Math-related resources and free stuff for teachers.
January 26, 2016
These two first-grade teachers plan a visual number talk together using ten frames. After both try it, they reflect on the strategies that students used.
In this video, a team of preschool teachers looks at video from a classroom to find and discuss evidence of student thinking.
Diane Briars describes math tasks as "the vehicles for mathematical learning." It is important that tasks require reasoning and problem solving strategies.
What is the quality of the instructional activities that students will be engaged with everyday? Diane Briars explores this question.
Diane Briars differentiates between the learning goals of a particular lesson and the Common Core State Standards associated with it.
After choosing a common task, the teachers in this grade level meeting anticipate student responses, then sort and sequence them by level of complexity.
During the first part of this grade level meeting, teachers work together to select a problem to give to their students. Looking at several different options, they discuss the strengths of each problem, as well…
In this conversation, a teacher reflects on the successes and difficulties of a recent lesson. With a coach, she discusses the successes of the lesson, as well as details to improve on next time.
In this planning conversation, a teacher and coach discuss some of their ideas and concerns about a forthcoming lesson. With a coach, she discusses some of her ideas and concerns about the forthcoming lesson.
A student explains how his classroom's attendance chart is used.