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Chris Hunter
@chrishunter.bsky.social
Former secondary math teacher • Current K-12 Numeracy Helping Teacher, Surrey Schools • President, BCAMT • #MTBoS
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New #tmwyk!

If you've been following #vehiclechat (or if you've been puzzled by it), here's some more depth and background.

talkingmathwithkids.com/blog/on-vehi...
On vehicles and the meanings of words | Talking Math With Your Kids
The following is an extended excerpt of a cover letter for Is It a Vehicle?, a book I have play-tested many hundreds of times in a wide range of situations over the last five-plus years and not yet fo...
talkingmathwithkids.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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New Blog Post:
Inputs & Outputs

Reflecting on a session with Amy Lucenta and Grace Kelemanik at NCTM 2025, examining areas of cognition and micro-routines for engagement of all students.
Inputs and Outputs
I recently returned from NCTM in Atlanta. It was a beautiful week of learning and connection (and late night karaoke -- priorities). "Let's See What You're Saying." On Friday, I attended a session with Grace Kelemanik and Amy Lucenta entitled "Engage all students in mathematical ideas and processes by planning from the margins in." (It was predictably brilliant; I love…
jennalaib.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Lovely collection of Same & Different prompts for high school from @karencampe.bsky.social!
November 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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By revealing graphs piece by piece, teachers can build student curiosity and guide them to more effectively make sense of data! 📊

#DataLiteracy #EduSky #MathSky
The Power of Slow Reveal Graphs
Teachers can leverage students’ curiosity to explore visual representations of data in an engaging way.
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September 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Don't forget about the 100+ free challenging tasks for secondary math teachers at www.map.mathshell.org/lesso... There are around 20 per grade level.
July 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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I remember learning about the associative property in school and remembered it was so boring, but it can help us with mental math!
July 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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I'm having a blast revisiting Estimation 180 tasks.
My next attempt: Cheeseballs day 207. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

If you missed 206...it's there too. #estimation180 #iteachmath #mtbos
My Attempts at Estimation 180 tasks - YouTube
Andrew estimates tasks that he has not seen in years.
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Two ways we can solve this popular puzzle
May 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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🚨Attention #Algebra Ts, are you looking for ideas to review for a final exam❓🤔Check out this @geogebra.org collection of resources: interactive, engaging, and great for #MathPlay 🧮

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www.geogebra.org/m/bmyse2ca

#MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathSky #MathsToday #STEM #ElemMathChat #EdTech #EdChat #EduSky
April 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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New lesson added to our free lesson library!

__The Tax Collector__

This is an expanded writeup of my original @nytimes.com Numberplay writeup from 2015. Features a tie-in to my more recent @ted-ed.bsky.social riddle too!

Great for grades 4 - 10.

mathforlove.com/lesson/tax-c...
The Tax Collector (aka The Tarot Card Riddle) - Math For Love
mathforlove.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Did the Dog vs People Names scatter plot today with a room full of k-12 computer science teachers, and WOW, the discussion we had! 🤓 #slowrevealgraphs
July 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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One of those heart-FULL teaching days:

New post: open.substack.com/pub/fawnnguy...
Dot Paper Task
A low-tech task with high-level thinking
open.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Happy Friday, everyone! Same old me, but my blog has a new home:
fawnnguyen.substack.com/p/new-blog-h...

Please come by to visit when you have a moment!
#MTBoS #iteachmath
A Great Day of Teaching—and a New Home for the Blog
Hey friends,
fawnnguyen.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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May 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Dynamic window size in @desmos.com means that we only need 1 parabola now! Hooray!

www.desmos.com/calculator/z...
same parabola
www.desmos.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Canucks have made marketing misstep after marketing misstep over the past decade...but never done anything like this
May 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Join me for "Multiplication: More Than Repeated Addition and Times Tables" at the 2025 @mypita.bsky.social Spring Conference in Squamish on May 9!
May 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Launch for tomorrow's polynomial division lesson. #iteachmath #MTBoS
May 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
April 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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This year, I joined NCSS (social studies) as part of my registration for their national conference. (I presented about slow reveal graphs!) Today, their journal arrived.

What a beautiful surprise to see an article from fellow math educator/SS enthusiast @mathillustrated.bsky.social! 🤩
April 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I'm not crying, you're crying.

chrishunter.ca/2017/11/05/o...
April 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
April 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Your outie makes art...in Desmos.
#severance #lumon #mathsky
March 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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This is a nice problem for students to think about!
My wife and I have very different opinions on how to handle this situation. I am glad to see students agree more with me! What would you do? #iteachmath
December 7, 2023 at 5:47 PM
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#MathsToday
Today was day 1 of logarithms in #MHF4U so I presented students with this, inspired by James Tanton.
November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM