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So true. Thanks for sharing.

#ElemMathChat - I love that you give your students the opportunity to amend their expectations. It really positions them as playing an active role in learning.

#ElemMathChat - @mnmmath.bsky.social Thanks for organizing these chats and keeping us grounded in this math community.🥰

#ElemMathChat - That is about the cutest thing I've seen this week.

#ElemMathChat - It was my pleasure! Lots of fun "talking math" with you guys.

#ElemMathChat - Love pattern blocks - one of my favorite manipulatives!

#ElemMathChat - How cute?

#ElemMathChat - When I taught littles, I created a discussion spinner where 1 side had a mouth for speaking and the other side had an ear for listeners. It was helpful in getting them to take turns and because they didn't know what side the spinner would land on, they had to prepare for both sides.

#ElemMathChat - Courtney, I think they figure out quickly that we're some of those special humans that truly love math and get so excited when they talk about their math thinking.

#ElemMathChat - Math journals if use purposefully can be powerful tools for allowing students to express/explain their math thinking. I used to love to respond to my students' entries with questions or additional scenarios, so their journals were like a conversation between us.

#ElemMathChat - LOVE THIS! You're priming them for success by giving them advanced notice and allowing them to prepare to share their thinking.

#ElemMathChat - The "tried and true" math language routines like stronger and clearer, collect and display, and three reads are always good to have in the discourse toolbox. When I work with novice teachers, I usually suggest that they normalize using instructional & math language routines.

#ElemMathChat - Important point about asking for student's permission to share their work. I often tell students that they "are positioned" to help others learn and how much we can benefit from using their work as a learning tool. It usually works. :-)

#ElemMathChat - Great point! A lot of critical thinking and reasoning is involved when we analyze work to look for inaccuracies or try to understand someone else's thinking. Students learn so much more from their mistakes.

#ElemMathChat - Now, you're making me happy! I LOVE the five practices! When the first edition was released in 2011, it completely changed how I planned for math lessons, how I responded to student thinking, and how I facilitated student discussions!

#ElemMathChat - Great strategy! Students often make discoveries they hadn't thought of before and this is a great way to help students build on their conceptual understanding of concepts.

#ElemMathChat - These prompts are great! These allow students to get started and get their creative juices flowing without feeling "stuck".

#ElemMathChat - Great for community building and for analyzing their choices and strategies.