#SwDMathChat Archive | Participate

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:00 PM EDT

Welcome to tonight’s #SwDMathChat! I’m Malke, teaching artist/math educato & author w/ a neurodiverse kid. Please introduce yourself!

participatechat Mar 23 @ 9:00 PM EDT

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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:02 PM EDT

Hi! Andrew, HS self-contained math teacher in NYC #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:00 PM EDT

Welcome to tonight’s #SwDMathChat! I’m Malke, teaching artist/math educato & author w/ a neurodiverse kid. Please introduce yourself!

DDibley123 Mar 23 @ 9:04 PM EDT

Dawn. Math Coach for Elem. SpEd Teachers. #SwDmathchat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:04 PM EDT

Hi Dawn! #SwDMathChat

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DDibley123 Mar 23 @ 9:05 PM EDT

Hi! Double dipping again #SwDmathchat #ElemMathChat

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:05 PM EDT

Hi! thanks for joining the chat tonight! #swdmathchat

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:07 PM EDT

Sarah, K-4 math coach from western MA #SwDMathChat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:07 PM EDT

Hi Sarah, welcome! #SwDMathChat

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PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:08 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat hi/ Paula Krieg Teaching Artist, bookmaking is my medium

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anyaostapczuk Mar 23 @ 9:08 PM EDT

Anya, High School math and science in Illinois #SwDMathChat

MFAnnie Mar 23 @ 9:09 PM EDT

And will try to do #SwDMathChat and #ElemMathChat at same time, while we watch hoops. From @themathforum near Philly. Also baking tonight.

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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:09 PM EDT

Hi Paula! Thanks for joining us tonight. #SwDMathChat

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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:09 PM EDT

Hi Anya! #SwDMathChat

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anyaostapczuk Mar 23 @ 9:09 PM EDT

Hello! #SwDMathChat

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DDibley123 Mar 23 @ 9:09 PM EDT

Slacker #ElemMathChat #SwDmathchat

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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:09 PM EDT

Happy to see you, salty that Michigan lost! #SwDMathChat

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AssignmentHelpN Mar 23 @ 9:10 PM EDT

#aphgchat #byotchat #edtherapy #SwDMathChat 10 Things you Need to Spring Clean Right Now https://t.co/7AJrA5H3xE

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:10 PM EDT

All right, let's do this! I’m guessing we’ve all heard the term, but what is it, exactly? #SwDMathChat #movingmath

PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:10 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat any time opportunity to spend time in Malke's sphere is time well spent!

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:10 PM EDT

Glad to be here! #SwDMathChat

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MFAnnie Mar 23 @ 9:11 PM EDT

No spoilers, please. We've finished first game, but still working on second. #DVRandsocialmediaissues #SwDMathChat

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PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:12 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat Q! not sure what spatial reasoning is, but since I've been following Malke's work I have more awareness of spatial sense+

MFAnnie Mar 23 @ 9:13 PM EDT

Oh, and hi @mathinyourfeet Thanks for hosting #SwDMathChat. Can't wait to see you in San Antonio at #NCTMannual

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anyaostapczuk Mar 23 @ 9:13 PM EDT

Spatial reasoning is the ability to draw conclusions about objects from limited information #SwDMathChat

PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:13 PM EDT

or lack of spatial sense in Ss. Once I became aware of it , it was like someone turned a light on #SwDMathChat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:14 PM EDT

A1: Processing information about space through visual and kinesthetic perception. #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:10 PM EDT

All right, let's do this! I’m guessing we’ve all heard the term, but what is it, exactly? #SwDMathChat #movingmath

SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:15 PM EDT

Interesting! Wouldn't have thought of it this way #SwDMathChat

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massignmenthelp Mar 23 @ 9:15 PM EDT

#aphgchat #byotchat #christianeducators #ElemMathChat #SwDMathChat 5 Daily Habits that will Boost your GPA https://t.co/P32ItfDV0A

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:15 PM EDT

Can you say more? What happened exactly? #SwDMathChat

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PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:15 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat Q! When I ask Ss to arrange things on a page, some just don't seem to be able to see that their work is off center/ crooked

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:15 PM EDT

Yes, can you say more about this? #SwDMathChat

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:15 PM EDT

A1: I think of objects in relation to each other...how do they fit / lie / etc #SwDMathChat

anyaostapczuk Mar 23 @ 9:15 PM EDT

who knows I'm probably totally wrong 😬 #SwDMathChat

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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:16 PM EDT

There's no wrong answers only different perceptions! #SwDMathChat

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PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:17 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat Some students can't fathom how to line up the edge of a paper to a fold, others so it right away,.

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anyaostapczuk Mar 23 @ 9:17 PM EDT

can picture how objects look when transformed #SwDMathChat

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:18 PM EDT

Yes, can move...then the relation is to space #SwDMathChat

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:18 PM EDT

There are many different ways to experience sp reasoning, which is one of its strengths. #SwDMathChat

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MFAnnie Mar 23 @ 9:18 PM EDT

A1: I think of spatial reasoning as ability to think in three dimensions. Like those nets of cube Qs, "what's opposite 2?" #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:19 PM EDT

Spatial thinking is multi-modal, and useful in a variety of mathematical contexts! #SwDMathChat #movingmath

SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:19 PM EDT

And one of it's challenges! Hard to tell if someone else is "seeing" it the same way #SwDMathChat

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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:19 PM EDT

I like this. A very mathematical take. Hey, you should teach math! #SwDMathChat

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PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:20 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat Q1 lack of spatial sense, it seems to me, shows up in cutting w/ scissors, too,like can they cut along a line?

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:21 PM EDT

This particular perspective points to body-based spatial reasoning which we’ll think about a little later on. #SwDMathChat #movingmath

PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:22 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat honestly, the Ss I see who have trouble with arranging items on the page also struggle w/ math

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:23 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat

bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:24 PM EDT

A2: Because we spend our lives living and moving in a 3-dimensional world. #SwDMathChat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:25 PM EDT

A2: Because it relates to such a wide range of skills inherent to mathematics (and other subjects!) #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:23 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:25 PM EDT

Just as a quick reminder, please answer with A1, A2, etc. Thanks! #swdmathchat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:25 PM EDT

Hey, now! What a pleasant surprise! #SwDMathChat

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PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:25 PM EDT

A2 #SwDMathChat because we live in a world that is defined by relationships between things.

bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:26 PM EDT

A2: Our Kinder Ts were confused why we started with 3D shapes before 2D. My response: Because we live in a 3D world. #SwDMathChat

bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:26 PM EDT

The stream is open to #ElemMathChat so I'm able to steal a look here and there. :-) #SwDMathChat

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anndurham13 Mar 23 @ 9:26 PM EDT

A2 allows us to interact with our world and make connections with our 2D and 3D environments #SwDMathChat

MFAnnie Mar 23 @ 9:27 PM EDT

All the more reason to give Ss as much practice as possible. Some people just don't have much experience. #SwDMathChat

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PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:27 PM EDT

A2 #SwDMathChat such an easy idea to forget when so much happens with writing on a page.

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:28 PM EDT

I love when I see happening in the classroom. Spatial thinking is multi-modal & useful in a variety of mathematical contexts! #SwDMathChat

bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:29 PM EDT

It's interesting. In their view, 3D shapes are more complicated. I keep chipping away at it. #SwDMathChat

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anyaostapczuk Mar 23 @ 9:29 PM EDT

A2: focuses on relationships between objects #SwDMathChat

PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:29 PM EDT

A2 #SwDMathChat sometimes seems Ss don't get practice just SEEING then evaluating https://t.co/TuaQ6avGNd doing designs

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:30 PM EDT

Names are also less familiar to them. Vocabulary comes up as an issue a lot in my district #SwDMathChat

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:31 PM EDT

A2b And realated to A2a Spatial reasoning as a powerful tool in our math teaching/learing tool box! #SwDMathChat

PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:31 PM EDT

A2 #SwDMathChat I hear this more &more. Ss not grasping words like behind, above, underneath, next to, same

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bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:31 PM EDT

We start w/ informal vocab. Our first intro to 3D figures is in a larger unit on sorting and classifying. #SwDMathChat

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:32 PM EDT

Love! People often only think of spatial for geometry, but I remember hitting calc & struggling w/ 2d lines creating 3d objects #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:28 PM EDT

I love when I see happening in the classroom. Spatial thinking is multi-modal & useful in a variety of mathematical contexts! #SwDMathChat

PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:32 PM EDT

this sorting concept is something I'd like to know more about #SwDMathChat

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bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:32 PM EDT

My predecessor created a standard in our district that specifically focuses on positional language. #SwDMathChat

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bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:33 PM EDT

It's not in our grade level standards at all, but it's such necessary vocabulary to describe our world. #SwDMathChat

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PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:33 PM EDT

would like to know more about this too. #SwDMathChat I will be working with very young kids this summer, again.

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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:34 PM EDT

Spatial reasoning relates directly to almost all math content. Procedural fluency has lining up algorithms correctly #SwDMathChat

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:34 PM EDT

We have a state standard in K for positional language. ELL classrooms especially struggle with it #SwDMathChat

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bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:34 PM EDT

The unit is all about learning to sort and classify. Ss come up with their own sorting rules. #SwDMathChat

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bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:35 PM EDT

Then they analyze their sorts to see how different it looks based on the rules we use. Light data analysis. #SwDMathChat

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:35 PM EDT

Unfortunately, sometimes comes back to assessment: how to tell what they're seeing (math talk!) #SwDMathChat

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bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:35 PM EDT

The idea is to start getting them to think about variety of attributes/characteristics. #SwDMathChat

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MFAnnie Mar 23 @ 9:35 PM EDT

I'm wondering how often people take advantage of tech tools to increase opportunities to "see" math these days. #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:35 PM EDT

Spatial reasoning ACTIVE! #SwDMathChat

PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:36 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat you mean they are encouraged to think and reason

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:36 PM EDT

Yup! I've seen the intro of graph paper save the computation life of more than one student!! #SwDMathChat

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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:37 PM EDT

A3: Is answering, "Everything!" a cop out? #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:35 PM EDT

Spatial reasoning ACTIVE! #SwDMathChat

SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:37 PM EDT

We have a 7th standard about slicing 3D shapes and describing 2D...would be SO hard w/o tech!! #SwDMathChat

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DDibley123 Mar 23 @ 9:37 PM EDT

A3: Take 5 steps to reach a destination. Now, take 10 steps to walk back to where you started. Bigger steps or smaller? #SwDmathchat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:38 PM EDT

Same. Also area model. #SwDMathChat

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:38 PM EDT

Yes, I think so! lol #SwDMathChat

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:39 PM EDT

A3: Good start would be just talking about how we see things. I like the hidden build & describe to a partner activity #SwDMathChat

PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:39 PM EDT

A3 #SwDMathChat creating larger shapes from smaller shapes?

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:40 PM EDT

Then A3b: lining up algorithms, cutting, one to one correspondence, geometry, graphing, etc... #SwDMathChat

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MFAnnie Mar 23 @ 9:40 PM EDT

I do like clear plastic models and rubber bands for that sort of thing. #SwDMathChat

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:41 PM EDT

A3: Here's a list of options for you...what do you think? #SwDMathChat

bobloch Mar 23 @ 9:41 PM EDT

Lurking...today chatting up inverse functions. Had Ss take steps forward to represent f(x), then walk back their steps #SwDMathChat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:42 PM EDT

Engineering tasks are a great example of the integration of spatial reasoning! cc: @anyaostapczuk #SwDMathChat

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anndurham13 Mar 23 @ 9:42 PM EDT

A3 using spaghetti to see the connection between unit circle and sine/cosine graphs #SwDMathChat

PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:43 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat NICE LIST ;)

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bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:43 PM EDT

A3: I've been including opportunities to scale up in the unit plans we've been making. #SwDMathChat

bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:44 PM EDT

A3: For ex, we encouraged Ts to make a coordinate grid on the floor and have Ss guide each other to coordinates. #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:44 PM EDT

Yes, and in the follow up resources after the chat is an article about a school that focused on Sp Reasoning school-wide. #SwDMathChat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:42 PM EDT

Engineering tasks are a great example of the integration of spatial reasoning! cc: @anyaostapczuk #SwDMathChat
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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:44 PM EDT

I wish my room was bigger for things like this! #SwDMathChat

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bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:45 PM EDT

We suggested using classroom, hallway, playground, wherever they could find! #SwDMathChat

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bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:45 PM EDT

It helps that they only have to do quadrant 1 in grade 5. #SwDMathChat

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SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:45 PM EDT

Your mention of cutting made me think of folding too. Let's start doing more origami :) #SwDMathChat

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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:46 PM EDT

I'm gonna blame my urban setting for failures here :I #SwDMathChat

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PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:46 PM EDT

#SwDMathChat I wonder if similar results could be had by Ss directing each other to move pieces around on checkerboard

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bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:46 PM EDT

We do get to build some pretty spacious schools in Texas. #SwDMathChat

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bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:47 PM EDT

YES! Love discussing geometric concepts through folding and cutting, which often requires support! #SwDMathChat

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a_schindy Mar 23 @ 9:47 PM EDT

I'm so late! Will have to start reading. I just did this yesterday. So easy to put tape axes on tile floor. #swdmathchat

bstockus Mar 23 @ 9:44 PM EDT

A3: For ex, we encouraged Ts to make a coordinate grid on the floor and have Ss guide each other to coordinates. #SwDMathChat

SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:47 PM EDT

Really like this list! Could be interesting to try and connect to lessons / topics / standards at each grade level #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:41 PM EDT

A3: Here's a list of options for you...what do you think? #SwDMathChat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:48 PM EDT

There's something about using the whole-body that is different. #SwDMathChat

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:48 PM EDT

It's interesting that there have been mentions of the body's role in Sp Reasoning already tonight :) #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:45 PM EDT

Q4: Now for my favorite question of the night! SwDMathChat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:50 PM EDT

A4: The connection between visual processing and kinesthetic interactions with shapes and space. #SwDMathChat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:48 PM EDT
It's interesting that there have been mentions of the body's role in Sp Reasoning already tonight :) #SwDMathChat
- mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:45 PM EDT
  
  Q4: Now for my favorite question of the night! SwDMathChat

SCH211 Mar 23 @ 9:50 PM EDT

Q4:Our whole convo has made me think abt kinesthetic learners. Seems they're often the most underserved. More of this helps!! #SwDMathChat

MNmMath Mar 23 @ 9:50 PM EDT

A4 Spatial reasoning in body looks like maintaining personal space not touching hot stuff, using hot iron, sitting not plopping #SwDmathchat

mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:51 PM EDT

A4: A4: @mr_stadel’s Clothesline Number line is a great example of #ScaledUp #bodyscale https://t.co/i8imEyXRhT #SwDMathChat

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a_schindy Mar 23 @ 9:51 PM EDT

I agree w/ that. Used blocks & tile floor grid for transformations. Its like being in the graph #SwDMathChat

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anndurham13 Mar 23 @ 9:51 PM EDT

A4 Using the body to make sense of math :) #SwDMathChat

bkdidact - Moderator Mar 23 @ 9:52 PM EDT

And how different students have different strengths which can be leveraged by teachers possibly through #UDL #SwDMathChat

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:52 PM EDT

A4: The dance started w/ exploring movement on scaled-up 100 grid. Can u identify the transformations? https://t.co/rFvmZOeQZo #SwDMathChat

JennKranenburg Mar 2 @ 5:03 PM EST

Noah, Parker and Kruz demonstrating their understanding of transformations through their dance @QueenEPSChatham @mathinyourfeet #math #lkdsb

PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:52 PM EDT

Had a great @mathinyourfeet moment today w/ 2nd graders. We handed out tinted rulers, to use as a straightedge for folding + #SwDMathChat

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:52 PM EDT

A4: Building from 2D to 3D with snap cubes @JennKranenburg #SwDMathChat https://t.co/UJBSME0MBx

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JennKranenburg Mar 2 @ 9:56 AM EST

This mornings math challenge! #lkdsb #spatialreasoning #math @QueenEPSChatham
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PaulaKrieg Mar 23 @ 9:54 PM EDT

they went wild with it for about 20 seconds, then settled right down, right back to work, Awesome #SwDMathChat

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:55 PM EDT

A4: Building 3D at body-scale with newspaper rolls: https://t.co/0jlizgto4S #swdmathchat

DDibley123 Mar 23 @ 9:55 PM EDT

If you're going to be at NCTM, visit me at the @USMathRecovery booth. #ElemMathChat #SwDMathChat

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DDibley123 Mar 23 @ 9:56 PM EDT

Cool idea! #SwDmathchat

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mathinyourfeet Mar 23 @ 9:56 PM EDT

Final Q! Can include language, manipulatives/tools, maps/diagrams, conn 2D to 3D. What does that look like in your classroom? #SwDMathChat