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Ep 198: Look Fors for School Wide Vision Apr 02, 2024

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What can schools use to create a shared vision for math instruction? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss the New York Department of Education's Look Fors for School-Wide Mathematics Teaching and Learning.
Talking Points

Who is this Look For for?
Specifics for equity around scheduling teachers with an eye on content knowledge and pedagogy
Making space for observing, sharing, and discussing teaching practices that engage students with challenging mathematics
Share the school's vision throughout all parent communication and events
The importance of shared vision about pathways for students to have access to high quality math

Find the Look Fors here:
For Students
For Teachers
For Schools
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#MathStratChat - March 27, 2024 Mar 27, 2024

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on March 27, 2024.

Note: It’s more fun if you try to solve the problem, share it on social media, comment on others strategies, before you listen to Pam and Kim’s strategies.

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Ep 197: Look Fors for Teachers Mar 26, 2024

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What conversations can teachers and coaches have about improving instruction in the classroom? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss the Look Fors for Teachers provided by the New York Department of Education.
Talking Points:

Coaching requires more than observation or modeling a lesson
Avoid analysis paralysis
Coaching through conversation
How to inform your in-the-moment decisions
Maintain students' opportunities to develop their own ideas and understandings
Creating a shared vision

Find the Look Fors here:
For Students: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1spWxDFP_FRVGFkNmWAjGxKnDscGSctYD/view
For Teachers:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1zZI4Y1MLr1DzSwtm_EK3KDC6Re3L62zn

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#MathStratChat - March 20, 2024 Mar 20, 2024

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on March 20, 2024.

Note: It’s more fun if you try to solve the problem, share it on social media, comment on others strategies, before you listen to Pam and Kim’s strategies.

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Ep 196: Look Fors for Students Mar 19, 2024

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What goals do you have for your classroom? How do you measure your success? How to plan to achieve those goals? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss New York City's Look Fors for Students and how they can help us focus on the changes we want to see in our classrooms.
Talking Points:

Kim and Pam have different styles and personalities as the approach planning a lesson or session
Taking time to think deeply about a lesson
New York City's Look Fors
Kim and Pam highlight a Look For
To avoid burnout, innovate in bursts

Find the Look Fors for Students here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1spWxDFP_FRVGFkNmWAjGxKnDscGSctYD/view
Find other resources from New York City here: https://sites.google.com/view/nyc-math-resources/home
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#MathStratChat - March 13, 2024 Mar 13, 2024

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on March 13, 2024.

Note: It’s more fun if you try to solve the problem, share it on social media, comment on others strategies, before you listen to Pam and Kim’s strategies.

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Ep 195: Early Addition Important Relationships Mar 12, 2024

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When should you start developing which relationships? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss the important addition relationships for first grade and how to develop them throughout the year.
Talking Points:
When do I teach what?

Download The Most Important Numeracy Strategies Free Ebook!
We want students to understand relationships so that strategies are natural outcomes, not memorized procedures.
Partners of Ten
Doubles
Plus ten
Modeling is super important

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#MathStratChat - March 6, 2024 Mar 06, 2024

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on March 6, 2024.

Note: It’s more fun if you try to solve the problem, share it on social media, comment on others strategies, before you listen to Pam and Kim’s strategies.

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Ep 194: Quarter Strategy for Multiplication Mar 05, 2024

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Can we really be efficient in solving multiplication problems without algorithms? What about the really cranky ones? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss the quarter strategy- a clean, efficient, figureoutable way of solving traditionally difficult multiplication problems.
Talking Points:

Baby strategies! What?!
A problem string for the Quarter Strategy
COMING SOON! Problem String books: A shared vision for how we could develop the major relationships for each operation, with strings for ALL year

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#MathStratChat - February 28, 2024 Feb 28, 2024

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on February 28, 2024.

Note: It’s more fun if you try to solve the problem, share it on social media, comment on others strategies, before you listen to Pam and Kim’s strategies.

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