Today teachers explored the CRA model during their CLTs for supporting conceptual understanding. Our 3rd grade team engaged in different multiplication representations from a CRA lens, and ended with a @Desmos polygraph activity! @ForestGroveES
If you've also used worksheets to teach your students math, then I've recorded a webinar you'll want to check out. It's called Why We Should Reconsider Using Worksheets (And What We Should Be Doing Instead), with K-5 & 6-12 versions.
https://t.co/WPMJtAuCWF #MTBoS#pd#iteachmath
Started last week with 3 Act Tasks to visualize, notice/wonder, and question our way through problem solving. These students then came up with their own task for their peers: “combining colorful cubes”.
I am happy to announce that a supplement to Building #thinkingclassroom will be out in early September - cover and ToC attached.Pre-orders should be possible starting next week (stay tuned).
“It’s really important to think what kind of scaffolding helps people take steps towards greater expertise in their thinking and reasoning.”
Six Thinking Scaffolds That Can Move Students Toward Deeper Levels of Understanding | KQED
#edchat#education https://t.co/7x17pj9D4W
Teaching through project-based learning can benefit greatly from planning ahead. Here are 25 questions to guide your next project-based learning unit.
25 Questions To Guide Teaching With Project-Based Learning https://t.co/1dzZlZI9iX #pblchat#pbl
Interleaving is when we give students opportunities to work through combinations of related ideas and concepts—instead of limiting them to a one-skill-at-a-time approach.
https://t.co/0cRuq6iciD
Shout out to @VaSCL for the 4-part @Desmos series this fall free to all VA educators which finished up this week! Kudos to our tireless team @MathBurner@math_rickard @RHall_Math @klmrojas@TaraBondi @caro_numberline & @VaSCL dir @pammoran + Liza Scallet for vision! @DaveSovine