Bryan Hand

@GaleMorrisonEd If learning math is for getting answers, show students what to do and many of them will be able to repeat it with different numbers for a few weeks. If learning math is for solving problems when you’re not sure what to do, try some of the useful and effective strategies in BTC.

This is a training for the most popular elementary math teaching approach right now - “building thinking classrooms” by Canadian consultant Peter Liljedahl. It goes against everything experts know about what works.

What’s the difference between racism in South Africa and racism in America? It comes down to directness. #BetweenTheScenes

@fawnpnguyen I think it’s because the curriculum I grew up with never asked me to model someone’s income when they made $25 per hour and $200 after 4 hours. I’m sure there are lots of contexts to consider. Also a lot of power in seeing that the ordered pair x1,y1 makes the true statement 0=0

Please remind me why we need the point-slope form. (Slope-intercept and standard forms are useful and telling in real contexts.)

When you think you know all the strategies and AVID reminds you about humility. #AVIDMath

@Bellar_lana @BrianMendler Right on. Works for me too.

@BrianMendler #1-My response to a disrespectful kid is always to apologize and say that I must have done something to disrespect them. Could they please tell me?—the result? Either a. I did & I learn or b. I didn’t and they tell me what’s actually up.

Five relationship building tips: 1. Be respectful to disrespectful kids. 2. Be there when things are bad. 3. Ask questions. 4. Required time spent w kid does not count. 5. Criticize (& praise) privately. What would you add? #edchat #kidsdeserveit #thatonekid #tlap #edutwitter

I find myself using this language to describe end behavior of rational functions

Is negative one million a very large or very small negative number? #mtbos #alwayscurious

So you would say it is a very small negative number? And -1/1000000 is a relatively large negative number.

Thank you, AVID students. I appreciated a pick me up today.

@AppoSapp I give feedback with a rubric: exceeded expectations 100%, goal 85%, progressing 70%, not yet 50%. They can fix and resubmit formative quizzes until they meet the criteria for 100%. Summative tests are graded the same way and cannot be resubmitted.

3x^2 multiplied by 2x is 6x^3. Can you explain why?

Proud of all the students fixing mistakes and resubmitting work. Mistakes are reshaping and strengthening their brains!!

This much to grade on Yom Kippur. How did this happen?!

Hamilton!!

Pre-calc students couldn’t contain themselves strategically problem solving at gameaboutsquares.com (what to do when half your class is on a field trip)

These freshmen found lots of ways to meet their GPA goals!! #MPHSpride

Especially appreciated the contribution to lift each other up if we’re having a bad day #TreatEachOtherWell

Not a bad pair of lists after two days of community building and practicing procedures. #MPHSpride #notanARTIST

My new classroom is primed for randomized grouping and working at VNPS. #MPHSpride #BSDrocks

New staff orientation at BSD. Can’t wait to see the Mount Pleasant peeps! #chooseBSD