Peas & Carrots: A New Twist to an Old Task

We have go-to math tasks - tasks that are open, include a visual component, and are mathematically rich with a low mathematical floor and a high mathematical ceiling (Boaler, 2016). These tasks are effective for introducing a new concept,...

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Noticing an In-the-Moment Small Group Goal: The Carpet Train

The classroom is a very busy place!  Students filled with lots of questions are constantly engaging with materials and posing questions about things they notice and wonder in their environment.  When teachers take the time to notice what students...

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Taking the Time to Notice

Our students are busy - busy playing, learning, talking, thinking, discovering, experimenting, wondering. In each of these actions, our students reveal to us their thinking if we are ready to notice. When we notice, we can make our students’...

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