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Ambitious Teacher herself, Margaret "Peg" S. Smith, joins us today to reveal what ambitious teaching can look like in your classroom. Inside this conversation with Peg we're breaking down the elements of an equitable, inclusive, and ambitious mathematics class.

It was a complete honor to have this conversation with Peg where I felt like I was not only talking to the math expert I've long admired, but also talking to a warm and welcoming coach. Don't miss this chat! 

In this episode we'll chat about: 

• ambitious teaching in mathematics classrooms 
• establishing a learning goal 
• equitable teaching practices in the math classroom 
• what an ambitious teachers do and say in their math classroom! 
• the value of anticipating for planning & facilitating math

Mentioned in this episode:
Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All {Get your Copy Here}

5 Practices to Orchestrating Productive Math Discussions {Get your copy here}  

Taking Action Books {k-5 here} {6-8 here}

Redefining Success in Mathematics Teaching and Learning {Find article here}

More of Peg's Books:
5 Practices in Practice {Get your copy here}   

Mona's Contact Info:
🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions
👏🏽 Word Problem Workshop Teacher Training 👉🏾 MonaMath.com/WPW
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📒 Word Problem Workshop BOOK coming later this year!

Create a classroom of problem solvers with this 5 step daily routine. Through diving deeply into one problem each day you can increase student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

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Have you considered anticipating student strategies when planning for math? In this episode I'm going to convince you that it is WELL worth your time!

In this episode we'll chat about: 

• How anticipating can help you steer the ship while students row! 
• Where anticipating fits into our math planning process 
• Anticipating as a way to assess and understand your students even better!

Mentioned in this episode:
🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions
👏🏽 Word Problem Workshop Teacher Training 👉🏾 MonaMath.com/WPW
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📒 Word Problem Workshop BOOK coming later this year!

Create a classroom of problem solvers with this 5 step daily routine. Through diving deeply into one problem each day you can increase student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

You don't have to wait for the book...

Word Problem Workshop Online Course is avaliable now!

I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in daily problem solving
• utilize a proven routine that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

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Math Differentiate: Open tasks really can naturally differentiate. I know differentiation seems like there's a lot required of you-- planning, color coded copies, small groups... but what if I told you that one task can be differentiated easily by implementing these 4 steps!

In this episode we'll chat about: 

• What math differentiate is 
• 4 steps to differentiate math tasks 
• How having high expectations can change it all for our students 

Mentioned in this episode: 

🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions

📚 My favorite books:  5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Math Discussions, Principles to Action, Taking Action 

📱 Go to my instagram @hellomonamath & share with me how you're listening! 

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📒 Word Problem Workshop BOOK coming later this year!

Create a classroom of problem solvers with this 5 step daily routine. Through diving deeply into one problem each day you can increase student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

You don't have to wait for the book...

Word Problem Workshop Online Course is avaliable now!

I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in daily problem solving
• utilize a proven routine that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

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You want to build community & students confidence, but there just ⏰ is NOT time for all that. In this episode I'll show you how to build community & student confidence with a simple lesson plan straight from my favorite research based instructional practice... Word Problem Workshop!

In this episode we'll chat about: 

• What is a math community & why it matters 
• The elements of the lesson plan 
• How each element builds an essential skill for our students' Social Emotional Development! 
  
  

Mentioned in this episode:
🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions
The Lesson Plan 👉🏾 MonaMath.com/Podcast/77
Learn more about Word Problem Workshop 

📒 Word Problem Workshop BOOK coming later this year!

Create a classroom of problem solvers with this 5 step daily routine. Through diving deeply into one problem each day you can increase student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

You don't have to wait for the book...

Word Problem Workshop Online Course is avaliable now!

I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in daily problem solving
• utilize a proven routine that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

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Do you know what Beyonce's Birthday & being good at math have in common??
While it migh tbe Beyonce's birthday, it's also my brithday AND my friends Juliana & Kristen's Birthday too! 
So, we're getting together to chat about our favorite thing... helping students be GREAT at math! 

In this episode we'll chat about: 

• What does it mean to be good at math?

• How do we help students develop as mathematicians 

• Fostering Risk Taking in Math

• One thing we wish we saw more of in math classrooms 
  
  

You're not going to want to miss this ✨birthday chat ✨

Connect with my friends: 
Juliana: 
@Collaborated.With.Juliana
https://www.collaboratedconsulting.org/ 

Kristen:
@MoorethanjustX
www.MooreThanJustX.com

 

Mentioned in this episode: 

🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions

📱 Go to my instagram @hellomonamath & share with me how you're listening! 

Leave a review!! 

If you love listening to Honest Math Chat, please take a few seconds to leave a review so other teachers know this is a valuable place to spend a few minutes each week.

📒 Word Problem Workshop BOOK coming later this year!

Create a classroom of problem solvers with this 5 step daily routine. Through diving deeply into one problem each day you can increase student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

You don't have to wait for the book...

Word Problem Workshop Online Course is avaliable now!

I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in daily problem solving
• utilize a proven routine that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today right HERE!

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Proactive classroom management means you have a plan and you're ready to take action when those inevidable behaviors occur. In order to create a strong math community, you'll need some proactive classroom management strategies. 

Today we'll chat about: 

• 4 agreements we need to make about proactive classroom management 
• general guidelines for classroom management in math 
• scenerios and how to deal with them in 4 steps! 

Mentioned in this episode: 

🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions

📱 Go to my instagram @hellomonamath & share with me how you're listening! 

Books I love & mentioned often: 

📗Adding it Up https://amzn.to/3FzM4as 

📘Children’s Mathematics Cognitively Guided Instruction  https://amzn.to/3FzLMQU 

📙Principles to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All https://amzn.to/42o816h 

📕5 Practices for Orchestrating Math Discussions https://amzn.to/3zagEEl 

Leave a review!! 

If you love listening to Honest Math Chat, please take a few seconds to leave a review so other teachers know this is a valuable place to spend a few minutes each week.

📒 Word Problem Workshop BOOK coming later this year!

Create a classroom of problem solvers with this 5 step daily routine. Through diving deeply into one problem each day you can increase student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

You don't have to wait for the book...

Word Problem Workshop Online Course is avaliable now!

I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in daily problem solving
• utilize a proven routine that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today right HERE!

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Do you experience homework stress? Maybe with giving? grading? helping your own kids? Today I might ruffle some feathers with my opinion about homework, but I hope you stick with me because... 
Today we'll chat about: 

• why we give homework 
• why students don't do homework 
• what might happen if we just stop giving homework this year. 

It's okay if we disagree, I would love to brainstorm ways we can reduce homework stress & make math more equitable. If you're up to chat send me at DM on IG @HelloMonaMath

Mentioned in this episode: 

🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions

📱 Go to my instagram @hellomonamath & share your definition of math on the post! 

Books I love & mentioned often: 

📗Adding it Up https://amzn.to/3FzM4as 

📘Children’s Mathematics Cognitively Guided Instruction  https://amzn.to/3FzLMQU 

📙Principles to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All https://amzn.to/42o816h 

📕5 Practices for Orchestrating Math Discussions https://amzn.to/3zagEEl 

Leave a review!! 

If you love listening to Honest Math Chat, please take a few seconds to leave a review so other teachers know this is a valuable place to spend a few minutes each week.

📒 Word Problem Workshop BOOK coming later this year!

Create a classroom of problem solvers with this 5 step daily routine. Through diving deeply into one problem each day you can increase student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

You don't have to wait for the book...

Word Problem Workshop Online Course is avaliable now!

I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in daily problem solving
• utilize a proven routine that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today right HERE!

Send us a text

You are busy planning and deciding on what to do in the first week, aren't you? You want the best first week activities for math class. Let me add these 3 BEST of the BEST first week activities. 

Today we'll chat about: 

• how to make the most of the activites in the first week 

• how to build relationships in the first week that will carry you through the school year

• how getting vunerable with students helps build math community 

Mentioned in this episode: 

📒 Math Survey

👏🏽 Building a Math Mindset, Community, & Identity PD MonaMath.com/training 

🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions

📱 Go to my instagram @hellomonamath & share your definition of math on the post! 

Books I love & mentioned often: 

📗Adding it Up https://amzn.to/3FzM4as 

📘Children’s Mathematics Cognitively Guided Instruction  https://amzn.to/3FzLMQU 

📙Principles to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All https://amzn.to/42o816h 

📕5 Practices for Orchestrating Math Discussions https://amzn.to/3zagEEl 

Leave a review!! 

If you love listening to Honest Math Chat, please take a few seconds to leave a review so other teachers know this is a valuable place to spend a few minutes each week.

📒 Word Problem Workshop BOOK coming later this year!

Create a classroom of problem solvers with this 5 step daily routine. Through diving deeply into one problem each day you can increase student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

You don't have to wait for the book...

Word Problem Workshop Online Course is avaliable now!

I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in daily problem solving
• utilize a proven routine that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today right HERE!

Send us a text

Do your students struggle when it comes to fluency? Being flexible, efficient, and accurate? That's actually procedural fluency, and that's what really matters. On today's episode we're breaking down what is procedural fluency & how we can teach it without the timed tests & tears

Today we'll chat about: 

• our definition of procedural fluency 

• instructional routines that support procedural fluency 

• 3 simples steps to build procedural fluency in your students this year

Mentioned in this episode: 

📒 Student Centered Fluency System PD MonaMath.com/fluency

🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions

📱 Go to my instagram @hellomonamath & share your definition of math on the post! 

Books I love & mentioned often: 

📗Adding it Up https://amzn.to/3FzM4as 

📘Children’s Mathematics Cognitively Guided Instruction  https://amzn.to/3FzLMQU 

📙Principles to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All https://amzn.to/42o816h 

📕5 Practices for Orchestrating Math Discussions https://amzn.to/3zagEEl 

Leave a review!! 

If you love listening to Honest Math Chat, please take a few seconds to leave a review so other teachers know this is a valuable place to spend a few minutes each week.

📒 Word Problem Workshop BOOK coming later this year!

Create a classroom of problem solvers with this 5 step daily routine. Through diving deeply into one problem each day you can increase student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

You don't have to wait for the book...

Word Problem Workshop Online Course is avaliable now!

I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in daily problem solving
• utilize a proven routine that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today right HERE!

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What is Math? You might be wondering why I would ask such a simple question. But have you ever really thought about the answer to that question, "What IS math?" 

On today's episode we're breaking down what is math and what makes a mathematician. 

Today we'll chat about: 

• our definition of math and mathematicians 

• inspiring words or wisdom from mathematicians 

• ways we can engage our students with these questions 

✨Ultimate Math Bundle✨ a set of ready to use 100+ resources for your grade level all for 35cent per resource. Pay $35 and be set for the WHOLE year with resources to reach for when you need them most. Check out the details here MonaMath.com/UMB 

☀️ Summer Math PD ☀️ don't miss out on this chance to get FREE or low cost pd about MATH! Planning math lessons is one of our topics! MonaMath.com/summerpd to sign up now.

Mentioned in this episode: 

🆓 Guide to Engaging Math Discussion MonaMath.com/Discussions

📱 Go to my instagram @hellomonamath & share your definition of math on the post! 

Books I love & mentioned often: 

📗Adding it Up https://amzn.to/3FzM4as 

📘Children’s Mathematics Cognitively Guided Instruction  https://amzn.to/3FzLMQU 

📙Principles to Action: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All https://amzn.to/42o816h 

📕5 Practices for Orchestrating Math Discussions https://amzn.to/3zagEEl 

Leave a review!! 

If you love listening to Honest Math Chat, please take a few seconds to leave a review so other teachers know this is a valuable place to spend a few minutes each week.

📒 Word Problem Workshop BOOK coming later this year!

Create a classroom of problem solvers with this 5 step daily routine. Through diving deeply into one problem each day you can increase student engagement, problem solving, & math proficiency!

You don't have to wait for the book...

Word Problem Workshop Online Course is avaliable now!

I'll show you how to...

• engage every student in daily problem solving
• utilize a proven routine that allows students to collaborate, reflect, take risks, and use mistakes as opportunities.
• confidently facilitate a students lead problem solving workshop

Join today right HERE!