Today Jared and I chat about our upcoming session, Lets Make a Mixed Tape of Non Curricular Greatest Hits at the 2nd Annual Building Thinking Classrooms Conference BTCC24 July 1st and 2nd in Phoenix Arizona. We also dive into the launch of a task, preview some task trailers and talk about the elements of a highly engaging non curricular task and what this looks like within the Building Thinking Classroom Framework. Please share with us your Favourite Non Curricular Task Below ...

Join us as we talk to Maegan Giroux and Kyle Webb, two Saskatchewan Math Educators, Building Thinking Classroom Canadian Team Members and Co-Hosts of the Think Thank Thunk podcast! We chat about Maegan and Peter’s new book, Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom, Grades K-5, what Maegan and Kyle have been learning while working with teachers on implementing BTC practices, the importance of Models & Manipulatives within the Building Thinking Classroom framework, Educators that ...

Join us as we talk to Peter Liljedahl, author of Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics as we take a deep dive into the art of thin slicing and how to create a sequence of tasks to take students where they are to where you want them to be. Peter Also shares the power of planning and decomposing that path with 3 different types of tasks. Peter walks us through a grade 7 lesson (launch, body and closing) on area with a reminder to plan on the assumption that they know how but launch ...

Today we chat with Glenn Pearson, A teacher of mathematics at Pugwash District High School. Glenn has been reflecting on and implementing new instructional and assessment practices. Glenn reflects on how he transitioned from point gathering to data gathering and the impacts on instruction and student well being & achievement. Glenn dives into the importance of student autonomy and inviting students into the assessment process during instruction. Join us and listen ...

Today we chat with Alicia Burdess about teaching through tasks & big beautiful problems worth solving. Alicia shares her math learning & education journey and all the learning she engages in to continue to bring joy and instill confidence of solving big beautiful problems and teaching through them with both students & adults. Having the goal that every child can learn math to the highest level and instilling that in students is a focus of Alicia's work. We chat ...

We chat with Dave Martin about Outcome Based Assessment and Teaching & Learning Mathematics in High School. Dave shares with us pieces of his journey on changing his assessment & instruction practices as a high school math teacher and how this impacted him & his students. Dave Martin has a Master of Mathematics Degree in Education, has been teaching for 16 years, during which time, he was nominated for Teacher of Excellence in Alberta, has spoken across No...

We talk with Maggie MacPhee, a Math Lover, Board Gamer, Tea Drinker and a secondary mathematics teacher here in Chignecto Central Centre for Education in Nova Scotia. Maggie has joined us in our professional learning community book study on Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics last spring, and has had the opportunity to work alongside Lisa Lunney Borden as a teacher and a learner. Maggie reflects on her teaching & learning mathematics journey, some of her notices and ...

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Lisa Lunney Borden about equity, culture, & identity in mathematics. We also dive into mathematical understanding through models & manipulatives while focusing on the importance of beginning with a verb based approach so that we are creating opportunities for all of our students to learn. Lisa is a local mathematics education hero, a professor of mathematics education at St. Francis Xavier University here in Nova Scotia &...

In this episode, we talk to Ali Hayward, a grade 7 mathematics teacher in Nova Scotia who has been implementing the Building Thinking Classroom framework. Ali gives us a glimpse of what this looks like & feels like in her classroom. She shares her journey, highlighting her successes and learnings alongside her students. Ali emphasizes the importance of professional learning & collaboration locally and also globally with insights as to how they impact and support her teachi...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION Who are we? In this introductory episode, we introduce ourselves and chat about how we came to decide that we would take the leap of faith by creating our very own podcast. We share a common passion for mathematics and want to invite you to learn alongside us as we all grow as math learners. SHOW NOTES Make Math Moments That Matter Podcast Math Before Breakfast Podcast Build Math Minds The Podcast PODCAST DESCRIPTION Join us, Kirk Keating and Michelle McCarron, as w...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION What is a hero? And why are they so important in our journey as math teachers and learners? In this episode, we talk about how some of our "math hero's" have inspired us to try new things in our classrooms and why we continue to look to them for motivation and direction as we work towards creating the best learning environment possible for our students. SHOW NOTES Peter Liljedahl Building Thinking Classrooms PODCAST DESCRIPTION Join us, Kirk Keating and Michelle McCa...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION Go big or stay home! This is definitely true for us as we hosted our very first guest, none other than Dr. Peter Liljedahl, author of Building Thinking Classrooms. We talk to Peter about his research on Building Thinking Classrooms and how this framework transforms learning environments. Peter describes what a Thinking Classroom looks like and sounds like and the impact these research-based practices have on students. SHOW NOTES Building Thinking Classrooms ...