𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗗 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄. 🌱

Thank you for watching this year and doing the work that truly counts for Ss! 💜

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲.

See you in January 🗓️ 💡

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𝗜𝗳 “𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽-𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲-𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗽” 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱.

6.NS.A.1 asks students to 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, not just compute it.

This NJSLA task makes the sequence clear: meaning 1st, equation 2nd.

▶️ Watch today’s #MathStandardMonday video to learn more.

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✨ #MathStandardMonday―I heard something from G5 teachers last week that may sound familiar: “Students don’t know how to turn mixed numbers into fractions.”
🚫 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿: Students do know—they learn it in 4.NF.B.3…just not in the procedural way adults often expect. More in today’s video. 🎥 #NJSLS

#MathStandardMonday unpacked 𝟯.𝗡𝗙.𝗔.𝟯
#TuesdayTryIt showed equivalent fractions as equal lengths 📏
Today’s #ThursdayTeachingTip shifts to meaningful comparison 🔍

▶️ Watch the video for a micro move that helps students explain which fraction is greater—𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀.

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For December, we’re shifting our #MathStandardMonday focus to 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 — starting with 3.NF.A.3.

• What makes fractions equivalent 🟰
• How to compare using understanding, not shortcuts 🔍

It’s all about reasoning, not rules! ✨🧠
👉 Check out today’s video to dig in. 🧹

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Ss can often name what they see on a graph… but turning it into 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 takes practice. 📊✨

Today’s #ThursdayTeachingTip: a simple 𝟮-𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 routine that strengthens data literacy + aligns with 𝟰.𝗗𝗟.𝗔.𝟰.

Check out the video for a 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝘀t! 🦃🍁

#NJSLS #DataLiteracy @amtnj.bsky.social

Helping 3rd graders write better data questions just got easier! 🎉

Today’s #ThursdayTeachingTip breaks down the D.A.T.A. Test — a quick tool for 3.DL.A.1 that helps students decide whether a question is investigable. 🕵️

🎥 Watch the video + grab your D.A.T.A. Test poster!

👉 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑖𝑜

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“𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒?” 🤔
That ❓ might be the start of 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.
Today's #ThursdayTeachingTip dives into how to make data feel human again. 📊

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🕵️𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘀…
Check out this week’s #MathStandardMonday to find out why.
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Too often, ➖ gets reduced to “𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮.”
And subtracting integers gets reduced to 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝-𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒-𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁?
One that 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 & 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦’𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔?

▶️ Watch today’s #ThursdayTeachingTip.

#NJSLS #CCSS @amtnj.bsky.social

The goal of 7.NS.A.1 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 to 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠…

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 to 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.

🎥 See what this standard really expects in today’s #MathStandardMonday

#NJSLS #CCSS #MSMath #VisualModels #RepresentationsMatter #BuildingFractionUnderstanding #MathEducation #PLthatCounts

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By the time students reach Gr6, they’ve spent 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 working with number lines, but they’ve all been horizontal. ↔️

Now, 6.NS.C.6 asks them to reason about 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 in 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ orientations.

👉 The best way to make that shift?
🎥 Watch today’s #ThursdayTeachingTip.

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6.NS.C.6 extends students’ work with the number line to include 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. ↕️

🚩 A common misunderstanding? Thinking this standard is 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠.

Want to know what it really says?

🎬 Check out today’s #MathStandardMonday video.

#NJSLS #CCSS #VisualModels @amtnj.bsky.social

❓Did you know 4.NF.A.1 actually 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲?

The 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 must stay fixed for Ss to truly understand equivalent fractions.

Want to learn which models support this idea & which don’t (& why)?

▶️ Watch today’s #ThursdayTeachingTip.

#NJSLS #CCSS #VisualModels @amtnj.bsky.social

📏 #MathStandardMonday | 4.NF.A.1

Fractions aren’t just parts — they’re 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑠.

And when you see them that way… equivalence makes perfect sense.

🎥 Watch how.

#NJSLS #CCSS #ElemMath #VisualModels #RepresentationsMatter #BuildingFractionUnderstanding #PLthatCounts

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For this week’s 🎯 #ThursdayTeachingTip, I’m 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 digging into 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿—and how some familiar ones might be 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝘀 📏 that can be iterated from zero.

#NJSLS #CCSS #MathManipulatives #ElemMath #Fractions @amtnj.bsky.social

✨ 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?

👉 For today's #MathStandardMonday we’re taking that familiar 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟮 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 & stretching it—𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦—to fractions.

(And yes, 🍕 𝗽𝗶𝘇𝘇𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱.)

#NJSLS #CCSS #VisualModels @amtnj.bsky.social

💭 Ever wondered why number lines don’t appear in the standards until G2?

So much of K and G1 focuses on counting.
Using a number line requires much more abstract thinking than early counting.

So what should you use in K and G1?
🎥 Check out today's #ThursdayTeachingTip.

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↔️ 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵!

The first time they show up in the standards? ➡️ 𝟮.𝗠𝗗.𝗕.𝟲

Before we ask kids to 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 on them, there’s one key idea we can’t skip…

🎥 This week’s #MathStandardMonday breaks it down.

#NJSLS #VisualModels @amtnj.bsky.social

Even when students use the standard algorithm for decimals, “tricks” can creep in — and many of them are representation-dependent

🤔 Curious what that means — and why it matters?
➡️ Check out today’s #ThursdayTeachingTip 🎥

#NJSLS #CCSS #PlaceValue #PLThatCounts #MSMath

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✨ A #CoachingthatCounts first—a #MSMath spotlight for #MathStandardMonday: 6.NS.B.3

Often, fluency gets reduced to ➡️ "follow the steps."

❌ But what if those steps aren’t the most efficient way?
🎥 This week, I’m unpacking what fluency REALLY means.

#NJSLS #PlaceValue @amtnj.bsky.social

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲-𝟭𝟬 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲? 🟩

🔄 𝑃𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑡: the same block could be 𝟭𝟬𝟬… 𝗼𝗿 𝟭.

🎥 Catch this week’s #ThursdayTeachingTip before you pull them out again.

#NJSLS #CCSS #MathManipulatives #PlaceValue #PLThatCounts #ElemMath #CoachingthatCounts

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#MathStandardMonday 📌 Today’s focus: 𝟱.𝗡𝗕𝗧.𝗕.𝟳

💡 𝐾𝑒𝑦 𝑝ℎ𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒: “Strategies based on place value.”

❓ But what does that 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 mean when students add, subtract, multiply, or divide decimals?

👉 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲!

#NJSLS #CCSS #PlaceValue #StrategiesNotShortcuts @amtnj.bsky.social

#ThursdayTeachingTip

Standards aren’t just about big ideas—many also have boundaries

Knowing where to find the limits keeps instruction focused & prevents pushing into later-grade content.

🎥 The video shows how this connects to 5.NBT.A.1—this week’s focus

#NJSLS #PlaceValue

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#MathStandardMonday

This week we’re taking place value 1 step further.

❓ How can the same digit be worth 10× in one number and 1/10 in another?

🎥 Check out the video on 5.NBT.A.1—and why it’s not about “moving the decimal point.”

#NJSLS #PLthatCounts #StrategiesNotShortcuts

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#𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱F𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲… until you realize not everyone defines it the same way.

💡 This week’s #ThursdayTeachingTip unpacks the various forms and highlights what they all have in common.

📹 Check out the video!

#NJSLS #CCSS #PlaceValue #PLthatCounts #ElemMath

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✨ #MathStandardMonday - 4.NBT.A.2 ✨

This week’s spotlight is on a 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟰 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂e.
It looks simple at first glance…but it’s where one of the most common misconceptions shows up. 👀

#NJSLS #CCSS #PlaceValue #PLthatCounts #StrategiesNotShortcuts #ElemMath
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💡 When students compare numbers, precision in language matters.

🎥 Want to know more? Check out today’s #ThursdayTeachingTip.
⬇️ Drop a comment below to keep the convo going!

⛏️ Ready to dig even deeper?
Join my workshop From Symbols to Strategies: Exploring Place Value (link in bio)

#NJSLS #CCSS

This week's #MathStandardMonday unpacks 1.NBT.B.3—comparing 2-digit numbers with place value

💡Too often the focus is on the symbols when the real goal is helping students explain why

👉 Subscribe at my website so you don’t miss tomorrow’s Tuesday Try-It email (link in bio)
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We’ve been digging into 1.NBT.B.2 & Centers this week… but did you know the manipulative you choose can make or break how students see place value?

🎥 Check out this week’s #ThursdayTeachingTip!

#NJSLS #CCSS #MathManipulatives #PlaceValue #MathCenters #PLThatCounts

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