Megan Raanes

Past President - Alaska Council of Teachers of Mathematics #BSSDMath Principal - Valley Pathways School

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Had a great conversation with a teacher from the Elim school today! I know I will see visible growth from her students this year. Greatness begets greatness, and everything is fractal. #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Math is a tool that plays an enormous role in building understanding of the world around us. It helps us formulate questions, gather information, and propose solutions in all situations, if we allow it to do so. May your ability to use math as a tool be nurtured today! #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Thanks @eureka_math! Learning takes time, and students are growing. Where can you verify this? Take you class temperature with your exit tickets, and see how you can support the productive struggle towards understanding. Embed any needed scaffolds into tomorrow's lesson #BSSDMath

[Eureka Math @eureka_math]

"My kids didn’t get it yesterday, and I’m afraid they won’t if I move on. I know it’s important for the test. I don’t want my students to fail. I need to hammer it home."

Here is how to use @EngageNY/#EurekaMath to resist the urge to reteach for mastery: https://t.co/6AFQudMLF1

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Learning Targets, especially those that provide students a method of achieving the target, are an incredibly powerful addition to your classroom. If you try one new thing this year, try this! Then watch how your students grow... It's astounding! #BSSDMath

[Big Ideas Learning @BigIdeasMath]

Inspired by John Hattie's research, learn how a middle school math teacher encouraged students to articulate and measure their own learning. https://t.co/VnNyxQhhg9 #MathChat #TeacherClarity #VisibleLearning

[Zearn @zearned]

Wait a minute! Are there any mathematicians around who can help Dolly and PJ figure this out? ➗ #FractionFriday

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Today I am exploring the wonders of Zearn @zearned with all of the amazing elementary educators @BSSDSchools! Let's see if we can increase from 3 schools to 15 school utilizing this online, adaptive, created from @eureka_math, resource to improve student achievement! #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Last year, 3 school and 300 students (not entirely sure how that math works out, given the small size of our schools, but for now I will go with the numbers given to me) used https://t.co/aLbxL3gFHO in their classrooms. This year, I'm hoping for all 15 sites! #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

The @eureka_math Concept Development as a vignette, not a script, makes so much sense when thinking about planning for assessing and advancing questions. 'You Are The Author of Your Math Lesson,' because you are the one charged with teaching your students #growthmindset #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

When teachers "Question Our Patterns of Questioning," students get to see that thinking is valued. Students are encouraged to verbally participate in class, and they learn to clarify their thinking! Can't wait for @BigIdeasMath teacher time today #BSSDMath @alaskaerb @BSSDSchools

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

I asked my six year old daughter today, “What is 20 plus 40?” She quickly told me “60.” I asked her how she knew that. She said, “Well I know that 2 plus 4 is six, so 20 plus 40 is 60!” That’s @eureka_math! At 6 she sees that math is a coherent story that makes sense! #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Working together with @BSSDSchools Elementary Teachers today to prepare instruction that leads our students towards becoming proficient mathematical thinkers! "You Are The Author of Your Math Lesson!" Nothing better than @eureka_math PD on this Friday afternoon #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

A whole new level of interactive nets! Yes, please! I might try this with my first grader this evening. I wonder how my 4 year old would do with this... #BSSDMath

[Dᴜᴀɴᴇ Hᴀʙᴇᴄᴋᴇʀ @duanehabecker]

Kid #2 doing math during breakfast. Creating a net to efficiently fold into a ball. #tmwyk

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Great reminder to students of their available resources! I am sure hoping to get a bunch more Zearn users this year in our elementary classes! #BSSDMath

[Zearn @zearned]

Ss can refer to this great chart in @DamickaBates's classroom when they're working through challenging problems in the Tower of Power! Thx for sharing! #ZearnIt #ZearnCommunity

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

What an exciting and busy week it was with New Teacher Inservice! I am excited to report that the students of @BSSDSchools are in good hands with their new (and of course, RETURNING) teachers! #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Excited to work with @alaskaerb next week during @BSSDSchools New Teacher Inservice! Planning a focus of genuine opportunities for students to engage in problem solving regardless of their math placement. Ready to dive deep into @bigideasmath! #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Social Justice Math! Thanks @professorteds for the idea to map access to fresh foods in a community compared to a map of access to alcohol or cigarettes. In Rural Alaska, try whole food v. processed food prices at the store then act on it! #EquityMathEd #BSSDMath #ACTMArcticBlast

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

The Alaska Council of Teachers of Mathematics will be there! #ACTMArcticBlast

[NCTM @NCTM]

Register for the webinar TONIGHT at 7pm ET, part of the Collective Action to Develop Awareness series to see mathematics become a social justice tool that empowers students to mathematically recognize and address oppression they see in their own world. https://t.co/odQfEsJS0r

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

BSSD Math Assessment is getting a make over! Second through 5th graders will have the opportunity to demonstrate learning through the digital assessment platform Affirm, hosted by Edulastic, and created by Great Minds for the Eureka Math program. Such an awesome tool! #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

Today I am putting together all the components of my 8-hour training for new elementary math teachers in the Bering Strait School District. Eight hours of math on their first day of new teacher inservice! Lucky, Lucky! #firstdayofwork #BSSDMath

[Megan Raanes @MeganAkaran]

The Yup'ik peoples of Alaska are mathematical thinkers! Ten is "qula," one is "atauciq," and eleven is " qula atauciq," Ten and one together. #ACTMArcticBlast