#mathmindset Archive
#MathMindset occurs every Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time (PT). Created by TenMarks and Amazon Education, the chat focuses on math and growth-mindset strategies. Each chat asks five questions for participants to discuss and share resources.
Thursday March 24, 2016
7:30 PM EDT
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Welcome to ! Today we’re going to be discussing growth mindset in math with
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Please introduce yourself, what grade you teach, and what you’re most excited about this week!
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Can't wait for w ! Hope you can join us
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It's Chocolate Covered Raisins Day! I'm Kitty & I work w/ K12 as Director of Instructional Technology. I'm on spring break!
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Hi all! I am Mo from Team . Excited to learn with all of you today!
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Tiffany, Reading and Math Intervention, excited as always to hear and share new things
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happening now! Get on to chat growth mindset and math with
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type in the hashtag in the search button of Twitter
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Michelle 5th grade math teacher, Houston, TX
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Dina from NJ, Math Specialist. I'm excited to vacation with my son
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I started today at 3:45...I'm stoked to begin spring break!
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Great to have you Michelle!
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Q1: What type of math audiences do your students have besides yourself and fellow students?
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Thank you for joining us Desiree!
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A1: Normally, it's just us, but every now and then we will have a math coach pop in and give a lesson
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A1: I've had 9 different teachers come in to observe my room. My students perform at their best during these moments!
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A1: Principals from other schools, our principal, Ts from other classrooms
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A1: I'm currently working my schedule out to do a competition with math class
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Q2: How are you preparing your students to be global math thinkers?
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students totally get into competitions
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A1 Ss love to show me their learning (Math coach) Saw Grade 1 class creating today so maybe share out
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I see a lot of Ts sharing Ss progress on social media! The world can be the audience! I am their biggest fan ;)
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How do you get other principal's involved? Q2: How are you preparing your students to be global math thinkers?
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A2: Can't say that I have been. I've been trying to just get them be aware of the math in their own community.
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What are these teachers observing for?
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How do you get other principals involved?
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Started Math Around the World project w/ Ss. Gather data from happenings in world and create story problems. Solve each other's
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math workshop structure specifically
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A1 Love the idea of competition w other classes. Can anyone say !
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Teachers are slowly beginning to understand the power of this move....totally engages Ss!
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I love this idea...tell us more!
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. Love this idea ! Would love to hear more! Maybe another blog post ;)
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I always wanted to do something like this, but I ended up leaving the classroom before I could
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Q3:Have you heard of Mystery Number Skype/Hangout? If yes, share about it. If not, what do u think it is?
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A3: like.20 questions or clues for another classroom to guess a number?
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. thanks for the resource! This will be so valuable to our Ts!
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A1 community members and professionals in various fields. I try to connect our lessons to various careers
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This definitely brings the real world connections that helps Ss see value!
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A3 . tell us more about it!
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A2 I feel like I need to improve in this area...suggestions???
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2 classes pick a secret number&through video conferencing they use Yes/No ?'s to determine the other classes number
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A3: I learned about it at a training about a year ago
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What questions did you have about using it? Having a partner to try it with is a great way to start!
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It is great that this is an opportunity for Ts to show . Ts can grow by trying new things for Ss
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Ss gained a sense of focus and critical thinking and collaboration as they worked together to figure out the mystery number!
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any suggestions with photo and parent permission with the Skype Mystery number
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I always encourage two teachers to try it out...find someone down the hall to practice with!
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I just never go around to going in depth and doing it. I may talk about it with and see :-)
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A4: The ?'s used in this activity require analyzation & elimination skills. I especially love how the students work together!
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My district has an opt out policy for Ss so I know prior who can be on camera
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I also love keeping the Parents updated about global fieldtrips we're taking around the world
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Q5: “What are some other activities you can use to strengthen your Ss higher level critical thinking skills?
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Please let me know how I can help! I love helping classes practice :)
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A5 Giving them an answer and having them create the Q
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