The Build Math Minds Podcast
Episodes
Episode 122 - Teaching Division with Remainders Even in The Early Years
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Partitive division is typically the natural way that kids think about division and the way that most textbooks start teaching kids division. However...
Episode 121 - Math Problems With More Than One Answer (Part 1)
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We all know that there are many ways to solve any math problem. But have you considered that there are math problems with more than one answer? While ...
Episode 120 - My Favorite Mathy Gifts for 2021
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we get closer to the holidays, our time is ticking to get some great gifts for our loved ones. I've found all kinds of reading based gifts but some...
Episode 119 - Managing Small Group Work
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Managing small group work when no other adults are around to assist can be a great challenge. Especially considering the vast differences in mathemati...
Episode 118 - Making Thinking Visible
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking is an active and internal process that we should intentionally help our students learn how to share. In order to encourage our kids to share ...
Episode 117 - Why I was gone
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Having your work computer break down on you is one of the worst feelings in the world. Especially, if you forgot to back up all your data. I've been a...
Episode 116 - Stop Teaching Strategies
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I want all kids to have different strategies at their disposal to solve math problems. However, the way our textbooks have us teach them to kids is ...
Episode 115 - Helping Kids Make Connections in Mathematics with Kelly Rogers
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's podcast, we discuss a lot of different topics with Kelly Rogers, a 3rd grade teacher, who shares about building a love of math even dur...
Episode 114 - Misconceptions about developing Fact Fluency
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recently I did a video over on my vlog about A Big Mistake Educators Make When Building Math Fluency. The mistake is that we directly teach students...
Episode 113 - Knowledge Needed for Teaching Mathematics
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's podcast, I'm sharing the story of the single thought that was running through my head as I sat through Pre-Calculus so that I could get...
Episode 112 - Types of Activities that Build Math Fluency
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The final step towards building your students' fluency is deciding HOW you are going to implement these ideas into your classroom. I am not going to d...