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Making Math Moments That Matter

Helping you transform your K-12 math lesson plans by building confidence in effective teaching practices, guiding you to transform your math curriculum, and inspiring classroom strategies to engage all students.

As a teacher are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans where students don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings?

As a mathematics coordinator or leader are you wondering how to support teachers when implementing engaging math lessons that fuel student sense making?

Over the last 19 years, Kyle and Jon, the founders of MakeMathMoments.com have been engaging students, teachers, and district program leaders with effective mathematics pedagogy, accessible resources, and inspiring learning environments in K-12 math classrooms.

Now, in this podcast they coach you – K-12 classroom teachers and district leaders of mathematics through a 6 step plan that cultivates and fosters your mathematics program like a strong, healthy and balanced tree.

If you master the 6 parts of an effective mathematics program, the impact you have on students or teachers will grow and reach far and wide.

Every week, you’ll hear insight from practicing classroom teachers and leaders in math education so you’ll get the feedback, guidance, and fresh ideas you need to stop feeling overwhelmed, gain back your confidence, and inspire the students and fellow teachers you serve to enjoy the beauty of mathematics once again.

Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180

Copyright: © 2024 Making Math Moments That Matter

Latest Episodes:

#57 A Year Under Our Belts Dec 30, 2019

Show notes

In this last episode of 2019 Kyle and Jon share their big success for the year, dive behind the scenes on the podcast, and discuss their plans and goals for 2020.

You’ll Learn:

How the podcast came to be;

How the podcast reaches educators worldwide;

What’s the process from start to end to make a podcast;

What big successes did Kyle & Jon have this year; and,

What the future looks like for Make Math Moments.

Resources:

https://makemathmoments.com/mentor

https://makemathmoments.com/webinar

Top 10 Episodes of 2019

#36 How To Start The School Year Off Right

#35 Visible Learning: An Interview with John Hattie

#10 Mathematical Mindsets: An Interview With Dr. Jo Boaler

#33 The 5 Practices: An Interview with Peg Smith

#31 Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class: An Interview with John SanGiovanni

#21 The Thinking Classroom: An interview with Peter Liljedahl

#1 Introduction to Making Math Moments That Matter

#32 The Formative Five: An Interview with Skip Fennell

#38 How to Move Beyond Answer Getting. A Math Mentoring Moment

#37 Hook, Line, & Sinker: An Interview with John Rowe

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Are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans that leave students so engaged they don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? In their podcast, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr—founders of MakeMathMoments.com—share over 19 years of experience inspiring K-12 math students, teachers, and district leaders with effective math activities, engaging resources, and innovative math leadership strategies. Through a 6-step framework, they guide K-12 classroom teachers and district math coordinators on building a strong, balanced math program that grows student and teacher impact. Each week, gain fresh ideas, feedback, and practical strategies to feel more confident and motivate students to see the beauty in math. Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: "Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180.

#56 Authoring Our Math Identities - An Interview with Lauren Baucom Dec 23, 2019

Show notes

That there is the highly respected math educator Lauren Baucom. Lauren is from North Carolina and we chat with her today about her powerful and eye opening 2019 NCTM presentation “Whose Mathematics Is It anyways? (De)Tracking of Teachers & Students”

Stick around to hear how you can help students author their identities in math class; How math class should be like the Lauren’s Favourite TV show Great British Bake Off; Why we should consider how we track (stream) students in our schools, and three de-tracking stages Lauren helped put into place to help reduce inequities in her school.

You’ll Learn:

How to help students author their identities in math class;

That math is a social experience;

How math class should be like the Great British Bake Off;

Why we should consider how we track (stream) students in our schools;

Three stages to help de-tracking in your schools.

Resources:

Catalyzing change [book]

Twitter: @LBmathemagician

Love the show? Text us your big takeaway!

Are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans that leave students so engaged they don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? In their podcast, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr—founders of MakeMathMoments.com—share over 19 years of experience inspiring K-12 math students, teachers, and district leaders with effective math activities, engaging resources, and innovative math leadership strategies. Through a 6-step framework, they guide K-12 classroom teachers and district math coordinators on building a strong, balanced math program that grows student and teacher impact. Each week, gain fresh ideas, feedback, and practical strategies to feel more confident and motivate students to see the beauty in math. Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: "Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180.

#55 - Seeing Before Showing: An Interview with Sara VanDerWerf Dec 16, 2019

Show notes

This week we chat with Sara VanDerWerf, former K-12 Math Lead with Minneapolis Public Schools who taught grades 7 through 12, the President of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and independent mathematics consultant. Lean in as we chat with Sara about her journey from being a fast “calculator” in her own K through 12 learning experience to focusing on making student thinking visible in the classroom. We can’t wait to dive into Sara’s backstory as well as some great tips and resources for your own teaching practice.

You’ll Learn:

How to help students see it before you show them and say it before you tell them;
Why asking kids to notice and wonder is so important as well as how to lead this protocol successfully in your own classroom;
Why Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces (VNPS) are so helpful in math class;
How to use Stand and Talks as an easy way to get kids moving and promote mathematical discourse in your classroom; and,
What the difference is between focusing questions and funnelling questions.

Resources:

Sara VanDerWerf.com [Website]

John Hattie on Inquiry Based Learning.

Add annie fetter’s ignite

Stand and Talks

Episode 21: Peter Liljedahl

Why I believe cell phones should be in the math classroom [ BLog post]

Chris Luzniak [Debate Math]

Love the show? Text us your big takeaway!

Are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans that leave students so engaged they don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? In their podcast, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr—founders of MakeMathMoments.com—share over 19 years of experience inspiring K-12 math students, teachers, and district leaders with effective math activities, engaging resources, and innovative math leadership strategies. Through a 6-step framework, they guide K-12 classroom teachers and district math coordinators on building a strong, balanced math program that grows student and teacher impact. Each week, gain fresh ideas, feedback, and practical strategies to feel more confident and motivate students to see the beauty in math. Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: "Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180.

#54 What does an effective math block look like? A Math Mentoring Moment Dec 09, 2019

Show notes

Today we speak with Rob Baier, a math learning specialist from southern Pennsylvania who is wondering what a truly effective math learning block should look like. What you’re about to hear is another Math Mentoring Moment Episode where we speak with a math moment maker like you who is struggling with an idea and together we brainstorm a plan for improvement.

Stick with us as we frame out with Rob what his 80 minute block should look like to fuel student sense making….

Love the show? Text us your big takeaway!

Are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans that leave students so engaged they don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? In their podcast, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr—founders of MakeMathMoments.com—share over 19 years of experience inspiring K-12 math students, teachers, and district leaders with effective math activities, engaging resources, and innovative math leadership strategies. Through a 6-step framework, they guide K-12 classroom teachers and district math coordinators on building a strong, balanced math program that grows student and teacher impact. Each week, gain fresh ideas, feedback, and practical strategies to feel more confident and motivate students to see the beauty in math. Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: "Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180.

#53 Open Middle Math: An Interview with Robert Kaplinsky Dec 02, 2019

Show notes

This week we sit down with problem creator, national presenter, and now author, Robert Kaplinsky. In this tip-filled episode we chat with Robert about how to implement problem based lessons so kids high 5 each other, how we can squeeze open middle problems into our routines and why we should, and finally we chat about Robert’s mission to provide great professional development to teachers no matter their geographical location.

You’ll Learn:

What makes good problem based lessons and how to teach with them.
How to avoid creating math robots.
How to use x-ray vision to see what your students know.
How open middle problems can fit into your teaching routine.
Where you can find good math professional development.

Resources:

https://robertkaplinsky.com/

I Hope You’re Embarrassed

How much does a 100 by 100 cost?

bit.ly/openmiddlebook

bit.ly/openmiddlebookca

Grassrootsworkshops.com

Love the show? Text us your big takeaway!

Are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans that leave students so engaged they don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? In their podcast, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr—founders of MakeMathMoments.com—share over 19 years of experience inspiring K-12 math students, teachers, and district leaders with effective math activities, engaging resources, and innovative math leadership strategies. Through a 6-step framework, they guide K-12 classroom teachers and district math coordinators on building a strong, balanced math program that grows student and teacher impact. Each week, gain fresh ideas, feedback, and practical strategies to feel more confident and motivate students to see the beauty in math. Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: "Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180.

#52 The Purpose of Assessment: A Math Mentoring Moment Nov 25, 2019

Show notes

Today we talk about a big concern from many teachers!! --- Assessment in math class. More specifically we speak with Steven Sevel, a teacher from Vaughan Ontario and our online Make math Moments Academy who has joined us for a math mentoring moment episode. Like many of us in the Math Moment Maker Community, Steven is continually asking questions about the best way to assess his students.

Stay with us as we talk about the purpose of assessment, Standards based grading, feedback, assessment tools such as Freshgrade and mindset!

You’ll Learn:

What’s the true purpose of assessment is;
How can I incorporate Standards based grading in my math class?
What’s the role of feedback;
How can I use assessment tools such as Freshgrade;

Resources:

Assessment on MrOrr-isageek.com

Assessment on tapintoteenminds.com

Episode 40 and 42 with Michael Rubin on Spiralling

Episode 21 with Peter Liljedahl and Thinking Classrooms

Love the show? Text us your big takeaway!

Are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans that leave students so engaged they don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? In their podcast, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr—founders of MakeMathMoments.com—share over 19 years of experience inspiring K-12 math students, teachers, and district leaders with effective math activities, engaging resources, and innovative math leadership strategies. Through a 6-step framework, they guide K-12 classroom teachers and district math coordinators on building a strong, balanced math program that grows student and teacher impact. Each week, gain fresh ideas, feedback, and practical strategies to feel more confident and motivate students to see the beauty in math. Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: "Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180.

#51: Reimagining the work done in math classrooms: An Interview with Jose Vilson Nov 18, 2019

Show notes

This week we talk with Jose Vilson, an educator from Harlem New York. Jose is a national speaker, an author he was named one of GOOD Inc.’s GOOD100 in 2013 of leaders changing their worlds and an Aspen Ideas Scholar in 2013. He has also spoken at TEDxNYED, Education Writers Association Annual Conference, Netroots Nation, The US Department of Education, and the Save Our Schools March.

His blog, TheJoseVilson.com, was named one of the top 25 Education Blogs by Scholastic, and Education World. We chat with Jose today about How we should REIMAGINe THE WORK IN MATH CLASSROOMS, Why trust and classroom culture are the most important parts of teaching and Why Teacher Voice is important at the district level.

You’ll Learn:

How we should reimagine the work in math classrooms
Why trust and classroom culture are the most important parts of teaching.
What strategies and tips you can use to change your classroom culture.
Why Teacher Voice is important at the district level.

Resources:

www.Thejosevilson.com

This is Not a Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education [Book]

Love the show? Text us your big takeaway!

Are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans that leave students so engaged they don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? In their podcast, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr—founders of MakeMathMoments.com—share over 19 years of experience inspiring K-12 math students, teachers, and district leaders with effective math activities, engaging resources, and innovative math leadership strategies. Through a 6-step framework, they guide K-12 classroom teachers and district math coordinators on building a strong, balanced math program that grows student and teacher impact. Each week, gain fresh ideas, feedback, and practical strategies to feel more confident and motivate students to see the beauty in math. Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: "Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180.

#50: How To Get High IMPACT PD FROM YOUR COUCH: The Make Math Moments Virtual Summit Nov 11, 2019

Show notes

Join Jon & Kyle in this episode while they share why they created a math PD virtual summit, how it works, and why you NEED to register. Listen in as they outline classroom struggles many teachers have and how the summit sessions will help minimize those struggles.

You’ll Learn:

How to access high impact math PD from your couch.
How we can bring curiosity, wonder and joy into the math classroom!
How to solve problems without cross multiplying while learning powerful ways to help students develop efficient and sophisticated proportional reasoning strategies.
How to learn, lead, and live without barriers.
The power of play and explore ways we can play with mathematics in your classroom.
How can we empower students through estimation.
How we can we teach students the confidence and wits to process content, solve problems, innovate, persevere, and engage in “big picture” thinking.
How teachers can step into parents’ shoes and better understand the ways in which they can support parent understanding of the way we teach math today.
How you can use “power tools” with your students to deepen learning and solve problems with efficiency.

Resources:

The Make Math Moments Virtual Summit

Wipebook on Dragon’s Den

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Episode 21 - The Thinking Classroom

Episode 29 - Jennifer Chang Wathall

Episode 31 - John SanGiovanni - How to Jump Start Your Math Class

Episode 32 - Skip Fennel - Formative Five

Love the show? Text us your big takeaway!

Are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans that leave students so engaged they don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? In their podcast, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr—founders of MakeMathMoments.com—share over 19 years of experience inspiring K-12 math students, teachers, and district leaders with effective math activities, engaging resources, and innovative math leadership strategies. Through a 6-step framework, they guide K-12 classroom teachers and district math coordinators on building a strong, balanced math program that grows student and teacher impact. Each week, gain fresh ideas, feedback, and practical strategies to feel more confident and motivate students to see the beauty in math. Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: "Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180.

#49: Adding Parents To The Equation: An Interview with Hilary Kreisberg & Matthew Beyranevand Nov 04, 2019

Show notes

We have two wonderful and hilariously entertaining educators who are passionate about helping parents navigate math education. Hilary Kresiberg and Matthew Beyranevand have co authored an amazing book called Adding Parents To The Equation. Stick around and learn how to help parents help their children with math at home, what resources parents can use to help nurture mathematics with their children, how to help parents navigate educational jargon, how to help parents develop their own growth mindset, how to support parents with the actual mathematics we teach and what teachers can do to support parents from the classroom.

You’ll Learn:

How to help parents help their children with math at home.
What resources can parents use at home to help nurture mathematics.
How to help parents navigate educational jargon
How to help parents with growth mindset
How to support parents with mathematics.
How teachers can support parents.

Resources:

Adding Parents To The Equation [Book]

Mathbeforebed.com

Mathematical Mindsets [Book]

@mathwithmatthew ← free copy of his book if you tag him

mathwithmatthew.com

Love the show? Text us your big takeaway!

Are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans that leave students so engaged they don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? In their podcast, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr—founders of MakeMathMoments.com—share over 19 years of experience inspiring K-12 math students, teachers, and district leaders with effective math activities, engaging resources, and innovative math leadership strategies. Through a 6-step framework, they guide K-12 classroom teachers and district math coordinators on building a strong, balanced math program that grows student and teacher impact. Each week, gain fresh ideas, feedback, and practical strategies to feel more confident and motivate students to see the beauty in math. Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: "Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180.

#48: Three Levels of Learning Goals - A Math Mentoring Moment Oct 28, 2019

Show notes

This week we chat with an eighth grade teacher in his 6th year of teaching trying to hash through resource overwhelm, assessment techniques, frameworks, and community building.

In this Math Mentoring Moment episode Aseem Kelly shares with us the three levels of learning goals in math class, how to choose the best resources for your students, and how to narrow your focus so that your students can succeed.

You’ll Learn:

How to choose the best resources for your students;
How to narrow your focus so that your students can succeed.
How to avoid teacher overwhelm;
How to choose and help students work toward a learning goal.

Resources:

Desmos Pet House Project

Thinking Classrooms - Peter L

The Differentiated Classroom [Book]

Illustrative Mathematics

Open Up Curriculum

Jon’s 30 in 30

Love the show? Text us your big takeaway!

Are you wondering how to create K-12 math lesson plans that leave students so engaged they don’t want to stop exploring your math curriculum when the bell rings? In their podcast, Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr—founders of MakeMathMoments.com—share over 19 years of experience inspiring K-12 math students, teachers, and district leaders with effective math activities, engaging resources, and innovative math leadership strategies. Through a 6-step framework, they guide K-12 classroom teachers and district math coordinators on building a strong, balanced math program that grows student and teacher impact. Each week, gain fresh ideas, feedback, and practical strategies to feel more confident and motivate students to see the beauty in math. Start making math moments today by listening to Episode #139: "Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180.

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