Scott Meltzer

Math leader for American Paradigm Schools, Philadelphia, PA

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

@DocHudsonMath Awesome session at #NCTMVirtual. I'd love to learn more about how you educated parents about new grading practices.

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

Yesterday's DEI training at New Teacher Induction was fantastic. Great job, Lindley and APS facilitators! The young teachers are so much more aware than I was when I started. They give me hope!

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

The end of a long day with the assessment committee. What an amazing team!

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

Getting ready to meet with APS's new Math Assessment Committee this week. Can't wait to see these teachers and get our work started!

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

Spent half an hour helping my son use scissors to discover the formula for the area of a parallelogram. Then he watched the video that was assigned, which justifies the formula with a 10-second animation. Sense-making takes work!

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

APS is looking for a math coach to join our team. I can't wait to start working with that person!
https://t.co/jzWqBwfUXS

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

Have you noticed how math is saving lives?

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Ms. Jeon's 2nd grade mathematicians at Tacony are using arrays to gear up for multiplication.

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Ms. Bompadre's 2nd grade mathematicians used lots of different strategies to solve today's application problem.

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Ms. Harrington's Kindergarten mathematicians at Lindley model number relationships with physical number bonds.

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Mr. Grenon at Lindley led his 7th grade mathematicians in a discussion about student strategies for finding the area of part of a circle. This student work shows understanding of how the part relates to the whole circle.

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Mr. Allen's 3rd grade mathematicians at Lindley explored unit fractions by dividing various objects into equal parts. Amazing discussions justifying their partitions!

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A great example of how math for social justice can help us all look deeper, and why math is so important for every citizen of a democracy.

[Dan Meyer @ddmeyer]

Pre-2010, 50g of crack-cocaine got you a mandatory minimum 10 years in prison.

Post-2010, that threshold was raised to 280g, which resulted in this .... uhhh suspicious drug seizure graph.

#OMGraph #iteachmath h/t @JohnHolbein1

https://t.co/q8L2lX9rx7

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

For math teachers who grew up in a procedural answer-getting tradition, there is a real challenge in understanding a conceptual approach to learning mathematics. How might we learn to see the "new ways" as something deeper than just another procedure? #MTBoS

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

Mrs. Ross at Tacony facilitated a discussion about her 3rd graders' attempts to cut a paper into 6 equal pieces. What do you notice? Are these pieces equal? How do you know?

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Ms. Cafaro's students noticed & wondered about the famous board game problem. Amazing discussion!

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

Today I got to watch the Lindley Lions cheer squad compete. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

An amazing day of lesson internalization at Lindley today. Fantastic teachers + fantastic curriculum = math that inspires!

[Scott Meltzer @aps_math]

Powerful questioning by Mrs. Troiani today...

T: Is there a pattern?
S: No because there's no straight line.
T: If I bought a 6000-lb truck, could you guess the fuel efficiency?
S: Yes.
T: Is there a pattern?
S: Oh yeah, the heavier the truck, the lower the efficiency!