Episode 123 - Math Problems with More Than One Answer (Part 2)

Episode 168 - Use Math Manipulatives - No Matter The Age: When I first started teaching I don’t think I ONCE used a math manipulative with my students. It was all about learning and memorizing procedures and I didn’t know they needed to actually understand the math. Now, I’m a Recovering... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

8 min listen

Episode 167 - Mental Math does NOT mean doing it in your head: Growing up I thought doing Mental Math meant doing the algorithm in my head. Times have changed and now many educators have kids solve math in different ways but during Mental Math it’s still only having kids to do math in their head. ... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

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Episode 166 - A Child’s Progression When Grouping to Count Items: If you’ve ever watched a child during a counting collection and thought “Ugh! Why are you grouping the items like that?!?” Well, there’s probably a reason. There is a progression kids go through when organizing items they are... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

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Episode 165 - Geometry in PreK-2 is more than just knowing names of shapes: It is commonly thought that Geometry in the early grades is just about getting kids to name and identify shapes. There are actually 4 big ideas talked about in the Navigating Through Geometry book. One of which is the work around two- and... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

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Episode 164 - The Power of Using Inverse Operations to Subtract & Divide: There are 4 main strategies children tend to use to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. These math strategies are not tricks. Their foundations are built on number relationships and properties of... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

12 min listen

Episode 163 - Helping Your Students to Be a Successful Student: There are lots of Problems of Teaching when you are helping young kids learn mathematics. One of the hardest ones is helping your students to be successful learners, constantly trying to manage a large classroom of students who often are not... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

14 min listen

Episode 162 - Approximation, Precision, & Accuracy in Measurement: In this video I’m sharing a part of a book that made me go “Hmm, I’ve never really thought about that!” It has to do with just how precise we can actually be when measuring items. One of the Standards of Mathematical Practice is... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

9 min listen

Episode 161 - A candy bar is better than a pie…when it comes to fractions: I love pies, Pecan Pie especially, but I don’t love them during math time. Pies, well circles in general, are an overused visual when it comes to the teaching of fractions. In this video we take a look at visual fraction models that are... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

14 min listen

$Episode 161 - A candy bar is better than a pie…when it comes to fractions: I love pies, Pecan Pie especially, but I don’t love them during math time. Pies, well circles in general, are an overused visual when it comes to the teaching of fractions. In this video we take a look at visual fraction models that are...$

Episode 160 - Tips for Getting Kids to Talk in Math Class: After the 2024 Virtual Math Summit, there was so much mention of using Sentence Stems I wanted to dig a bit deeper into them. In my research I stumbled upon an old blog post by one of my favorite Math-y people, Sara Van Der Werf. In this... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

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Episode 159 - The Number Strings Queens: Cathy Fosnot and Pam Harris are The Queens of Number Strings (or Problem Strings as Pam would call them). I’m way too excited about the fact they are teaming up to do a one-day workshop all about using Problem Strings for Automaticity,... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

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Episode 158 - Virtual Math Summit Preview: Preventing Teacher Burnout: Before the 2024 Virtual Math Summit starts next week, enjoy this preview of a Pre-Summit Session by Rosalba Serrano on Preventing Teacher Burnout. Rosalba shares a ton of information and ideas to help you with burnout but I specifically picked... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

12 min listen

Episode 157 - Virtual Math Summit Preview: Challenges and Benefits of Building Kids' Thinking: The 2024 Virtual Math Summit is in two weeks! Here’s a preview of 3 sessions from Jenny Foreman, Loren Thorpe, and myself talking about the challenges and benefits of working on getting your students to think and not just compute during math... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

12 min listen

Episode 156 - Virtual Math Summit Preview: Things to Think About When Doing Number Routines: The 2024 Virtual Math Summit is this month! Here’s a preview of 3 sessions from Michaela Epstein, Rosalba Serrano, and Nicole Thompson & Jessica Batinovic giving you tips, ideas, and inspiration to make our Number Routines the best they... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

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Episode 155 - Virtual Math Summit Preview: Teaching Math with Newcomers in Mind: The 2024 Virtual Math Summit starts in less than 1 month! Check out this preview of Dr. Jim Ewing’s keynote session about Teaching Math with Newcomers in Mind. To see the full list of speakers, their presentations, and to get registered... by The Build Math Minds Podcast

8 min listen