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Talking in Math
Last week, I observed a small group math lesson. The teacher was leading fourth grade students through a math mystery in which they were given clues and had to…
Posted inCzyz
Everyday Talk
If you try to engage in conversations every day, hopefully you’ll learn something important. Maybe it’s a nugget of information that you didn’t know this morning. Maybe it’s something…
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Conversation Menus
Conversation is key. Students are lacking the connections that they used to be able to build in school. Conversations in the lunch room. Conversations at lockers. Conversations on the…
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When we get back…
When we get back, may we never take those face to face conversations for granted again. Now we know even more about the power of connecting and building relationships.…
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Talking Data
#4OCF is taking a Summer Vacation for two weeks! But don’t worry, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite posts during this time. Trevor is up this week with…
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Math Conversations
In a kindergarten classroom recently, I watched as the teacher shared a picture with students. She then asked students what math questions they had about the picture. Students paired…
Posted inBryan
Talking Data
Rich and I were talking about engagement this week. He did a presentation in his district on engagement in math and I asked him about it. Basically, Rich said…
Posted inBryan
The Work That Matters
When you set out to do work that matters, you won’t find out what that work is in the curriculum, or test scores, in a book, or from your…
Posted inBryan
Conversation Culture
If you recorded every conversation in your school, what would it sound like? Would it be small talk? Complaining? About the kids? About the curriculum? About the professional…
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Building Conversations
My conversations with students aren’t always perfect but it’s always perfect when I’m having conversations with students. When we are talking we are building trust rapport community…