What are your "Sky's the Limit" ideas?? by Sherri Medina https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq en-us 2016-10-23 20:46:57 UTC 2025-11-10 14:03:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673144989 Create an optimal teaching and learning environment.

]]> 2025-11-08 18:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673144989 K-2 Ideas https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673145195

  • increase academic discussion through solve and share

  • Make a larger focus on CPA (Concrete. Pictorial. Abstract)

  • Increase use of manipulatives in classroom

  • Help stamina for math

  • Concept needs to be more important than finding the answer

  • Implement word wall

    • ]]>     2025-11-08 18:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673145195     Require and maintain đź’Ż % accuracy with procedures before and during instruction and independent work https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673145713 2025-11-08 18:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673145713 30-Minute Zearn Block https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673145777 Instead of doing a 30-minute Zearn Intervention block, could this be used as a fluency time and math routines time?

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673145777     3-5 Ideas https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673145875

  • spiral throughout k-5 to reinforce “forgotten” concepts

  • Concepts need to be more important than answer

  • Focus more on place value since it’s the basis of most concepts

  • Grade level math teacher team discussions BOY

  • Implement word walls

  • Use Zearn bookmarks to support learning gaps

    • ]]>     2025-11-08 18:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673145875     Create an academic vocabulary word wall! Refer to it daily reiterating the meaning of the words! https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673146306 2025-11-08 18:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673146306 Subject Integration https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673146367 Intentionally and explicitly finding ways to teach math concepts through science, for example in 5th grade this could help with central tendency and interpreting graphs

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673146367     Hold yourself and students accountable for using academic vocabulary consistently! https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673146730 2025-11-08 18:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673146730 Zearn https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673146856 Is there a better computer-based intervention program that aligns more closely with our state standards?

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673146856     Mathematical Mindset https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147081 enforce mathematical growth mindset in the classroom

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147081     Scrap paper https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147118 Having students use scrap paper in the classroom to show and explain their work. Allowing to see those gaps.

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147118     Intervention https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147323 (SplashLearn-free) or any interactive that has a learning path aligned with standards

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147323     Create your own anchor charts, post them on walls, make reference to them, encourage students to use them as a resource and leave them up all year! https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147334 2025-11-08 18:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147334 Implementing Pre and Post Tests for each topic so we can really fill the gaps with what students need. https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147389 2025-11-08 18:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147389 Teaching https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147916 keep consistency with teaching subjects across grade levels and pull out.

    Make sure teachers are teaching everything that they need to (specifically mathematical mindset modules)

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673147916     How can we get more teachers trained in how to use manipulatives? https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148033 2025-11-08 18:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148033 Use academic discourse, not just for correct answers, but intentionally with incorrect answers to have discussions about where the mistake was made. Sooo many aha moments when they see and learn from errors! https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148192 2025-11-08 18:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148192 https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148474 I use dry erase number lines for my math intervention group; however, I think they would be useful for whole class instruction. I have noticed that we went a whole quarter without number counting or any real number placement instruction. I want to add number counting, number placement, and more time for fluency. Also, decreasing the number of problems we solve in order to increase academic vocabulary conversations.

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148474     The performance task for Envision aligns more with what we have been discussing as far as trying to get students to think critically and show a conceptual understanding. https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148533 2025-11-08 18:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148533 Fluency https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148573 We need time to practice fluency/rote memorization to be able to help build conceptual understanding to compute


    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148573     Fluency https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148668 Allowing for time to build fluency in a fun engaging way “Fluency Friday”. Fluency Drills, Around the World.

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148668     Real-world connections: Ask students to find real-world examples of concepts, such as finding fractions in the classroom, or have them analyze real data, like the relationship between a country's population and Olympic medals https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148763 2025-11-08 18:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148763 Walk around during independent work and create a quick list of students you see are not “getting it” and let that be your intervention group! https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148832 2025-11-08 18:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148832 Walk to Read https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148865 How can we incorporate math into this for the kids that do not need the reading intervention?

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673148865     Be sure to not just state the objective but put it in student friendly terms so when someone asks what they are learning they can tell it! https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673149306 2025-11-08 18:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673149306 Place Value https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673149314 More time needs to be spent on place value concepts using manipulatives

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673149314     using math mats for place value, number lines, 10 frames https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673149517 2025-11-08 18:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673149517 https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673149688 Could we survey the grade-level on what is needed to succeed?


    Can we focus on Low Average schools that range between 15-21% to move them to average on OSTP or MAP?


    How does Attendance effect these scores?


    Braining camp: use the task cards for Math Talks to insure the vocabulary acquisition.


    Walk 2 Math for the lowest in Math while Walk 2 Read and Walk to write.


    Could Science teach the standards for graphs, Data & Prob.? They correlate.


    How do vacancies and long term subs effect outcomes?


    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673149688     https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673149734 Use at least a full PD day for teachers (departmentalized, self contain) and analyze student math scores MAP, OSTP to identify gaps / trends, create a plan to help push these student learners to move up to the next learning level.

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673149734     Encourage growth mindset every single day… a daily mantra did wonders in my class over years! “We love math and if you don’t love math, you just don’t love it YET!” https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673150312 2025-11-08 18:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673150312 Professional Development https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673150378 Allow and encourage math teachers time to engage in professional learning in the areas discussed today to build their capacity to understand how to deepen conceptual understanding: Monday math series, PD at schools, Tulsa Way Saturdays, visit other classrooms and see models, and send teachers to math conferences like NCTM

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673150378     Digital Platform that uses CPA model https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673150616 Can we get a digital platform that progresses through the conceptual, pictorial, and abstract teaching for our students? Does this even exist?

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673150616     Baseline https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673150676 We need an early baseline to find out gaps. We didn't do that with the curriculum this year


    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673150676     Make your approach to math fun like a puzzle. It’s a struggle but when you find the missing piece it is so rewarding. Just keep working til you find the right answer! https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673150863 2025-11-08 18:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673150863 Advertise the TRSA Exponential Growth Math PD offered at NSU every year. https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673151003 It is led by Dr. Parrott and it is AMAZING

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673151003     Walk to Math https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673151516 Can there be a dedicated time for math intervention? I know we are supposed to have 30 minutes each day. It isn't prioritized like walk to reading is. We aren't allowed to miss minutes of walk to read. Why is the same emphasis not put on math intervention?

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673151516     Math/Stem https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673151606 Have the math and stem get aligned so that concepts that are related are taught at the same time

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673151606     Assessment https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673151705 Create assignments at the end of the topic with simples examples that our students learn during the lessons.

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673151705     use peer tutoring, those who have the concept help those who are struggling https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673151987 2025-11-08 18:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673151987 Math intervention system https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673153177 * Teachers could use some support using math intervention system

    • get more support for particular kinds of math problems that would help student reach high or high average ( show us a visual what a mathematical problem for each grade level) a visual goes long ways


    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673153177     Adaptive Intervention https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673153345 We need a digital intervention program that adapts to the students learning so they are still getting the scaffolds without the teacher having to bookmark lessons like we have to in Zearn. We don't have time to do this!

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673153345     When students are not using academic vocabulary, stop them, (ask or tell them the correct word for what they are trying to to say/ make reference to anchor chart or vocab wall) and have them restate what they are saying but use the academic vocab! https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673154152 2025-11-08 18:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673154152 We need more math games in the classroom that are not online. https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673155494 2025-11-08 18:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673155494 Math Game Days Weekly https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673157114 Time to play math board games, cards, etc. weekly for practice

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673157114     https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673157850 What if we gave students time to practice concepts? We know that if students have time to practice skills they remember and connect to new info.


    Pre/post assessments to show growth.



    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673157850     https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673158118 Can fundraising be an option for us educators to help support our mathematicians with math resources (expo markers, white boards, clear white sheets) , counters, and etc.

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673158118     Math conventions https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673158192 Like to go to some math conventions

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673158192     Math interventionist https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673158352 Every site needs their own math specialist to work with their students

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673158352     Math Posters https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673158758 We need more math posters like the ones we got last year!

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673158758     Sky’s the Limit https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673159548 putting a heavier push on math fluency by creating a walk to math

    Aligning science curriculum with math so teachers can show more real world situations, create projects, STEM experiments, etc.

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673159548     alignment messages with other vendors https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673161243 make sure that outside resources stay connected with the math department and their direction explicitly

    ]]>     2025-11-08 18:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/medinsh/jnx2ogcx9hjq/wish/3673161243