What kind of instructional routines should you use in your classroom? In this episode Pam and Kim describe why instructional routines are useful and what makes some of their favorites shine.
Talking Points:

• Unlocking creativity and reasoning with routine
• Content flexibility within routines
• The downside to one and done routines
• How to decide which routines are worth establishing
• What makes Problem Strings a great routine
• Are games routines?
• Each of our 3 favorite routines

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on May 1, 2024. 

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All students can learn more math when it is taught as figure-out-able! In this episode Pam and Kim wade into trigonometry and make sense of it as they go.
Talking Points:

Making sense of Pi and angle measure of a circle

• Defining radians
• Understanding the unit circle
• A Problem String using a unit circle
• The importance of modeling
• I Have, You Need with angles 

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on April 24, 2024. 

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Got questions about the Math Is Figureoutable movement? In this lightning round episode, Pam and Kim answer questions and address misconceptions they've heard people have.
Talking Points:
Is it only about Problem Strings?

• Does math-ing have be done in all in your head?
• Is "one and done" desirable?
• Are we doing "Pam Harris Math"?
• Are algorithms bad?
• Is Math is Figuroutable appropriate for all grades K-12?
• Is Math is Figuroutable only numeracy?

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on April 17, 2024. 

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We're so excited to celebrate our 200th episode with you! In this episode Pam and Kim change up their intro and discuss how the things they've learned continue to shape how they spread the Math is FigureOutAble movement today.
Talking Points:
200 Episodes!!!

• Is the math mathing?
• Pam, a former mimicker
• Perspectives versus distortions
• Kim, a reasoner who can now share her thinking
• Algorithms are amazing historical feats, but not good teaching tools!
• The reason for math class

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on April 10, 2024. 

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Real math is never fun and cute, or is it? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss a cartoon they've fallen in love with that builds number sense intuitively and entertainingly.
Talking Points:

• What is Numberblocks? What makes it stand our?
• Different representations of numbers
• Squares
• Doubling
• Math symbols
• Odd and even
• Who is Numberblocks for?

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on April 3, 2024. 

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