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[|In N Out Powerpoint]

Books: [|One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab] [|17 Kings and 42 Elephants] [|That's a Possibility]

Use a scanner/phone to take pictures of the books to load into Powerpoint so you can redact/reveal. Allow the students to have some ownership/creativity in how they approach the mathematics in the books.

Class 2:

[|Behaviorist] vs. [|Constructivist] Learning Theories

[|Reggio Emilia]

We engaged in experimental play (but with more structure than some educators would like to see) when I had you walk the death ray (Vernier CBR2 movement data collection device). In just 20 short minutes we constructed many observations about lines. I didn't frontload you with any vocabulary but you still engaged in the activity with student friendly language.

Regifting Robin - what were we targeting here? There could be many takeaways from this and the fact that it's student directed means that all observations are relevant to each student. We made a connection to grouping (the main idea) and we scaled it up to algebraic representations.

Class 1: You will have a relationship with your students. It's your job to set the tone. Break the paradox/cycle of trust.

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What is Mathematics? Your responses:

The study of quantifiable subjects or objects: numbers but comparisons. Critical thinking Problem solving A way of measuring things Numbers, relationships, and structure The ONLY truth 2+2=? Or 2+2=4, prove to me that it’s true.

We've been, as teachers, on the wrong side of the proof for too long.

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[|Regifting Robin] You need to choose the tab on the left that says "Guess the Regift"

What mathematics did you find in the "Who are you?" exercise? Note that the activity can be scaled from K (More or Less) to 12 (Exponential Decay). Good, open-ended activities are scalable.