In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on September 27, 2023. 

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Kids learn best with support from their parents, and helping with math has never been easier! In this episode, Pam and Kim are excited to share some tips about how to encourage your children as they grow in mathematical thinking and reasoning.
Talking Points:
Wait a little longer 

• Resist the urge to tell the right answer
• Ask questions to cement the thinking
• Counting on and back from numbers other than one
• Guess my Number
• Discuss fractions by their unit fractions
• Compare fractions using landmarks

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on September 20, 2023. 

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This one's for all you, parents! How can you support your children in becoming mathematicians?  In this episode Pam and Kim go over their favorite ways to explore math at home in fun game-like activities.
Talking Points:
Speak about math positively

• Wondering
• Doubling and Halving
• Using 10s to find 9s and using 10s to find 5s
• I Have, You Need

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on September 13, 2023. 

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Can you reason about what it means for a point to be within a given quadrant? Can your students? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss weather and geography to develop understanding of the quadrants in the cartesian coordinate system.
Talking Points:

• Understanding points relative to their quadrants and the y = x line
• Kim's connection to Alaska
• What makes Australia so unique
• Graphing inequalities is Figure-Out-Able! 

See Ep 242 for more information on Integer Multiplication

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on September 6, 2023. 

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Let's do some guessing! In this episode Pam and Kim develop some functional reasoning by analyzing the relationships between their guesses and reality.
Talking Points:

• Pam's guesses using her pop culture knowledge
• How would you know if you are a good guesser?
• Graphing guesses and actual age as an ordered pair
• Using the data to discuss the meaning of y=x 
• The parent function for building all functions

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on August 30, 2023. 

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What does it mean for math to be figure-out-able? What will you teach? How? Why? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss their thoughts to changing the "how" and "what" of math education around the world and explore the "why".
Talking Points:

• "What" math we teach should come first
• "How" the math should be embedded in the "what"
• What Pam and Kim think about "Why" make the change?

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