In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss real-life applications about the Order of Operations.

CHALLENGE: Share your own or your students’ real-life examples of Order of Operations.

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss measurement and measurement conversion.

CHALLENGE: Share research about why we teach concepts in the order that we do. Don’t forget to join our book club! Register on our website!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss their big take-aways from attending the Build Math Minds Virtual Math Summit.

CHALLENGE: Watch one of the sessions from the Build Math Minds Virtual Math Summit. Don’t forget to join our book club! Register on our website!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss learning from mistakes as well as share some of their favorite quotes from Chapter 9 in their current book club from the book The Writing on the Classroom Wall by Steve Wyborney.

CHALLENGE: Share with us any and all brain research about learning from mistakes. Don’t forget to join our current Book Club! Register on our website!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss volume, the formula, and the importance of giving our students the opportunities and experiences to build, draw, write, think, and talk.

CHALLENGE: Give your students the opportunity and experience to build, draw, write, think about, and talk about whatever they are learning. Don’t forget to join our current Book Club! Register on our website!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss taking notes in class (and so much more!).

CHALLENGE: Let the students choose the notes to write down. Don’t forget to join our current Book Club! Register on our website!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss equity and early numeracy with our tenth guest, Marria Carrington.

CHALLENGE: Think about three students in your classroom who you call “low” and figure out at least three things that they ARE ABLE to do. Also, fill out this Google Form if you are interested in joining our next Book Club! https://forms.gle/RdZ2HrXQrYZuppsR9

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss grading with Jeff Hamilton.

CHALLENGE: Rethink your grading system. Is what you’re doing the best way to assess and grade what your students know and are able to do? Also, fill out this Google Form if you are interested in joining our next Book Club! https://forms.gle/RdZ2HrXQrYZuppsR9

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss the power and importance of estimation.

CHALLENGE: Have your students estimate before they calculate at least one calculation problem this week! Also, fill out this Google Form if you are interested in joining our next Book Club! https://forms.gle/RdZ2HrXQrYZuppsR9

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss procedures, patterns, and relationships with Elise Gordon.

CHALLENGE: Fill out this Google Form if you are interested in joining our next Book Club! https://forms.gle/RdZ2HrXQrYZuppsR9

In this episode, Laura and Karina talk about the broken education system.

CHALLENGE: Make a fuss with us! Let’s get our voices heard about the problems with education and how to “fix” the system!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss Thinking Classrooms with Ryan Foley.

CHALLENGE: Find out more about the Thinking Classroom. Let us know if you’ve jumped in, dove in, or slowly dipped your toe into the Thinking Classroom world!

In this episode, Laura and Karina reflect about reflecting.

CHALLENGE: Let us know who is your “Laura” or “Karina” - your reflection buddy, collaboration buddy, or teacher buddy!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss visualizing math with Berkeley Everett.

CHALLENGE: Is Math a noun or a verb? Let us know what you think and WHY you think that!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss in real-time what questions to ask a student when a mistake presents itself.

CHALLENGE: Grab a colleague and plan some great questions using a student sample!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss how to teach without a textbook with Kris Serven.

CHALLENGE: Push your textbook aside and plan ahead to do one day’s worth of time for your math lesson without your textbook. Let us know what happens!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions with Toni Chieppa.

CHALLENGE: Anticipate what strategies your students’ strategies might be, practice listening to a discussion among a group of students, or listen to one student’s thinking. Let us know what happens!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss Counting Collections with Debbie Perry.

CHALLENGE: Do a Counting Collection and let us know how it goes!

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss the equal sign with Karina Moran.

CHALLENGE: Explore one of the articles or tools that are in the Show Notes and let us know what you did and how it went.

In this episode, Laura and Karina discuss Math Running Records with Ann Elise Record.

CHALLENGE: Give a Math Running Record to one of your students and let us know how it goes!