Making Number Sense Make Sense: A Math Podcast for Early Elementary Teachers – Details, episodes &amp; analysis

Ep 40: Closing Circle For A Strong Math Community!

Season 2 · Episode 16

lundi 20 mai 2024 • Duration 08:08

Since you seemed to enjoy Math Games for Morning Meeting, this is a companion episode, not a math specific episode but helpful to create a respectful community so that all our academic work and be more successful! I'm going over packing up routines, closing circle routines, and how kids leave the classroom during dismissal.

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Quick Images 5, 10, 20 Frames

Ep 31: All About 10 Frames

Season 2 · Episode 7

lundi 11 mars 2024 • Duration 08:55

This week we are talking all about 10 frames! Ten frames are a math tool that can help students develop anchors to 5 and 10 which are important pre-place value skills! I levels of the concept of 10, and 5 frame, 10 frame, and 20 or double ten frame activities you can use in your classroom today!

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Blog Post

Get All the Activities

Pick, Build, Cover

Spin and Build

Roll and Write 10 Frames

Time Stamps

0:37 What is a 10 Frame?

1:52 Levels of Concept of 10

4:03 Activities with 10 Frames

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Choral Counting Blog Post

Ep 30: 5 Math Games for Morning Meeting or Circle Time

Season 2 · Episode 6

lundi 26 février 2024 • Duration 08:00

Morning meeting is a great way to connect with your students and build a classroom community. There are times when you just play to play, but if you want to sneak in some math in the morning meeting, I have versatile 5 games for you to do just that!

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1:00 In-and-Out Dance-A-Thon

2:33 What Number Am I Writing

3:52 Team Building

5:52 Catch My Pattern

6:47 What’s My Number

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Ep 29: Worked Examples in the Elementary Math Classroom

Season 2 · Episode 5

lundi 12 février 2024 • Duration 10:07

Do you find your students are making the same mistakes over and over again? Using a worked-out example is a great way to have your students discuss different problem-solving strategies and techniques and helps them apply what they have learned to new problems! Learn about different worked examples and the impact they can have!

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1:50 Fading Examples

2:44 Prompting Self Explanation

5:05 Comparing Examples

7:22 Which Type Do I Use

8:30 Conclusions

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Ep: 28 Math Activities for the 100th Day of School

Season 2 · Episode 4

lundi 29 janvier 2024 • Duration 09:01

Are you looking for some math ideas for the 100th day of school? In this episode, I break down my favorite STEAM activities for the 100th day that your students will love! Every year, I get multiple student requests to keep the “centers” for math workshop because they enjoyed it so much!

Whether you take one idea or the whole bundle, these ideas are sure to be a hit with your students!

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Ep 27: The 100’s Chart Games, Centers, and Missing Number Activities

Season 2 · Episode 3

lundi 22 janvier 2024 • Duration 09:38

Do you have a 100’s chart collecting dust up on your wall? I did too but it was a mistake! The 100s chart is a great tool for developing number sense! In this episode, I get into games you can play with the 100s chart, problem-solving tasks, hands-on math center, no prep math centers, and more all with the 100 and 120 charts!

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Timestamps

My history with the 100’s Chart

2:40 100’s Chart Morning Meeting and Group Games

5:43 Problem Solving With the 100 Chart

6:28 100 Chart Centers and Activities

8:08 Bonus!

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100 Chart Thief Freebie

Choral Counting Podcast Episode

100 Chart Spin and Fill

100 Chart Puzzle Worksheets

100 Chart Fill in the Chart Worksheets

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4:05 Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics Pre-K-2/ Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics 3-5

Ep: 26 Book Recommendations to Learn How Kids Learn Math

Season 2 · Episode 2

lundi 15 janvier 2024 • Duration 09:51

If you are looking for some recommendations of places to look to increase your knowledge of math pedagogy, center ideas, and more this episode is for you! I share with you how I first got my hands on a professional development book that I actually used and some others if you are looking to take your math knowledge to the next level.

Math can be a subject a lot of people don't feel comfortable teaching or learning and these books can give you the background and confidence to continue your journey as an amazing math teacher!

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5:15 Math Recovery Series

7:15 Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

8:00 Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics

9:10 Juli Dixon

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Building Thinking Classrooms Crossover Episode

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4 Non-Curricular Tasks Starter Pack

Ep 25: Getting Students to Engage in Math Class

Season 2 · Episode 1

mardi 9 janvier 2024 • Duration 10:36

We all have off days, but sometimes your students are just not participating the way you would like in math and problem-solving. In this episode, I am sharing some tips you can try to help boost participation in your classroom!

Time Stamps

0:56 Non-Curricular Tasks

2:25 When in doubt, theme it out!

2:55 Ask questions

3:50 Give them a Job

6:00 Mistakes Help Our Brains Grow

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Gingerbread Man Task

Halloween Task

Blog Post

YouTube Video

NRICH.org Task My mistake task!

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