Matt Schaeffer
@mschaefferedu.bsky.social
He/Him | Math Educator 🧮 | Building Thinking Classrooms 🧠 | Dog Dad 🐕🐕| #Smashville Hockey Fan 🏒
Also wanted to start strong on Thinking Classrooms (@pgliljedahl.bsky.social) work after some struggles last year. Very grateful for @fawnnguyen.substack.com's piece on giving yourself permission to go off-script. Kids especially enjoyed the Chicken Nugget Task and showed so much thinking! 3/3
September 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Also wanted to start strong on Thinking Classrooms (@pgliljedahl.bsky.social) work after some struggles last year. Very grateful for @fawnnguyen.substack.com's piece on giving yourself permission to go off-script. Kids especially enjoyed the Chicken Nugget Task and showed so much thinking! 3/3
we filled up our class jars of Math-y activities. Ended up leading to a great moment of pointing out that we have succeeded in Math, even if we didn't realize Math was happening at the time! I was able to snap a photo of one student's Jar that captured some of the positivity of the lesson. 2/3
September 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
we filled up our class jars of Math-y activities. Ended up leading to a great moment of pointing out that we have succeeded in Math, even if we didn't realize Math was happening at the time! I was able to snap a photo of one student's Jar that captured some of the positivity of the lesson. 2/3
Inspired by @themathguru.bsky.social's session at Calgary Teachers' Convention, I've been starting every Math class with low-stakes Math Talk question. Here was today's -How Many Do You See? (Dice Talk image via Dave. Martin)
February 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Inspired by @themathguru.bsky.social's session at Calgary Teachers' Convention, I've been starting every Math class with low-stakes Math Talk question. Here was today's -How Many Do You See? (Dice Talk image via Dave. Martin)