Emily Perszyk

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

I think that activities that promote justification, like number talks, are the most important way to promote conceptual thinking. When students are able to justify why they did a strategy and how it works to solve the problem, they have that conceptual understanding. #mashcuw

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

@JakeRiportella @MsHiller1 Good point, I think choice is so important because students need to be able to find a way of solving that works for them. #mashcuw

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

I think that conceptual understanding definitely helps reduce math anxiety. When students have an understanding of how math actually works instead of memorizing for speed they feel more confident. Making a safe space to brainstorm plays a part in this. #mashcuw

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

@CalebJohnBetts1 Thank you for this request Caleb. #mashcuw

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

A2. I think if we had more time there it would have been nice to do more number talks. These really got students thinking about the reasoning behind procedures/strategies and how/why they worked #MashCUW

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

@missvosters I agree Ellie. Great point. I was always "good at math" and picked up procedures easily but I wasn't always able to be flexible to new types of problems. #MashCUW

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

A1. Sometimes I couldn't apply skills to new situations if the numbers got bigger or the problem was more complex because I didn't understand why procedures worked. #MashCUW

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

A5- I think this goes along with keeping kids moving in the classroom. Involving movement, music, art, student interests, etc. will help students remain engaged as well as increase meaningful connections made in the students' brains #cuwntobf19

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

A4- it’s important to give students enough guidance and support to understand and be confident with a new skill as you slowly guide them to independent use of the skill or concept #GRR #CUWNToBF19

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

A3- we should meet students where they’re at then challenge them and support them to push to the next level. #CUWNToBF19

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

A2- students gain more through exploration, giving them the resources to discover instead of lecturing at kids helps them make meaningful connections #betterthanlearning #CUWNToBF19

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

@CalebJohnBetts1 #CentersAreLit #CUWNToBF19

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

A1- it’s important to keep kids moving and engaged in kinesthetic activities throughout your lessons and school day #cuwntobf19

[Emily Perszyk @PerszykEmily]

dogs > cats, math facts #cuwntobf19