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In this hands on episode I’m walking you through the why, what, and how of using math warm ups to shift toward a more student centered math classroom.

In this episode you will learn:

• Why student centered math makes sense 
• How math warm ups are a great way to step into student centered math instruction 
• What to look for in a great math warm up 
• How to teach math warm ups

🚃 Fun fact!! I live in Chicago, right next to the train. You'll hear it a few times in the recording 🚂

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

🤍Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Related Blog Posts: 

Kindle Math Engagement with Daily Warm Ups Article on Middleweb.com

Teaching Classroom Routines 

Related Resources: 

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Classroom Community Resource Bundle 

🤍 Math Stories Autobiography Writing Project

Download your free Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

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The Hardest Decision I’ve ever Made as a Teacher was a huge change. However, this change propelled me forward to being able to step into my purpose. On this episode I’m telling you a story about me (sharing my heart here) and how you can use change to push yourself in your goals.

In this episode we’ll chat about: 

• change and how it’s a process and although its feels different every time it’s pretty predictable 
• how to use that process to challenge yourself to propel forward 
• sharing my heart on this one & I can’t wait to hear what you think.

🚃 Fun fact!! I live in Chicago, right next to the train. You'll hear it a few times in the recording 🚂

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

🤍Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Related Blog Posts: 

👉🏾Math Vision 

👉🏾Math Mindset Matters 

👉🏾Math Stories 

Related Resources: 

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Classroom Community Resource Bundle 

🤍 Math Stories Autobiography Writing Project

Download your free Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Send me a DM on Instagram I LOVE chatting with people, so send me all your questions, comments and feedback! 

Tag me on Instagram @HelloMonaMath and let me know you're listening! I love seeing what parts are resonating with you. 

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You have professional goals and want to develop professionally, but maybe your school just doesn’t provide opportunities to work on your goals. It’s a common problem. Let’s brainstorm some ways we can work on our goals.  In this episode you will learn:

• What makes Professional development effective 
• 10 ways to develop professionally for relatively cheap 

🚃 Fun fact!! I live in Chicago, right next to the train. You'll hear it a few times in the recording 🚂

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

Math Teacher Collaborative Facebook Group

Modern Math Teachers Movement Facebook Group 

Related Blog Posts: 

10 Ways to Develop Professionally 

Related Resources: 

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Classroom Community Resource Bundle 

🤍 Math Stories Autobiography Writing Project

Download your free Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

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All About the Students:
Engagement Strategies to Hook Them! This episode will reflect on what it means to be engaged and who's responsiblity it is (spoiler, it's not yours!). We will talk about engaging students through building their capacity to self regulate.... continuing to keep it student centered!

  In this episode you will learn:

• How Reflection plays a part in your practice, but also in your students' engagement
• What engagement can look like in math discussions 
• Ways to achieve more engagement in math discussions 
  
  

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

🤍Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Related Blog Posts: 

👉🏾Math Vision 

👉🏾Math Mindset Matters 

👉🏾Math Stories 

Related Resources: 

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Classroom Community Resource Bundle 

🤍 Math Stories Autobiography Writing Project

Download your free Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

🚃 Fun fact!! I live in Chicago, right next to the train. You'll hear it a few times in the recording 🚂

Send me a DM on Instagram I LOVE chatting with people, so send me all your questions, comments and feedback! 

Tag me on Instagram @HelloMonaMath and let me know you're listening! I love seeing what parts are resonating with you. 

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Part 2 of our Math Discussion Series! 
We often hear teachers ask about the types of questions to ask during a math discussion. This is SUCH an important part of math discussions. So, let's break down the good, the bad, and the ugly wiht questions about math!  In today's episode we'll discuss:

• the types of questions to ask, and the types of questions not to ask
• Focusing questions and open ended questions role
• Facilitator's important role 
  
  

🚃 Fun fact!! I live in Chicago, right next to the train. You'll hear it a few times in the recording 🚂

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

🤍Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Related Blog Posts: 

👉🏾Math Vision 

👉🏾Math Mindset Matters 

Related Resources: 

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Classroom Community Resource Bundle 

🤍 Math Stories Autobiography Writing Project

Download your free Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Send me a DM on Instagram I LOVE chatting with people, so send me all your questions, comments and feedback! 

Tag me on Instagram @HelloMonaMath and let me know you're listening! I love seeing what parts are resonating with you. 

I don’t want you to miss a thing! Be the first to know when a new episode is available by subscribing. 

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Let's get real clear on the question... what is a math discussion? This is the first episode our Math Discussions Series! So, let's call this part 1 of Math Discussions! 

In this episode you will learn:

• The aspects of a high quality math discussion 
• 4 ways to get started with math discussions in your classroom today!
  
  

🚃 Fun fact!! I live in Chicago, right next to the train. You'll hear it a few times in the recording 🚂 Links Mentioned in the Episode:  🤍Guide to Engaging Math Discussions  🤍 I’m Obsessed with Circle Blog Post 🤍 The meaty definition of math discussions from NCTM's book Principles to Actions... “a purposeful exchange of ideas through classroom discussion. Opportunities to share ideas and clarify understandings, construct convincing arguments regarding why and how things work, develop a language for expressing mathematical ideas, and learn to see things from other perspectives.”
Related Blog Posts: 

👉🏾Math Vision 

👉🏾Math Mindset Matters 

👉🏾Math Stories 

Related Resources: 

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Classroom Community Resource Bundle 

🤍 Math Stories Autobiography Writing Project

Download your free Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Send me a DM on Instagram I LOVE chatting with people, so send me all your questions, comments and feedback! 

Tag me on Instagram @HelloMonaMath and let me know you're listening! I love seeing what parts are resonating with you. 

I don’t want you to miss a thing! Be the first to know when a new episode is available by subscribing. 

Looking for a community of like minded math educators? Join The Math Teacher Collaborative Facebook Group! 

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We work tirelessly to ensure our students feel safe to take risks in our math classroom communities.

But to achieve that safety, our students need to be fully seen for who they truly are. By using the words of Black Mathematicians and other diverse math leaders we can empower and inspire our students to feel like they belong in our math classrooms. In this episode you will learn:

• How representation helps create a sense of belonging and safety for our students 
• Ways we can truly see our students & their identities 
• How quotes can help you fit it all into your math block

Month’s to be aware of: 

✨Black History Month- February
✨Asian Pacific American Month- May
✨Hispanic Heritage Month- Sept 15-Oct 15
✨Indigenous People’s Month- November
✨PRIDE- June

 

🚃 Fun fact!! I live in Chicago, right next to the train. You'll hear it a few times in the recording 🚂

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

🤍Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

RELATED BLOG POSTS:

👉🏾Black History Leaders Can Help Students Feel Seen (BLOG) 

👉🏾Black History Figures Inspire Math Classes (on MiddleWeb.com

👉🏾Black History Leaders that Empower Students (BLOG POST)

👉🏾Black History Month People (BLOG POST) 

👉🏾3 Ways to Use Black History Quotes in Your Class

RELATED RESOURCES:

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Classroom Community Resource Bundle 

🤍 Math Stories Autobiography Writing Project

Download your free Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

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On this episode Lorraine is sharing her journey to becoming a more student centered teacher. Lorraine keeps it real, gives tangible tips, and is so relatable.  In this episode you will learn:

• How she talks less & listens more 
• Uses what works in other subject areas in math 
• Ways she makes time for student centered practices
  
  

🚃 Fun fact!! I live in Chicago, right next to the train. You'll hear it a few times in the recording 🚂

Connect with Lorraine: 

🤍 On Instagram 

🤍On her Website→ Apple Blossom Teachers

🤍Listen to her Podcast

🤍Find her Teachers Pay Teachers store Here! 

Related Blogs & Resources: 

🤍Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

👉🏾Math Vision 

👉🏾Math Mindset Matters 

👉🏾Math Stories 

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Classroom Community Resource Bundle 

 

Download your free Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Send me a DM on Instagram I LOVE chatting with people, so send me all your questions, comments and feedback! 

Tag me on Instagram @HelloMonaMath and let me know you're listening! I love seeing what parts are resonating with you. 

I don’t want you to miss a thing! Be the first to know when a new episode is available by subscribing. 

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Upper grade teachers, this one's for you! (Don’t worry K-3 friends, there’s tons in this episode for you, too) Juliana is a wealth of knowledge on creating inclusive classrooms in middle school and high school classrooms. She supports teachers that teach students that struggle– and dang isn’t that all of us? I can't wait for you to hear her perspectives! 
In this episode we will chat about… 

• Chat about how Juliana addresses inclusive math class
• Intervention curriculum and what really works
• How math classroom community is everything
  
  

🖤Special thanks to Juilana for being my first interview in this new podcast venture. Your support means everything, friend. 

🚃 Fun fact!! I live in Chicago, right next to the train. You'll hear it a few times in the recording 🚂

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

🤍 Juliana’s free guide→ Math Instructional Strategies for Students that Struggle

🤍 Juliana’s PD Options! 

🤍 Find Juliana on IG @collaborate.with.juliana

Related Blog Posts: 

👉🏾Math Vision 

👉🏾Math Mindset Matters 

👉🏾Math Stories 

Related Resources: 

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Classroom Community Resource Bundle 

🤍 Math Stories Autobiography Writing Project

Download your free Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Send me a DM on Instagram I LOVE chatting with people, so send me all your questions, comments and feedback! 

Tag me on Instagram @Local.Learners and let me know you're listening! I love seeing what parts are resonating with you. 

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How to Increase Student Confidence in Math without Changing Your Curriculum

May 7, 2026 at 11:30 Central - Zoom 

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It’s a new year, hello 2022! ✨
We are all so excited to get into a routine and start a fresh year. However, I urge you to spend some time re-setting norms and revising the norms you set at the beginning of the year. Trust me, it will pay off in the long run… retteing math classroom norms is a game changer! 

In this episode you will learn:

• Why we need to reset norms in the new year
• What norms we need
• How to reset norms so we can sail off into learning this winter!
  
  

🚃 Fun fact!! I live in Chicago, right next to the train. You'll hear it a few times in the recording 🚂

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

🤍 Math Norms Blog Post

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Related Blog Posts: 

👉🏾Math Vision 

👉🏾Math Mindset Matters 

👉🏾Math Stories 

👉🏾I’m Obsessed with Circle Blog Post

Related Resources: 

🤍 Math Affirmations 

🤍 Math Classroom Norms 

🤍 Classroom Community Resource Bundle 

🤍 Math Stories Autobiography Writing Project

 

Grab your free Guide to Engaging Math Discussions 

Send me a DM on Instagram I LOVE chatting with people, so send me all your questions, comments and feedback! 

Tag me on Instagram @Local.Learners and let me know you're listening! I love seeing what parts are resonating with you. 

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