Methods of Math Teaching and Learning

  Welcome back! Welcome back to another great week of NT! I hope that you are doing well as I hope that you are bundling up well because it's pretty cold outside. Come on in, pick you a great spot while we wait on the warm tea to get ready. This week we have options for your tea. You can pick between original, peach, or raspberry tea. We also have condiments on the side. If you would like to add lemons or honey inside of your tea. Everyone talked about how good the muffins were last week, so I decided to bring more this week. As we get ready to take off make sure you have all of your essentials and you're comfortable because we have a lot of tea to spill this week. As you know we always start with our fist to our heart because we are ready to start. We do have some defending going on in this session so please be ready to put on your thinking caps. Starting off, come up with a way you would solve 25 + 25 and think outside the box on how you would solve the problem. Now there...

  HHHEEEEYYYY y’all the weather is changing, and you know it's time for some warm Tea! I’ve never had warm tea before but I'm ready to try it with you guys while we spill this new “Tea”. So, remember I told you that I had something new coming? Well guess what! I’m so excited to spill the tea today. I can't wait for this tea to get ready. So, as you come in be sure to grab all of your essentials, and this week, I decided to bring some warm muffins. We have blueberry, banana nut, and of course the original flavor. Be sure to get comfortable because this will be a roller coaster ride of tea. Before we start, ask yourself, “Would Cluster Problems be a great idea to do for NT?” If you said yes, welcome to the roller coaster. And if you said no, hopefully by the end of this tea session you will be ready to take a ride on this roller coaster with us. As always students start with their “fist” to their heart because they are ready to start. Now this week we are not doing dot ima...

        “Don’t cheat! Treat yourself to NT”       Welcome back due to different circumstances we had to do NT online which is okay. You would be surprised at how many comments we received from just doing NT online. As you come in be sure to grab all of your essentials because this tea on ice is about to be good. Don’t forget to add your strawberry, lemon, and of course I added one more fruit you can choose from, which is peach. Be sure to get comfortable because this is definitely about to be a good tea session. One more thing before we get started there will be no defending going on which I am sad about but it’s okay. As always students know to start with their fist to their heart because they are ready to start. Everyone agreed on 24, but before I list a couple of Pre-Service teacher ideas, think of a way you would see 24:  Student One : For the second one I saw 24. I saw 10 first, then I counted 2,4,6,8 for the second box, a...

  Welcome back! The sun is shining bright. The weather is about to change and before it does let's have our last tea session outside. We are set up under the tree in the shade and as always be sure to grab your cup, and fill it with ice and sweet tea. We got a little fancy and decided to give you some options for your sweet tea; you can pick between a strawberry or lemon to go on the top. Please don’t forget to grab your straw and make sure you're comfortable because we have some tea to spill. As always we do our NT on our projector but this week we decided to do NT on a paddle to make the session extra fun and engaging. As always, we start with our fist to our heart because we are ready to start. Don’t be afraid to comment! I'm depending on you to answer! Starting off can you believe we have some defending going on already? Well, guess what? Take a minute and decide if you would pick 15 or 14. If you decided to choose 15 then you’re correct! While I explain how PST came...

  Sorry we missed each other last week with this good ole sweet tea, but we promise to make it up this week. We already have you set up under the shade tree so before sitting down be sure to pick up your cup, fill it up with ice and sweet tea and don’t forget your straw. This week we are coming at you with something new and best believe it's some good ole tea we are about to spill.  Have you ever thought of doing Number Talks with tens of frames with your students? If not, it's ok once we finish spilling the tea of the many answers our Pre-service teachers gave us. Maybe we could encourage you to try it with your students. So this week we started with ten frames, and as always we start with our fist to our heart because we are ready to start.  Starting off we already had a debate going on for two answers after the image was shown for five seconds 16 and 14. Take the time out and guess which one students decided to defend, as always you're more than welcome to comment belo...