Leslie-Anne Unsworth
@mrsunsworth.bsky.social
WRDSB Educator
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Agreed! Such a challenge to participate, I can't imagine how you managed to still lead through that Ann Elise @anneliserecord.bsky.social You rock...thank you!!! #ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Agreed! Such a challenge to participate, I can't imagine how you managed to still lead through that Ann Elise @anneliserecord.bsky.social You rock...thank you!!! #ElemMathChat
Good catch, I was going to say that too! #ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Good catch, I was going to say that too! #ElemMathChat
A7: Ok, this is the REALLY early primary educator writing an algebraic equation...7+4n=19 #ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A7: Ok, this is the REALLY early primary educator writing an algebraic equation...7+4n=19 #ElemMathChat
A6: I love that square facts are part of the Foundational Facts in Bay-Williams' & Klings Multiplication/Division Progression (we don't have that fact in our Ontario curriculum). For example, having 6x6 memorized makes 6x7 so easy! #ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A6: I love that square facts are part of the Foundational Facts in Bay-Williams' & Klings Multiplication/Division Progression (we don't have that fact in our Ontario curriculum). For example, having 6x6 memorized makes 6x7 so easy! #ElemMathChat
🎉 It has taken me a lot of time to train my brain to say it that way...but I am getting there @ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
🎉 It has taken me a lot of time to train my brain to say it that way...but I am getting there @ElemMathChat
Love the visual to see when we switched over to improper fractions that include a whole. #ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Love the visual to see when we switched over to improper fractions that include a whole. #ElemMathChat
A5: Visually we can see that it is simply double. Looking at the root of a x4 fact, it is interesting to see that the Derived Fact of x8 is simply "double the double". #ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A5: Visually we can see that it is simply double. Looking at the root of a x4 fact, it is interesting to see that the Derived Fact of x8 is simply "double the double". #ElemMathChat
We've been doing a lot of unit fraction work with out junior students in Ontario, based on the work of Cathy Bruce and her colleagues who wrote Rethinking Fractions. We've found unit fraction work to be a critical foundation that our students needed #ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We've been doing a lot of unit fraction work with out junior students in Ontario, based on the work of Cathy Bruce and her colleagues who wrote Rethinking Fractions. We've found unit fraction work to be a critical foundation that our students needed #ElemMathChat
A4: I notice that the number on the top is smaller until we get to 4/4, then the number of the top is larger. I wonder what that means. 13/4 comes next, but what quantity is that truly if I wanted to visualize it. #ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A4: I notice that the number on the top is smaller until we get to 4/4, then the number of the top is larger. I wonder what that means. 13/4 comes next, but what quantity is that truly if I wanted to visualize it. #ElemMathChat
A3: Yum & fun! Between the 0 and 1/4… #ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A3: Yum & fun! Between the 0 and 1/4… #ElemMathChat
A1: Both start with green addends and are followed by red addends. The way 12 is composed in each is different. It makes me wonder how many uniques ways 12 can be composed #ElemMathChat
April 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A1: Both start with green addends and are followed by red addends. The way 12 is composed in each is different. It makes me wonder how many uniques ways 12 can be composed #ElemMathChat
That makes my educator heart so happy!!! Thank you so much for sharing 🤗
April 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
That makes my educator heart so happy!!! Thank you so much for sharing 🤗
Agreed, lots of fun talking about one of my favourite topics - math tools! Thanks @drnickinewton.bsky.social #ElemMathChat
March 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Agreed, lots of fun talking about one of my favourite topics - math tools! Thanks @drnickinewton.bsky.social #ElemMathChat
Ooo how I love Solvememobiles too!! #ElemMathChat
March 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Ooo how I love Solvememobiles too!! #ElemMathChat
Agreed! Mine all get a takeout container at the beginning of the year (e.g., Cuisenaire rods, counters, base 10, dice, laminated ten frames, laminated bottom up hundreds charts, laminated number paths). We learn how to keep them organized at the beginning of the year #ElemMathChat
March 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Agreed! Mine all get a takeout container at the beginning of the year (e.g., Cuisenaire rods, counters, base 10, dice, laminated ten frames, laminated bottom up hundreds charts, laminated number paths). We learn how to keep them organized at the beginning of the year #ElemMathChat
This such a necessary tool to physically show students how equivalence works. I find a nice followup digital visual is the balance scale on @polypad.bsky.social :-) #ElemMathChat
March 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This such a necessary tool to physically show students how equivalence works. I find a nice followup digital visual is the balance scale on @polypad.bsky.social :-) #ElemMathChat
When creating a 100cm x 100cm Relational Rod tray years ago, I had just read this article by Bay-Williams and Fletcher and it resonates so much that we include this type of hundreds chart in the box with the trays. Just makes so much sense! #ElemMathChat
March 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
When creating a 100cm x 100cm Relational Rod tray years ago, I had just read this article by Bay-Williams and Fletcher and it resonates so much that we include this type of hundreds chart in the box with the trays. Just makes so much sense! #ElemMathChat
Agreed, best to use tools that have legs (e.g., tools that prompt unitizing over counting by ones or tools that allow for relational thinking). #ElemMathChat
March 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Agreed, best to use tools that have legs (e.g., tools that prompt unitizing over counting by ones or tools that allow for relational thinking). #ElemMathChat
That’s a really interesting tool that I haven’t seen before. From a quick Google search, it appears they are used in the same way we are using 100 bead rekenreks for intervention. We are finding them great for showing arrays #ElemMathChat
March 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
That’s a really interesting tool that I haven’t seen before. From a quick Google search, it appears they are used in the same way we are using 100 bead rekenreks for intervention. We are finding them great for showing arrays #ElemMathChat
That’s interesting, a tray to prompt the organization of a ten frame! #ElemMathChat
March 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
That’s interesting, a tray to prompt the organization of a ten frame! #ElemMathChat
I will check it out, thanks @drnickinewton.bsky.social! #ElemMathChat
March 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I will check it out, thanks @drnickinewton.bsky.social! #ElemMathChat
Yes, the versatility and ability to extend with dice is awesome. Such amazing games in the Building Math Fluency kits! #ElemMathChat
March 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Yes, the versatility and ability to extend with dice is awesome. Such amazing games in the Building Math Fluency kits! #ElemMathChat
Fun Fact - this is the first time I’ve posted on Blue Sky! I thought #ElemMathChat would be the perfect time to jump in!
March 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Fun Fact - this is the first time I’ve posted on Blue Sky! I thought #ElemMathChat would be the perfect time to jump in!