In this episode of our podcast, Tracey and Traci talk about teaching math in the middle school classroom this week. Laura Saunders, middle school math teacher, shares how she has made the shift from teaching intermediate elementary to middle school math. She explores how she builds relationships with older students and how she makes math engaging. We'll also share our tweets of the week and give you this week's reading on our Chocolate Barometer. We hope you enjoy, please like & subscribe today!

- Traci & Tracey

Video chapters
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00:00 - Intro:
00:45 - Origin Story
04:05 - Shifting from Elementary to Middle School
04:40 - Kagen Structures in Math Class
https://www.kaganonline.com/free_arti...
07:01 - Teacher's Role in the Classroom
07:31 - How to Teach Students to be Math Coaches
08:40 - Setting up Games in Math Class
10:25 - Shifting Math Mindsets
https://www.youcubed.org/evidence/mis...
13:17 - Fluency in Math Facts
https://www.youcubed.org/evidence/flu...
15:00 - Addressing Speed in Math Classes
17:00 - What is New Math? And Teaching the "Why" in Math
19:20 - Teaching Problem Solving
21:30 - Explaining Mathematical Thinking
22:54 - Being in a K-8 Building & Vertical Conversations Across Grade Levels
https://sis4teachers.org/2014/11/13-r...
27:55 - Student Buddies Across Grade Levels
29:10 - Building Relationships with Middle Schoolers
32:00 - Lara's Best Piece of Advice - Relationships
33:20 - Chocolate Barometer (Lara)
35:18 - Top Tweet of the Week: Teacher Self Care (Traci Gile)
37:45 - Top Tweet of the Week: Choir Trip & Revolutionary War Simulation (Tracey Bean)
41:13 - Like and Subscribe