#tmwyk The Ramadan Calendar 6 Apr 2022 Friday, April 1st, marked the first night of Ramadan. On Saturday, April 2nd, we began our daily fasting ritual that will last for the entire month. Beyond fasting, Ramadan is…
curriculum… Making Space to Listen and Observe 29 Sep 2021 My school recently adopted TERC's Investigations in Number, Time, and Space. The cornerstone of this curriculum is listening to, centering, amplifying, and leveraging student ideas. Many of the embedded assessments…
child study… Assessments: Capturing a Moment in Time 20 Feb 20205 Feb 2022 It can be tempting to overgeneralize what we learn from an assessment. See how that second grader drew tally marks to solve 54 + 28? He's a direct modeler. He…
#tmwyk… Everyone Gets A Handful: Preschoolers Explore Division 28 Jan 20205 Feb 2022 One bag of cheese puffs. Four hungry children. My two children -- ages 4 and 2 -- had been playing with friends -- ages 4 and 8 -- when my…
child study… Counting to 10 in Danish: Learning from Students, Colleagues + the #MTBoS 23 Jan 201727 Nov 2018 I started this post yesterday, and then read a blog post by Kyle Pearce that filled in some of the gaps in my own thinking. Once again, I feel indebted…
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