Math Moments with Mrs. Sheehan

A few weeks ago, I saw conversations about number talks on twitter and I thought, "How can I incorporate these asynchronously in a distance learning model?" Then, like magic, I came across a webinar from  Achieve the Core  and decided to sign up. During the webinar, Bethany Lockhart Johnson demonstrated how she used Flipgrid with her kindergarteners by having them record their answer to a problem, and then she would create a summary video where she pointed out different solutions and strategies and she shared that with her students. Check out her post about it  here . I was inspired by Bethany's idea, and I thought, this would work perfectly for an asynchronous number talk! I have used flipgrid in the past, but only a couple of times and not with many kids at once. So I put out a call to the #mtbos to help me out, and they delivered! I created a topic with a number talk using visual patterns (I got this idea from Sara Van Der Werf, check out the blog post  here ). I ...

This past week I had the privilege to attend the Standards Institute in Orlando. I went in not knowing what to expect, but it ended up being one of the best conferences I have ever attended. It was five days spent immersed with other educators who have a desire to see equity in education, recognizing our biases, and learning how to make equity a reality in our own classrooms and schools. It was a lot. It was five 8 hour days, mostly spent with our little cohort of subject area teachers. My group of educators helped push me, encourage me, and challenge me throughout the week.  Our facilitators were knowledgeable, lovingly challenging, and extremely helpful. Working with them this week has been a great reminder of how I want my students to feel in my classroom! The Standards Institute is put on by UnboundEd. Our main focus for the week was equity. We had several amazing keynote speakers speak on this, and during the day, we talked about how to make our schools equitable. ...