Community Created Connection by Aris Winger

Create situations where students support each other - I espeically like Better Thinking Classroom right now.

2025-04-07 22:29:21 UTC

"Incremental Positive Changes"

2025-04-07 22:30:14 UTC

Love this quote, Dr. Harris.

Be sensitive to each other's feelings when you share.

2025-04-07 22:31:20 UTC

Im looking for the richest incorrect answer or the best misconception of the topic

2025-04-07 22:31:39 UTC

will that get people speaking more;

New students - new relationships

2025-04-07 22:31:40 UTC

Every time a student moves to a new table (which in using Building Thinking Classrooms can be every day), they get a short question during the do now that they need to learn about one another before they start math.

Groups Self-Track

2025-04-07 22:32:05 UTC

Problems are assigned to groups to post solutions to. Students track their participation on an index card. It usually leads to them discussing and collaborating so the group presents a thorough, correct solution to the class.

Teach the importance of mathematics communication

2025-04-07 22:32:40 UTC

I tell stories about times I have known that my work on something was really strong, but someone else was better at communicating thier ideas even when I knew their ideas weren't so great.

Understanding mathematical concepts matters

2025-04-07 22:33:35 UTC

i like the top banana award

2025-04-07 22:35:04 UTC

the award goes to someone who does something to benefit the whole class.

how do they vote on it? once a week?

Thank you Thursday

2025-04-07 22:36:16 UTC

On Thursdays at the start of class, I shout out a student who impressed me with their impact on others, and then open it up for students to shout each other out for any positive impacts on each other (helping to explain something, letting someone borrow a pencil, etc.)

One day a week low floor high ceiling math routines... Creating math joy!

laurie23 — 2025-04-07 22:37:38 UTC

I used to ask my students to build and assemble a geometric shape to create community and develop leadership not only mathematical concepts.

2025-04-07 22:39:08 UTC

I ask them this question...

2025-04-07 22:39:08 UTC

"Who do you want to be?" I ask them to tell me about the kind of person they want to be and then tell me how they can become that. What do they need to work toward it?

Participation Police

2025-04-07 22:39:28 UTC

One 2nd grade teacher I know has a position in her class called the participation police. The students take turns being the police and their job is to make a checkmark next to each student's name when they participate. They get to weear a badge on their day as the participation police. At the beginning of the year, the kids were pretty quite. Now, they all love to share. The teacher checks the list periodically and follows up on students that aren't participating - in a super inviting way. Maybe more important, she is super interested in what students have to say and that has also spread to the way the students interact with each other.