response Exploring Geometry with Simon Gregg (Addendum to ‘Digging in the closet’) 18 Nov 202120 Nov 2021 Shortly after posting my recent blog post -- "Digging in the Closet: The Return of the Museum of Rarely Used Math Manipulatives (MoRUMM)" -- I received a DM from Simon…
in the classroom… Digging in the Closet: The Return of the Museum of Rarely Used Math Manipulatives (MoRUMM) 18 Nov 202112 Dec 2021 My officemate and I have an embarrassment of riches -- in the form of math materials. In the first district where I taught, manipulatives were hard to come by. My…
education The Museum of Rarely Used Math Manipulatives: What Do We Need? 20 Dec 20185 Feb 2022 Today in Kindergarten, we used Attribute Links to play Name My Rule. We sorted shapes based on properties (number of sides, number of 'points,' size, color, etc.). Attribute links are…
child study… Cultivating a Listener’s Mindset — with ELs 10 Jun 20186 Feb 2022 In a post last January, I wrote about how the "mental load" teachers carry can impact their ability to listen to their students. ...but listening is critical. It's especially critical when…
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