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  • 82: Say This to Parents to Explain “New Math”

    Have you heard this from parents (or even your friends), “Why are they teaching this ‘new math’?” To be honest, it’s frustrating because it feels like a lose-lose situation. Like, what can I say that will convince you that it’s not actually “new math”.  I’m ready to jump right in to help you address these […]

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  • 81: Simplify Math Discussions with a Routine

    Do your math discussions sometimes feel like too much work to make it really WORTH IT? Join us in this episode as we unlock the secrets to making math discussions both engaging and effective. With a simple routine you can transform your classroom discussions and boost your students’ math understanding. Research tells us that complex […]

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  • 80: Ambitious Teaching with Margaret “Peg” S. Smith

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    Ambitious Teaching in Mathematics is a leap, and with the wisdom of Peg Smith it feels do-able to jump in and start providing our students with equitable and accessible tasks that will empower them to see themselves as mathematicians. Listen in to this chat with Margaret “Peg” S. Smith

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  • 79: 5 Reasons You Should Be Anticipating Students Strategies

    Have you considered anticipating student strategies when planning for math? In this episode I’m going to convince you that it is WELL worth your time! In this episode we’ll chat about:  Mentioned in this episode:🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions👏🏽 Word Problem Workshop Teacher Training 👉🏾 MonaMath.com/WPW📱 Go to my instagram @hellomonamath & share with me how you’re […]

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  • 78: Math Differentiate Tasks with these 4 Steps

    Math Differentiate: Open tasks really can naturally differentiate. I know differentiation seems like there’s a lot required of you– planning, color coded copies, small groups… but what if I told you that one task can be differentiated easily by implementing these 4 steps! In this episode we’ll chat about:  Mentioned in this episode:  🆓 Guide […]

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  • 77: Math Lesson Plan Can Build Your Classroom Community on Auto Pilot

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    What if you had a math lesson plan that built your community with little effort. If just the way the lesson plan was structured it strengthened the relationships and developed students’ self efficacy. On today’s show we’re going to chat all about the lesson plan you need to do just that. Building your classroom community… […]

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  • 76: Beyonce’s Birthday & Being Good at Math

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    What does being good at math & Beyonce’s birthday have in common? Well, all of Beyonce’s birthday buddies got together to chat about our answers to the question… What does it mean to be good at math? Kristen, from @MooreThanJustX, http://www.MoorethanJustX.com, and host of The Modern Math Teacher podcast. Joined by Juliana, from @collaborated.with.juliana, http://www.collaboratedconsulting.org, […]

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  • 75: Proactive Classroom Management in 4 Steps

    TL:DRProactive Classroom Management is complex, but the key is to deliver consequences with empathy while maintaining students’ dignity and self concept. Effective proactive classroom management helps build a positive math community. Proactive Classroom Management to Build Math Community Reality is, problems occur in community. Every community on earth has problems… people make mistakes, students disrupt […]

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