Math Before Breakfast

By Tracy Proffitt, Ruth ErquiagaEducation

Math Before Breakfast episodes

March 18, 2020 Ep 64: Magnolia

Ep 64: Magnolia
Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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Ruth and Tracy bounce ideas off of each other. Lots of questions, but not really many answers.
Cuisenaire Rods Notice & Wonder
Episode 19 -- That's a Lot of F-words

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March 03, 2020 Ep 63: Go-Kart Unicycle
In this episode, we discuss introducing LCM & GCF, supporting students and teachers through the first steps of open-ended problems, and fractions.
1 hr 2 min
March 03, 2020 Ep 62: Property Brothers and Playing Math
In this episode, we discuss Prime Climb, Property Brothers, an upcoming parent workshop about games, and math in photography.
1 hr 13 min
March 02, 2020 Ep 63: Go-Kart Unicycle

Ep 63: Go-Kart Unicycle
Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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In this episode, we discuss introducing LCM & GCF, supporting students and teachers through the first steps of open-ended problems, and fractions.
Launch, Release, Return
NCTM Problem of the Week
I Love Math Day Challenges (Including Go-kart problem)
Tracy's Go-kart Solution
Student Work from 2020 I Love Math Day Challenges
I Love Math Day Website
Area, Set, & Measurement Models of Fractions
Ep 19: That's a Lot of F-Words
Fraction Number Talk Image
Jay's ILMD Presentation
Jay's Podcasting Website
Lens Diffraction Video

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March 02, 2020 Ep 62: Property Brothers and Playing Math

Ep 62: Property Brothers and Playing Math
Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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In this episode, we discuss Prime Climb, Property Brothers, an upcoming parent workshop about games, and math in photography.
Notice and Wonder Prime Climb Blog
Prime Climb Instructional Video
Property Brothers Problems
Distributive Property Doodle Notes
Percents and Commutative Property
Mets Win Superbowl By Way of Transitive Property
Episode 13: I Love Math Day
Table Talk Math
Let's Play Math! Workshop Slides
Let's Play Math Mini Notes
Kent Haines' Blog: Two Year Anniversary
Salute
Sprouts
Qwixx
Farkle
Risk Factor
Shut the Box
Roll Dice on Google
Mrs. Joy's Absolutely Fabulous Treats
Jay's podcasting website

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February 25, 2020 Ep 61: Open Math

Ep 61: Open Math
Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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In this episode, we discuss Ruth's Property Brothers lessons and open education resources.
Property Brothers slide show
NCTM problem of the week
Open Education Resources Commons
GoOpenVa
Berkeley Everett Episode
Illustrative Mathematics
Eureka Great Minds
IM K-5 Math Beta
West Wing Clip
Desmos Middle School Pilot

58 min
February 06, 2020 Ep 60: I Still Love Math Day

Ep 60: I Still Love Math Day
Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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In this episode, we talk about new ideas for I Love Math Day, introducing properties, and using a numberless word problem to practice order of operations.
Math Before Breakfast Episode 13
I Love Math Day Website
Geometry Tiles
Lakeshore Multiplication Machine
Christopher Danielson
Mega Pattern Machine
Hexagon Challenge
One Whole Punch Puzzle
On The Dot Game
Dog Pile
Risk Factor
Math Equals Love by Sarah Carter
Soma Puzzle
Pom Pom Pointillism
Pentago
Bowling Word Problem - Order of Operations
Property Brothers
Counting Collections Book Club
Fivethirtyeight.com

1 hr 3 min
January 27, 2020 Ep 59: Math Fear
In this episode, we talk about overcoming fear, double-digit multiplication, and numberless word problems.
1 hr 6 min
January 26, 2020 Ep 59: Math Fear

Ep 59: Math Fear
Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga
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In this episode, we talk about overcoming fear, double-digit multiplication, and numberless word problems.
James Tanton on the Area Model
2x2 Digit Multiplication Twitter Thread
Array of Dice
Situation Types for Operations in Word Problems
Numberless Word Problems

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January 20, 2020 Ep 58: Jazz Math (with Berkeley Everett)
In this episode, we talk with Berkeley Everett, creator of the Math Visuals website.
1 hr 13 min

About Math Before Breakfast

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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…