me of this idea. I don't love talking about schools as markets but I feel there is certainly aspects of this across a school environment. Creating 'social proof' is so key, for teachers to come on board. Typically that social proof is 'bang for buck' in terms of time

I think we often have a problem with professional challenge in schools. I'm a big believer in buy-in and taking people with you. Ultimately though, if you've launched something sensible, explained it properly to colleagues, given them the time and support they need, allowed for discussion and debate, and then a few colleagues *still* aren't doing it? We need to challenge them. This is one of the top 5 conversations I have with leaders: colleagues need to be treated with respect and dignity, but they also have a job description. Teachers are employees. And we can't just decide "oh I'm not going to do that perfectly reasonable thing that I've been asked to do."

@howie_hua Double 90, take 3

It's Mental Math Monday! What goes on in your head when you're mentally calculating 88+89?

@howie_hua @MikeFlynn55 I'm seeing it as a mean problem and picturing stacks of cubes. Break off 2 from 15 and add it to the 11, break off 1 from 14 and add it to 12. Then you have 5 stacks of 13. 13*5 =65

It's Mental Math Monday with guest @MikeFlynn55! How would you mentally calculate 11+12+13+14+15?

@TheAlexFenton @mtngry @sage_stage It's called the deferred salary scheme or more colloquially called 4 for 5..

@SCassilles @mtngry @sage_stage I've never heard of that in my 14 years of teaching in (the Independent sector in) NSW. Must be a public school thing?

Teaching, but for every 4 years you do it you get the 5th year as a paid vacation. Or would no one come back?

@StudyMaths I've been using bar models for a while but still 🤯

Did you know: The bar modelling tool is linked up to the generators? Here's how you might begin to model a simultaneous equation. What questions might you ask from the image? mathsbot.com/manipulatives/…

@mtngry @sage_stage I was just about to jump on here to say the same thing....

@sage_stage Already available in NSW system. Do four years at 80% pay, take a fifth year at 80% pay with right of return to original position guaranteed.

@adamboxer1 I'm sure you have answered this before but rather than scroll through the many many posts on this. I find One Note tools visible on the screen distracting and literally just want the question and a blank screen for me to write on. Is this possible in OneNote?

When I observe lessons that use PowerPoint, most of the time I see: Students reading different parts to what the teacher is talking about Students copying random bits of information Teachers reading off slides Teachers failing to adapt or respond to student errors Teachers revealing the next slide and saying "oh sorry let's go back a sec" Teachers using the same slides for radically different classes If you don't do that, great. But it is my belief that PowerPoint as a medium leads people to doing stuff like that. Your entire lesson is planned out in advance - often by somebody else. This is the direction. This is how it flows. And you are channelled and straightjacketed subconsciously into that way of teaching. >

YES we are discussing PowerPoint again! Ok, ok so first: If someone says "PowerPoint sucks" And you say "It's just a tool, it depends how it's used" That's right, but it isn't a good argument. Why not? READ ON

This is a very cool thread...

@ddmeyer 13th. Get students into routines through learning maths, hopefully with a good hook.

Help me settle a bet: 👉 What year of teaching is this for you? 👉 What is your #1 goal for your first day of school with students?

@howie_hua 3 yellows and 4 'other'

How would you count these birds on the tray? I just want to see something.

@misterwootube @KirstDy @ImpactWales Am I reading this right? Your hand writing is so good that it could be an actual font?! That is impressive...

@KirstDy @ImpactWales It's my handwriting 🤓

Okay brains trust, looking for help. Saw a diagram like this years ago but can't remember the source. It's about when helpful rubrics are misinterpreted and results are poor even when they superficially match criteria. Is this familiar to anyone out there?

Thanks to the amazingness that is the Riverina Network of Mathematics Teachers!

Looking for a video by @howie_hua demonstrating how to do the problem of a 10 digit number where the first digit is divisible by 1, first 2 digits concatenated divisible by 2 etc. using digits 0-9 only once. Can anyone help me with finding the video please? TIA

@ryannoonan5 @mcgrathnicol Congratulations! Still sad we lost you but no doubt you are on to bigger and better things!

I am very happy to share that I will be starting a new job as a Learning & Development Consultant - Technology at @mcgrathnicol 🎉🎉

@Mr_Laing @WALKTHRUs_5 🙋

@WALKTHRUs_5 Awesome. I’ve just sent you an email. I look forward to discussing our options.

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Woohoo Maths Teacher Olympics in Sydney!

Yes please

@MarianaPT_OCT @pwharris You must either live in my brain or we both listen to too much (is there such a thing?) #MathIsFigureOutAble 🤣

@pwharris Using quarters and I Have, You Need!! 💥 #MathStratChat

It's time for #MathStratChat! Rules: post your favorite or a clever solution! It's also fun to comment on other's strategies. Tell us about your reasoning. Like/Retweet so others can see! #MathIsFigureOutAble #MathChat #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathEd #Mathematics

@aliceleung I was never a morning person. New outdoor gym opened in town 6yrs ago & I started doing a 6.15 class. Progressively got earlier over 6 yrs & now the alarm is set for 4.39am. I love it. It's actually amazing just how many people are up at crazy o'clock doing the same thing!

Did my first early morning 6am run today. I’m seeing how I can fit running into my day when the school year starts again. How do other teachers do it? I don’t want to get up at 4am.