Ep 1: Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics in Kindergarten

Making Number Sense Make Sense: A Math Podcast for Early Elementary Teachers

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Have you heard of the Book “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” by PeterIn this episode, I go over why I was looking for an effective way to teach problem-solving that would work for kindergarten, how I started using the Building Thinking Classrooms in my Kindergarten class, my results, and my next steps! If you are hesitant to try it out in an early elementary classroom this podcast is for you!

Timestamps

1:34 What is a Thinking Classroom in this Context

4:33 Set Up, 3 Things you NEED to get started

5:46 Vertical Non Permenant Surfaces

6:22 Random Groups

8:00 Be deliberately less helpful

8:56 Starting Tasks/Non-Curricular Tasks

11:48 My First Official Math Task

13:00 Finding Tasks

14:14 Thin Slicing, Early Finishers

14:50 My Next Steps, Consolidating Learning

15:46 Big Goal

Helpful Links

Try a task for free! ✨ Building Thinking Classrooms FREE Task

Building Thinking Classrooms Tasks Blog: https://bit.ly/41d4E1c

Building Thinking Classroom Tasks Starter Kit: https://bit.ly/40iCWyQ

Kindergarten Task Bundle

1st Grade Task Bundle

2nd Grade Task Bundle

Classroom Screen: https://classroomscreen.com/

Building Thinking Classrooms K-2 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902047717151517/

Building Thinking Classrooms Book: https://amzn.to/40eC2Dc

IG Handle: numbersensemakesense

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Try a task for free! ✨ Building Thinking Classrooms FREE Task

Have you heard of the Book “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” by PeterIn this episode, I go over why I was looking for an effective way to teach problem-solving that would work for kindergarten, how I started using the Building Thinking Classrooms in my Kindergarten class, my results, and my next steps! If you are hesitant to try it out in an early elementary classroom this podcast is for you!

Timestamps

1:34 What is a Thinking Classroom in this Context

4:33 Set Up, 3 Things you NEED to get started

5:46 Vertical Non Permenant Surfaces

6:22 Random Groups

8:00 Be deliberately less helpful

8:56 Starting Tasks/Non-Curricular Tasks

11:48 My First Official Math Task

13:00 Finding Tasks

14:14 Thin Slicing, Early Finishers

14:50 My Next Steps, Consolidating Learning

15:46 Big Goal

Helpful Links

Try a task for free! ✨ Building Thinking Classrooms FREE Task

Building Thinking Classrooms Tasks Blog: https://bit.ly/41d4E1c

Building Thinking Classroom Tasks Starter Kit: https://bit.ly/40iCWyQ

Kindergarten Task Bundle

1st Grade Task Bundle

2nd Grade Task Bundle

Classroom Screen: https://classroomscreen.com/

Building Thinking Classrooms K-2 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902047717151517/

Building Thinking Classrooms Book: https://amzn.to/40eC2Dc

IG Handle: numbersensemakesense

2023-04-16 17 min Transcript
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