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Your brain learns better when you are joyful! #NCTMDC23 Kathy Richardson, Sue Dolphin jillgoughnotes.blog/2023/10/26/you…

“HOW children experience mathematics has a profound effect on WHAT they are able to learn .” @krichardsonmath this is all to often forgotten in the teaching of mathematics! @bstockus @MathPerspectiv1 @SherylRussellWA @forestnorth

The power of recess - Thanks @MathforLove for offering a way for us to lean into some joy and a daily reprieve from the stress “Recess is critical for cognitive, academic, social, emotional, and physical development.” Read more …ed.gr/d0gbn #looneymath #iteachmath

@TracyZager @LieslMcconchie @MTLShow @gfletchy @lockhartedu @ddmeyer @meganlfranke Automaticity comes from seeing relationships not saying what you don’t get -Kathy Richardson. If Ss aren’t seeing relationships and don’t have a fact memorized they often fall back to counting reasoning. Not efficient at all.

@TracyZager @LieslMcconchie @MTLShow @gfletchy @lockhartedu @ddmeyer @meganlfranke At CMC-South 2001, I heard Kathy Richardson attribute a quote to Polya, a collection of memorized facts is no more math than a heap of stones is a house.

@alfiekohn I would suggest those distant authorities aren’t necessarily authorities at all. They often have no understanding of how children learn, have spent little to no time with children in a classroom, and are not just designing poor curriculum - but detrimental curriculum.

From worst to best: Curriculum designed by... 1) distant authorities 2) teacher, well in advance 3) teacher, for these particular students 4) teacher, WITH these particular students

@alfiekohn If we give mini versions of summative assessment (& call it formative) all we learn is how to get kids better at that. What does the test even tell us? Instead focus on authentic experiences like @mburnsmath, @krichardsonmath or @NumberTalksK2 let us know what kids really know!

@alfiekohn @mburnsmath @krichardsonmath @NumberTalksK2 “Being a good teacher is about knowing what your children already know and what they are still grappling with…I don’t need to be reluctant to find out what a child really knows but to be excited by the process they are engaged in.”@krichardsonmath

@nicolejawhari @bstockus @DavidKButlerUoA Using assessments that identify a student’s edge of understanding and tasks designed to meet the range of needs by engaging students in experiences that develop new and deeper understandings are the foundation of Kathy Richardson’s work. @krichardsonmath @MathPerspectiv1

@suedolphin9105 @bstockus This connects what @DavidKButlerUoA said about doing more of the same such as giving additional worksheets to practice rote skills. DNC provides opportunities to work on rich math tasks that focus on the important mathematical concepts identified by the Critical Learning Phases.

"has all that time teachers spent studying data helped students learn? The emerging answer from education researchers is no." "while data is helpful in pinpointing students’ weaknesses, mistakes and gaps, it doesn’t tell teachers what to do about them." hechingerreport.org/proof-points-r…

This is why we call them running records for math ! @SherylRussellWA @MathPerspectiv1 @bstockus

Teachers @DoralAcademy are learning math games & assessments to develop conceptual understandings of addition/subtraction. @SNRPDP is happy to be learning with you. #AMCanywhere #kathyrichardson #numbertalks #iteachmath #elemmathchat #mathperspectives

Administering AMC Anywhere math assessments today to further guide my instruction in our small groups ! Always love to see how students use their number sense! @krichardsonmath @MathPerspectiv1 @SherylRussellWA @forestnorth @bstockus

Loved this @NumberTalksK2 I did with my 1st grade group today ! @krichardsonmath @SherylRussellWA @MathPerspectiv1 @bstockus

Look what came today! Can’t wait to read them ! Thank you @MathPerspectiv1 @SherylRussellWA ! @bstockus @forestnorth

“Children need many and varied experiences with the same concept. Just because they can do it in one way does not mean they fully understand or can do it successfully in another context” #bulldozergame @bstockus @krichardsonmath @MrsATalley @MathPerspectiv1

@jillemacd @NumberTalksK2 Hi Jill. Didax.com

@NumberTalksK2 I can’t find it on Amazon 🇨🇦. Any suggestions as to where I might be able to get my hands on a copy?

@ProjectLincoln Making it my ring tone. #VoteHimOut

Cleansing your timeline with the calming sounds of Donald Trump being booed.

John Lewis’s words to FBI employees in 2017 resonate—especially in 2020: “Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool that we have, and everybody must use it to make the world a better place.”

By involving children in chores like doing the laundry, you can explore key math concepts together. Check out these quick and easy ideas for finding and talking about math in everyday family routines. @DREMEmath tinyurl.com/y6uwxrp8 #elemmath #iteachmath #MTBoS #RPDPmath