Patrick Kosal

Principal, Mooresville Middle School Continuously striving to improve kiddos' MS experience Loves: pets, video games, fantasy sports, & the Pistons + Cubs!

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

Is there any trade market for DRose or Griffin to help speed up the Piston rebuild? #NBAcast

[John Rowe 👨🏽‍🚀 @MrJohnRowe]

This could be a nice little warm-up for students.

Draw a shape with...

#iteachmath #mtbos

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

Big changes for Mr. Kosal next year... I've accepted a job as Assistant Principal at Mooresville Middle School for 2020-21. I'm supremely excited about the chance to make lasting, systemic change for kiddos in my community as a school leader. Can't wait to get started!#MMSredimps

[Shawn Seeley @shawnseeley]

Let them wrestle with it. Direct instruction and gradual release should have very limited application in the math classroom, and only after students first have an opportunity to make meaning themselves. #iTeachMath #iTeach4th #mathChat #math #thestruggleisreal #teacherLife

[Jo Boaler @joboaler]

Educators, we need to work harder to eliminate structural racism. Administrators, in particular, need to take on the sorting of students into different life pathways. At youcubed we stand by you, and will fight with you for what is right:https://t.co/JDJJ7en6lt #BlackLivesMatter

[edutopia @edutopia]

“Racism puts enough burdens on educators of color; white colleagues can’t also expect them to end it.” Here are some ways white educators can help teach about race and racism.—via @Tolerance_org
https://t.co/x5vbN5gfvB

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

This doesn’t happen everyday. It is fitting it happens on the day we are Blacking out for Black lives and hopefully supporting our local independent bookstores, too. The #1 and #2 overall bestsellers @amazon right now are two books challenging racism. This is you. 🖤🙏🏾🖤🙏🏾

[Fawn Nguyen @fawnpnguyen]

Parent's tone is clearly one of anger. So angry that he/she does not see the BEAUTIFUL correlation between the 2, 1 is geometric, 1 algorithmic. The indignation is THINKING that area model is anything new. It's NOT.

If we all could take time to see another view...on everything.

[Trevor Packer @AP_Trevor]

The at-home AP Exams this year will not include any multiple-choice questions, only free-response questions adapted for secure testing at home. They will measure skills that can't be learned from Google or chats with friends. By April 3, we will post the specifics for each exam.

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

Wow!! RT @MakeMathMoments: So, you're teaching school virtually and are looking to maximize your prep time to build content knowledge and pedagogical practice?

We're opening up THE MAKE MATH MOMENTS ACADEMY FREE for 30-days to help!

Dive in here & SHARE: https://t.co/bjvozrRTca

[New Perspectives on Learning @ctfosnot]

This is a great solution and should not be avoided: 2.5/4 = 5/8. Focus on the scaling and equivalence.

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

🤣🤣 #mathcoachlife

[Tracy Proffitt @tracyjoproffitt]

Hi, I’m an instructional coach. You may know me from my hits “Let’s Look Back at the Standard,” “There’s a Number Talk for That,” or my smash hit “Please, No Butterfly.” Due out soon, “Kids Aren’t Low.”

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

This is awesome!

[Jennifer Halstead @JHalstead604]

AP Calculus students discovering volume of known cross sections by modeling with play doh #playdohmath #MTBoS #husdpremier #iteachmath #hamiltonbobcats #handsonlearning

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

@SMartinISS @klcooperiss @swozny props to you, @Lydia57325444 !! Your classroom innovations continually impress me 😀

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

HUGE celebration for Ms. Stefanko at Statesville Middle: 6th graders cemented ideas of balancing equations & equality by + / - quantities from each cup. Kids were INCREDIBLY engaged and now have a CONTEXT to relate algebraic equations back to! @SMartinISS @klcooperiss @swozny

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

Powerful. Important. Beautifully-written.

@LBmathemagician wrote a MUST-READ post inspired by the outgoing @NCTM president @robertqberry in the @GlobalMathDept newsletter today. Highly worth your time and crucial to sit with for awhile to properly process and own.

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

Heavy favorite, IMHO: Dodgeball My Cinderella pick: The Floor is Lava. Good luck with these betting odds, Vegas! RT @benorlin: The TOURNAMENT OF CHILDREN'S GAMES
a.k.a. FEBRUARY MADNESS
now begins.

From 32 games, 1 winner shall emerge.

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

Statesville High teachers are really buying into #jumpstartmath routines, inspired by our semester-long book study! Mr. Wilson created his own More or Less problem to spark discussion & engagement during the opening minutes of his Math 3 class today @JohnSanGiovanni @klcooperiss

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

@lauraanneunger @SMartinISS @klcooperiss @AmdcConklin Absolutely! Prime Climb, Qwirkle, Set, and CatStax

[Patrick Kosal @mrkosal]

Love to see the MATH GAMES on display during district-wide PD Wed. afternoon! Great chance to unwind & mentally relax with colleagues, while also discussing how “game-ifying” math class could help Ss engage with and enjoy math more. #TeamISS @SMartinISS @klcooperiss @AmdcConklin