Della Kirkpatrick

NCTS Instructional Coach

[Katie Sauls @katiesauls1]

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@MrsJTukes Keesha Brown's 2nd graders are working hard on GeoGebra using the cash register and virtual coins to represent item prices in different ways. #ncts #ncssbethebest

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@MrsJTukes Keesha Brown's 2nd graders are being thoughtful listeners as groups talk through their math thinking. It's okay to challenge someone's thinking if you can be respectful and explain your reasoning. #SMP3 #ncssbethebest #ncts

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@MrsJTukes Mrs. Lane's kindergarten students are identifying shapes in this @openmiddle task. The foam shapes allowed the task to be adapted for a VI student. They had to justify their answers with shape attributes when talking in their groups. #SMP3 #ncssbethebest #ncts

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@MrsJTukes Mrs. Shaqulia Brown's 3rd graders are writing in math to critique their partner's reasoning. #SMP3 #ncssbethebest #ncts

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@MrsJTukes Mrs. Harper's 1st graders are building the numbers to prove their "greater than, less than" answers with their partners. #SMP3 #ncssbethebest #ncts

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@MrsJTukes Mrs. Fowler's kindergarteners are identifying the shapes in an @openmiddle pricture. They must agree on the numbers. #SMP3 #ncssbethebest #ncts

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@MrsJTukes Mrs. Donahue's kindergarteners are explaining how to identify shapes by their attributes. #SMP3 #ncssbethebest #ncts

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@MrsJTukes @CaseNPoynt Mrs. Poynter's 1st graders are sharing the different ways they see this @openmiddle problem! They love to explaining their thinking! #SMP3 #ncssbethebest #ncts

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@MrsJTukes Mrs. Doan's kindergarten students are working on shapes. They used this @openmiddle task to demonstrate SMP3 by justifying "how do you know" with a partner. #SMP3 #ncssbethebest #ncts

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@MrsJTukes @waltonashleigh1 Mrs. Walton's 1st graders are justifying how they represented their number differently than their partners. Can they both be correct? #SMP3 #ncssbethebest #ncts

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@MrsJTukes @BrandiM58899143 Mrs. Martin's 1st graders are building two digit numbers in different ways. These mathematicians are explaining how they can both be correct! They represented 48. #SMP3 #ncssbethebest #ncts

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@MrsJTukes @car_laurie Mrs. Carpenter's 4th graders are justifying their mathematical thinking! How many fourths are in 1 3/4? Susie says there are 4 fourths, and Jack says there are 7 fourths. Who do you agree with? How do you know they are right? #SMP3 #ncssbethebest

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@MrsJTukes Mrs. Edwards-Fearnow's 2nd graders are practicing sharing their subtraction strategies and critiquing each other's work. #SMP3 #ncssbethebest

[Karen Dozier @KarenDozier2]

Excited to be @NCTS09 this morning to support our students in their reading challenge! #NCSSBeTheBest

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@MrsJTukes @5thBaxterNCTS Mrs. Baxter's 5th graders are solving @openmiddle problems to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. #ncssbethebest #SMP3

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@MrsJTukes Mrs. Edwards-Fearnow's 2nd graders are modeling with math! #modelwithmath

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@MrsJTukes Keesha Brown's 2nd graders are working hard to solve real world problems. #modelwithmath #ncts

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@MrsJTukes Mrs. Carpenter's 4th graders are figuring out how to evenly divide 37 books among three shelves. Can it be done? #modelthemath #ncts #ncssbethebest

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@MrsJTukes There are 14 students going to the zoo. The first bus takes 10 students. Mrs. Lane's kindergarten students are working though the process to figure out how many will ride the second bus. #modelwithmath #ncts