Does the gradual release model belong in math class?

In this episode, I'm going to argue that we do the opposite of the "I Do, We Do, You Do" instructional approach in math. Instead, I am going to walk you through teaching practices I've used to create equitable, student-centered math classes that empower students to BE mathematicians.

We are talking about:

• What the GRR model is
• The math research says
• How to flip the GRR model (independent work ➡️ providing support as students remain in the lead ➡️ share ideas ➡️ summarize learning)

My favorite books mentioned in this episode:

• 📗Adding it Up
• 📘Children’s Mathematics Cognitively Guided Instruction
• 📙Principles to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All
• 📕5 Practices for Orchestrating Math Discussions

You might also like:

• 5 Steps to a Student Centered Math Class
• SALE: Empowering Math Discussions PD is only $77 until Tuesday, June 25th at 11:59pm ✨

🤩 Math Word Problem Workshop

Save time and energy by planning a simple daily routine that increases student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

When you join the Math Word Problem Workshop, I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in problem solving, daily.
• create a daily structure that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• a system to plan for problem solving, simply and efficiently.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

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Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

Are you a math coach or looking to step into a coaching role? If so, learning from other math coaches is a great way to build your skills as a coach.

In this episode, I'm interviewing one of the greatest math coaches, Nicora Placa, on her approach to collaborative math coaching, creating learning environments for teachers to hone their craft, and her book filled with tools and practical tips for math coaches.

We are chatting about:

• What collaborative coaching is
• Nicora's 6 tools for collaborative math coaching
• Answering FAQs from math coaches

Connect with Nicora:
http://nicoraplaca.com
Twitter/ X– NicoraPlaca

You might also like:
Guide to Engaging Math Discussions

🤩 Math Word Problem Workshop

Save time and energy by planning a simple daily routine that increases student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

When you join the Math Word Problem Workshop, I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in problem solving, daily.
• create a daily structure that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• a system to plan for problem solving, simply and efficiently.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today by clicking HERE!

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

Do you have students who struggle to access word problems in math? The truth is our students struggle to get started on word problems because they don’t have access.

This episode breaks down what access to word problems is and simple ways we can help our students get started with a three-step routine.

We are talking about:

• What a launch routine is
• The steps in a launch routine
• How to tailor the launch routine to meet your students' needs

Links mentioned in this episode:

Launch: Word Problems (A Virtual PD Experience)
Word Problem Workshop

You might also like...

5 Steps to a Student Centered Math Class
Principles to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All
84: Productive Struggle: Building Confident Problem Solvers

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

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🤩 Math Word Problem Workshop

Save time and energy by planning a simple daily routine that increases student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

When you join the Math Word Problem Workshop, I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in problem solving, daily.
• create a daily structure that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• a system to plan for problem solving, simply and efficiently.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today by clicking HERE!

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

Are you looking to create a math classroom that allows students to lead even as visitors come in?

In this episode, we are talking about my rules for others as they enter my classroom. These rules allow my students to have the opportunity to lead the thinking and doing of math without being rescued too soon by an on-looker.

We're talking about:

• How a student-centered classroom looks in math
• Why and how students should lead in a math classroom
• The 3 rules I have for people entering my classroom (download them here for free!)

Links mentioned in this episode:

5 Steps to a Student Centered Math Class
Math Rules for your classroom

Other episodes you might like:

93: Consolidation with Peter Liljeddahl, author of Building Thinking Classrooms


Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

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If you love listening to Honest Math Chat, please take a few seconds to leave a review so other teachers know this is a valuable place to spend a few minutes each week.

🤩 Math Word Problem Workshop

Save time and energy by planning a simple daily routine that increases student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

When you join the Math Word Problem Workshop, I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in problem solving, daily.
• create a daily structure that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• a system to plan for problem solving, simply and efficiently.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today by clicking HERE!

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

Are you looking for practical ideas for teaching Black history in your classroom? I have the perfect interview for you about how to incorporate past and present Black history into your classroom from a teacher who truly understands the classroom perspective.

This episode is about teaching Black history year around, not only during Black History Month and practical, simple ways to incorporate it in your classroom.

In this episode we'll chat about:

• The purpose of Black History Month
• Teaching Black history year around
• Practical tips for incorporating Black history into your math block

About our guest, Dawnavyn James:

Dawnavyn James is an early childhood, elementary, and Black history educator, emerging scholar, and Black history researcher. She promotes the importance of Black history education in early childhood and elementary classrooms and is the author of Beyond February: Teaching Black History Any Day, Every Day, and All Year Long which centers her experiences teaching Black histories in elementary classrooms. Dawnavyn is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University at Buffalo and is a fellow at the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education.

Connect with Dawnavyn:

• Instagram: @QueendomTeaching
• Beyond February

Also check out:

• Math Person Bulletin Board

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🤩 Math Word Problem Workshop

Save time and energy by planning a simple daily routine that increases student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

When you join the Math Word Problem Workshop, I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in problem solving, daily.
• create a daily structure that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• a system to plan for problem solving, simply and efficiently.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today by clicking HERE!

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

What questions do you need to ask during math? And no, you don't need a long list of questions to have great math discussions in your classroom.

This episode is about simplifying the questions you ask during math and listening to student responses to gauge their level of understanding.

We are talking about:

• 3 simple questions to ask students
• Student examples
• How asking questions can help our students think deeply about math

Links mentioned in this episode:

Word Problem Workshop
Guide to Engaging Math Discussions

Other episodes you might like:

107: Math Discussions: 3 Ways to Get Students to Engage

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

🤩 Math Word Problem Workshop

Save time and energy by planning a simple daily routine that increases student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

When you join the Math Word Problem Workshop, I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in problem solving, daily.
• create a daily structure that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• a system to plan for problem solving, simply and efficiently.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today by clicking HERE!

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

Do you want to do LESS as a teacher?

This episode is about how doing less as a teacher can help our students to do more - while using our time to make the biggest impact possible.

We are chatting about:

1. How talking less will give students more time to talk
2. When you do less (like giving less problems) students can focus on thinking deeply about one or two problems
3. Supporting students less allows students to build skills to productively struggle and be empowered to see what they CAN do.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Research article on accountable talk

Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics

5 Steps to a Student Centered Math Class MonaMath.com/ebook

Other episodes you might like:

Wait! 3 Common Pitfalls When Trying Something New in Math

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

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Work With Me in 2024-25 School Year

Join the Webinar on May 16 at 3:30pm cst where I’ll be sharing my services and a glimpse into working with Chicago Math Group (my math coaching agency).

Register for the webinar here: Monamath.com/Webinar

In the webinar I'll cover:a glimpse at the work I've done with schools from K to High School

1. a full run down of the services I offer
2. a price list
3. a simple way to get started working together

Don't miss this opportunity to make your schools' math goals a reality in 24-25 school year!

Join today by clicking HERE!

🤩 Math Word Problem Workshop

Save time and energy by planning a simple daily routine that increases student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

When you join the Math Word Problem Workshop, I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in problem solving, daily.
• create a daily structure that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• a system to plan for problem solving, simply and efficiently.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today by clicking HERE!

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

Have you ever had a math conference with a student when you ask them to describe their thinking and you are met with a blank stare?

This episode is about effective math conferences during grapple time. We need a plan for our math conferences and I'm sharing 5 simple steps to make your math conferences productive and empowering for students!

In this episode we will chat about:

• 5 ways to get students talking and participating in math conferences
• Simple phrases to prompt students to share their thinking
• Frequently asked questions about math conferences like: "How many conferences can you realistically do in a day?"

Links mentioned in this episode:

“In the Moment, Conferring in the Elementary Math Classroom” by Jen Munson

"Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching the Small Group" by Juli Dixion, Lisa A. Brooks, and Melissa R. Carli

Guide to Engaging Math Discussions

Other episodes you might like:

102: Talk Less So Students Talk More

92: Use Purposeful Techniques for Math Discussions, an Interview with Paola Sztajn

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath

Leave a review!!

If you love listening to Honest Math Chat, please take a few seconds to leave a review so other teachers know this is a valuable place to spend a few minutes each week.

🤩 Math Word Problem Workshop

Save time and energy by planning a simple daily routine that increases student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

When you join the Math Word Problem Workshop, I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in problem solving, daily.
• create a daily structure that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• a system to plan for problem solving, simply and efficiently.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today by clicking HERE!

Have Questions? 📱 My DMs on IG are always open @hellomonamath