In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on July 17, 2024.

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Becoming a better teacher is hard work, so we'll make it easier by helping you know where you are and what to work on next. In this episode Pam and Kim discuss the third stage for improving your mathematics teaching: representing student thinking.
Talking Points:

• The stages layer on each other
• Teacher's may be in different stages for areas of math
• The teacher chooses the model to best facilitate discussion and understanding
• Learn to listen, elicit thinking, and represent it.
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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on July 10, 2024.

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What's next on the landscape for teachers after they've built their own math understanding in a particular area? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss math for teaching, the next layer on the Success Map that teachers should consider as they are learning how to make math more figure-out-able for themselves and their students.

Talking Points:

• Math for teaching is different body of math than the math anyone does
• Understanding and naming the major strategies and models for each operation
• Judiciously using the major strategies and models
• Crafting rich problems
• Build understanding in this stage alongside your students

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on July 3, 2024.

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What does a landscape look like for teachers trying to develop their skills to facilitate real math? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss one stage of the Success Map.
Talking Points:

• Teachers, like students, are in different places in their journey in teaching real math.
• Designing the Success Map was not trivial
• Building your own Numeracy - a starting point
• The Success Map journey is cyclical
• What are the major milestones in develping numeracy?
  • Solving problems using relationships
  • Understanding models versus strategies
  • Owning partners of 10, 100, 1000, and 1
  • Describing mathematical relationships correctly
• Developing Mathematical Reasoning free online workshop is a great place to begin

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on June 26, 2024.

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How can students gain fact fluency in a productive, fun way? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss Number Hive, a game that builds students multiplication fact fluency.
Talking Points:

• Product Game is great, but Number Hive is even better
• How to play Number Hive
• Who will win? Kim or Pam?
• A product approach to multiplication by considering factor pairs
• Opportunities for great classroom discussion
• Low cost of failure
• Number Hive is flexible with lots of variety and levels

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