Math Before Breakfast

Math Before Breakfast

By Tracy Proffitt, Ruth ErquiagaEducation
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Math Before Breakfast episodes

  • Ep 8: Living on Caffeine and Drive-Thru
     
    Ep 8: Living on Caffeine and Drive-Thru
    Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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    In this episode we tackle questions from three teachers, as well as introducing decimal place value.

    Which One Doesn't Belong

    Notice & Wonder

    Sara Van Der Werf Play Table

    Tracy Zager's Book

    Sherry Parrish's Number Talks Book

    Van de Walle Book

    Concrete Representational Abstract

    Number Balance

    Mini Number Balance

    Halving & Doubling

    Tandi Clausen-May Place Value PPT

    Decimal Chips

    Modeling Decimal Numbers

    Choral Counting Resources from T. Zager

    Choral Counting by Decimals

    Tweets about Choral Counting 1

    Tweets about Choral Counting 2

    Place Value Flipchart

    Choral Counting Book

    Decimal Project

     
    0 min
  • Ep 7: I Didn't Learn to Tell Time Until the Eleventh Grade
     
    Ep 7: I Didn't Learn to Tell Time Until the Eleventh Grade
    Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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    In this episode we discuss elapsed time, decimal place value, Nearpod, and more.

    We Can't Teach Everything

    The One-Handed Clock

    NCTM Article - Elapsed Time

    Edited Elapsed Time Task

    Adilee's Elapsed Time Work

    Decimal Basics Video

    Beginning Decimal Task

    Annotated Decimal Task Student Work

    Area of the Parallelogram

    5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions

    Headache & Aspirin

    Nearpod

    Decimal Nearpod Lesson

    Desmos Anonymous Name Feature

    Nearpod Collaborate Feature

    Seeing Division in an Array

     
    43 min
  • Ep 6: Broken Calculators and the Power of Yet
     
    Ep 6: Broken Calculators and the Power of Yet
    Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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    In this episode we discuss favorite math tasks and routines we've tried recently in our classrooms.

    Broken Calculator

    Four Fours Challenge

    Bowl-A-Fact

    2018 Year Challenge

    Becoming The Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had

    Notice & Wonder

    Notice & Wonder Shirt

    Stand and Talk

    This is Easy

    The Power of Yet

    Youcubed Paper Folding Task

    Mittens Task

    Puppy Task

    Puppy task student work

    Multiples of 42

     
    46 min
  • Ep 5: What We've Changed
     
    Ep 5: What We've Changed
    Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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    In this episode we talk about changes we've made to our daily warm up procedure and share free resources you can use tomorrow.

    Open Middle Monday

    Solve me Mobiles

    Estimation 180

    Which One Doesn’t Belong

    Visual Patterns

    Week of Inspirational Math

    Fraction Talks

    Division App

    PEMDAS vs GEMS

     
    37 min
  • Ep 4: All Things Multiplication
     
    Ep 4: All Things Multiplication
    Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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    In this episode we trace the development of multiplication skills from second grade to sixth grade, including skip counting, models, algorithms, and decimal multiplication.

    Halving & Doubling

    Interactive Hundred Grid

    Models of Multiplication

    3 x 0.08 and 0.08 x 3

    Fact Strategy Posters

    YouCubed Multiplication

    Math Counts

    Multiplication Made Easy

    Count & Rhyme

    Why a Place Holder Zero? 32 x 74

    12 x 0.6

     
    43 min
  • Ep 3: Management Vs. Looking for the Math
     
    Ep 3: Management Vs. Looking for the Math
    Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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    In this episode we reflect on a Lesson Study project about the order of operations, decimal multiplication, and the importance of listening for students' mathematical ideas during tasks.

    Lesson Study

    Original Order of Operations Task

    Order of Operations Task Edited

    Reasoning and Proof

    Visibly Random Grouping Blogpost

    Visibly Random Grouping Research

    Managing vs. Listening

    Modeling 0.3 x3 and 0.3 x0.24

    Decimal Maze from NCTM Illuminations

     
    50 min
  • Ep 2: My Mom Took All the Snickers
     
    Ep 2: My Mom Took All the Snickers
    Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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    This episode addresses big ideas in division, finding the mean when there's a remainder, and numberless word problems.

    Partitive & Quotitive Division

    Bacon Division Stories

    What to Do With Remainders

    Student Work For Finding Mean (34 ÷ 5)

    Division Challenge Problems

    Long Division With Subtraction Algorithm

    Number Pieces Online Base 10 Blocks

    Subtractive Division Student Work

    Favorite Student Reflection

    Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You’d Had

    The Danger of Keywords

    Website for Exploring Part Whole Models

    Numberless Word Problems

    Numberless Graph

    Principal Numberless Word Problem

     
    50 min
  • Ep 1: Don't Kill the Chicken
     
    Ep 1: Don't Kill the Chicken
    Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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    This week Ruth taught decimal place value and rounding, and Tracy taught division. What’s next?!

    Concrete, Representational, Abstract assessment for division

    Division student work & Google forms

    Model Decimals with Base 10 Blocks

    Reasoned Rounding Game

    Flipgrid

    Desmos Decimal Challenge

    Desmos Adding Integers

    Modeling Decimal Subtraction

    NRICH Spiraling Decimal Game

    Liping Ma book: Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics

    Jennifer Bay-Williams

    Which One Doesn’t Belong

     
    51 min
  • Ep 0: Math Before Breakfast Trailer
     
    Ep 0: Math Before Breakfast Trailer
    Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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    Welcome to Math Before Breakfast. We share how we met, a little bit of our teaching background, and the purpose of this podcast.

     
    14 min

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Three mornings a week, we meet before breakfast for an early-morning run. We spend most of our time planning and reflecting on what's happening in our classrooms. This has become our favorite…

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