Making Changes While Staying Aligned - A Math Mentoring Moment Episode

Making Math Moments That Matter

In this episode you’ll hear Ryan Kinzler, a 8th grade teacher from Pittsburg discuss his concerns over blending his traditional curriculum resources (such as the textbook) with high impact strategies and problem based lessons. In this discussion Ryan realizes how to feel confident with the choices he makes in the classroom and how small moves will result in big impact.

This is another Math Mentoring Moment episode where we talk with a member of the Math Moment Maker Community who is working through problems of practice and together we brainstorm possible next steps and strategies to overcome them.

You’ll Learn:

• How to stay aligned with your department when your teaching approach varies;
• How to blend the resources you’ve collected with your curriculum;
• How to change your pedagogy one lesson at a time; and,
• How to feel confident about the choices you make in your classroom.

Resources:

• Ryan’s Twitter: @crushTheTurtle
• G’Day Math by James Tanton
• Visual Patterns
• Which One Doesn’t Belong
• Make Math Moments Problem Based Units
• Learn How To “Flip” The Gradual Release of Responsibility Lesson Model

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