I need to remember this website. https://earlymath.erikson.edu/ There are many great activities and VIDEOS!
Here’s one of my favorite sections, which is about using a number path https://earlymath.erikson.edu/number-path/ The videos show examples of students using a numeral track.
A very interesting fiction book about a seventh grade student with dyscalculia. I wish the author hadn’t referenced the “9s finger trick’ for multiplication as a way to help students learn their facts. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/figure-it-out-henri-weldon-tanita-s-davis?variant=40371663208482
Non-fiction about one family’s journey to find help for their child with dyscalculia https://www.lauramjackson.com/book
Facebook Groups are a good way to interact with other educators. It has also been an effective way to spread the word about Math Recovery resources. I am a member of the following groups:
Build Math Minds https://www.facebook.com/groups/BuildMathMinds
Math Intervention Matters https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839019086361886
Building Thinking Classrooms https://www.facebook.com/groups/buildingthinkingclassrooms
Math is FigureOutAble https://www.facebook.com/MathIsFigureOutAble
Math Coach Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/978304782934725
There are a few others but these seem to have the most activitiy.
If you have taken professional development from US Math Recovery, here are some other options. You must answer the membership questions to join these groups.
Add+VantageMR (AVMR) https://www.facebook.com/groups/552051262695866
Math Recovery Specialist (MRSp) https://www.facebook.com/groups/508004198026051
Check out these free resources from US Math Recovery. There are videos of games being played and the printable game boards to play the games https://www.mathrecovery.org/resources
You can read a 48-page preview of Numeracy for All Learners here https://www.google.com/books/edition/Numeracy_for_All_Learners/M8H4DwAAQBAJ?hl=en
As a follow-up to last week. Here are some Math Ed podcasts I used to listen to that are no longer releasing new episodes.
Math Before Breakfast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-before-breakfast/id1438905241
Three mornings a week, we meet before breakfast for an early-morning run. We spend most of our time planning and reflecting on what’s happening in our classrooms. This has become our favorite professional development, so we figured, why not share these moments with you. Tracy is a 4th grade math and science teacher, and Ruth is a 6th grade math teacher.
Kids Math Talk https://www.kidsmathtalk.com/podcast
The goal of the Kids Math Talk Podcast is to give parents and educators practical tips and insights that will deepen mathematical understanding while also encouraging the conversation about math to remain active and positive.
Build Math Minds Podcast https://buildmathminds.com/podcast/
If you don’t know whether or not you are a Recovering Traditionalist, here’s how I define us. We are math educators who used to teach math the traditional way. Flip lesson by lesson in the textbook, directly teaching step-by-step how to solve math problems. But now, we are working to change that to a style of teaching math that is fun and meets our students where they are at, not just teaching what comes next in the textbook. We want to encourage our students to be thinkers, problem solvers, and lovers of mathematics…we are wanting to build our students math minds and not just create calculators. If that is you, then this podcast is for you.
ZPC – Zone of Potential Construction https://www.owltail.com/podcast/87146-zpc-zone-of-potential-construction/episodes
The ZPC podcast is a weekly conversation regarding how people learn and teach mathematics and science. Brought to you by the AIMS Center for Math & Science Education and partially funded by a grant from Passion in Education, our conversations are casual, yet seek to dig deep into how learning takes place in the brain of children and adults. Our philosophical foundation is that of the Radical Constructivist, and our focus is generally upon children and their teachers. Occasionally our conversations wander into other areas of interest to teachers of these subjects: integration of the two topics, international perspectives, the infusion of technology into the classroom, finding joy in learning, and author interviews to name a few.
Two weeks and I already missed an opportunity. I could use the excuse that yesterday was a holiday but I’m retired so in a sense, every day is a holiday.
I enjoy listening to podcasts and here is my current list of Math Ed podcasts. Next week I’ll post some that I’ve listened to in the past but are not longer recording new episodes.
Math is Figure-Out-Able! https://podcast.mathisfigureoutable.com/
Math teacher educator Pam Harris and her cohost Kim Montague answer the question: If not algorithms, then what? Join them for ~15 minutes every Tuesday as they cast their vision for mathematics education and give actionable items to help teachers teach math that is Figure-Out-Able. See http://www.MathisFigureOutAble.com for more great resources!
Learning Through Math with Laura and Karina https://www.learningthroughmath.com/podcast
Our mission at Learning Through Math is to inspire ourselves and others to keep learning and improving with passion…and hugs!
Making Math Moments that Matter https://makemathmoments.com/podcast/
Our podcasts reveal powerful stories, strategies, and “secrets” for building a math classroom that you wish you were in.
Sum of it All https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sum-of-it-all/id1557517718
Join Audrey Mendivil and Mark Alcorn in an asynchronous book club for teachers and leaders. Read along with us by either previewing or reviewing the selected text in the podcast and continue the conversation on Twitter using #SumMathChat or sumofitallpodcast@sdcoe.net
For more information about the reading selections and podcast seasons, visit https://www.sdcoe.net/math
Global Math Department https://globalmathdepartment.org/newsletters/
The Global Math Department began as a group of teachers who knew each other through Twitter, math education blogs and Twitter Math Camp. Since 2012 The Global Math Department community has grown into a multi-faceted group of math educators who love to share their ideas related to teaching and learning mathematics. We recognize that as educators we are charged with promoting equity and access within mathematics instruction. In addition, we believe it is crucial that teachers be provided with quality resources and ideas that they can use immediately with their students. Lively and friendly conversations in our weekly webinars encourage all participants to share and continue to grow as educators.
NCSM Podcast https://www.mathedleadership.org/podcast/
Join Mona Toncheff, NCSM Past President, and John SanGiovanni, Regional Director Eastern US 2, as they talk with bold leaders about how we can RESET for the upcoming school year. Listen about the beliefs and practices to think about as you consider resetting the status quo from these past few years. Listen to RENEW yourself as you learn about guests’ inspiration, perceptions, and insights. Use this podcast to RESTORE instructional practices that we have lost touch with over these past few years. Listeners, fellow mathematics leaders, if you feel like math instruction, student learning, productive dispositions, and beliefs seem stuck or stalled, it’s time to RESET, RENEW, and RESTORE.
Rounding Up: An MLC Podcast https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/educators/podcast
Welcome to “Rounding Up” with the Math Learning Center. These conversations focus on topics that are important to Bridges teachers, administrators and anyone interested in Bridges in Mathematics.
Math Teacher Lounge https://amplify.com/math-teacher-lounge/
Math Teacher Lounge is a biweekly podcast created specifically for K–12 math educators. In each episode, co-hosts Bethany Lockhart Johnson (@lockhartedu) and Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) chat with expert guests, taking a deep dive into the math and educational topics you care about.
Join the Math Teacher Lounge Facebook group to continue the conversation, view exclusive content, interact with fellow educators, participate in giveaways, and more!Stay connected
First of all, reviewing and updating old posts has been interesting and time consuming. There are some posts that I’ve deleted because they are no longer relevant and I have been updating links in other posts. Also, learning how to use WordPress again has been challenging at times.
Here’s something I enjoy doing everyday. It would be a great activity for students working on skip counting sequences.
A lot has changed since I started this site in March of 2012 and made my last post in November 14, 2014. I retired from my math coach position in 2019, so I haven’t been sending Monday Math Messages for several years. During my retirement I co-authored a book (Numeracy for All Learners) and had the opportunity to facilitate professional development for US Math Recovery I’m still learning and I want to share what I’m learning or at least have a record for myself.
My first task is to look through old posts and make sure the links still work and that I still agree with what I shared all those years ago. When that’s done I’ll try writing some new posts but here’s the problem – I don’t like to write. As you may have guessed, the posts will be about math and hopefully drop on Mondays. Do blog posts “drop” or is that just podcasts?
Happy New Year and have a wonderful week.
I’ve been reading the article Learning to be Learning Disabled by Marie Clay. She cites research that shows that our responses to students will affect their future behavior.
Immediate correction by the teacher leads to fewer attempts by the child.
The teacher telling the correct answer leads to more appeals for help by the child.
Wait time leads to more self correction by the student.
Questioning leads to more searching and checking by the student.
As teachers, we want to utilize more wait time and questioning.
I also want to share a short (less than 5 minutes) video on the kinds of praise and feedback we give students.
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/10/30/video-excellent-short-summary-of-carol-dwecks-research/
Monday Math Message 