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A5: Providing students access to a math word wall is one way to encourage students to use and apply grade appropriate academic vocabulary. #ElemMathChat

What workstations do you incorporate in your classroom and how does it support students’ learning? #ElemMathChat

A4: Allowing students the opportunity to share their thinking with each other and providing sentence frames and/or sentence starters. Talk moves prompts are also great to begin and continue communicating about mathematics with students. #ElemMathChat

How do students use and apply grade appropriate academic vocabulary?#ElemMathChat

A variety of manipulatives, graphic organizers, and work mats are tools that make up our Mathematician’s toolkits in our district. Some teachers organize them in folders and add to them throughout the year. #ElemMathChat

In what ways do you encourage students to communicate about mathematics? #ElemMathChat

What math tools are easily accessible to students? How do you store & organize the math tools? #ElemMathChat

What does a number sense routine look like in your classroom? #ElemMathChat

A1: Setting up norms with student’s input and using Jo Boaler’s “Setting Up Positive Norms in Math Class” to begin our discussion is a good starting point. #ElemMathChat

A0: Hello! I’m Selena and I currently serve as Pasadena ISD’s Instructional Specialist for K-4 mathematics. Joining from Texas. #ElemMathChat

How do you build & support a community of mathematicians? #ElemMathChat

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