Making Number Sense Make Sense: A Math Podcast for Early Elementary Teachers

Rounding out our number sense routine series is Choral Counting. This routine is great for focusing on specific number sequences that may be tricky for your students!I talk about what a choral count is, how to do a choral count, different ways to record your counts, and some ideas for varying your counts to support different areas of our number system.Helpful LinksBlog Post:YT VideoChoral Counting Templates and Planning SheetsChoral Counting Planning SheetsGet the Number Sense Routines Bundle!Let's Connect! InstagramWebsiteYouTube Channel

One of my least favorite standards to work on is counting to 100. 🧮 It takes a long time and it's abstract and the students who need to practice the most often don’t when we count together. So how do we get students to practice counting when they don’t want to? In this week’s episode, I give 8 ideas for rote counting, counting backward, and skip counting!Helpful LinksRote Counting BlogRote Counting VideoSkip Counting TasksGet the Number Sense Routines Bundle!Let's Connect!InstagramWebsiteYouTube Channel

Continuing with our number sense routines series, is a tried and true routine students will love!I talk about what Quick Images is, how to implement it, and 4 ideas to extend this fast-paced number sense routine!This routine is great for practicing✅subitizing✅one to one correspondence✅number sense✅academic conversations & more!Helpful LinksQuick Images BlogQuick Images Video⭐ Quick Images Freebie ⭐Quick Images Mega BundleGet the full Number Sense Routines Bundle!Let's Connect! InstagramWebsiteYouTube Channel

This episode starts a series on the Podcast about Number Sense Routine you can implement in your classroom today! If you’ve seen Sesame Street, you may recognize this number sense routine. In this episode, I talk about why you even need a number sense routine, how to do the Which One Doesn’t Belong routine, and the benefits this powerful 5-minute routine can have in your classroom!Helpful LinksWhich One Doesn’t Belong SlidesWhich One Doesn’t Belong Blog PostWhich One Doesn’t Belong YouTube VideoGet the Number Sense Routines Bundle!Let's Connect!InstagramWebsiteYouTube Channel

Are you over worksheets for morning work? I share some ideas for hands one morning work your students will love! Get the Full Bundle!Get the Morning Work Freebie HERE!Let's Connect! InstagramGet a closer look at these resources on the blog!YouTube Channel

How do you feel about homework in kindergarten? If you don’t love kindergarten homework I have a solution for you that your students will love!Helpful LinksGet the Homework Games!Read the blog post!Watch the video version!Let's Connect! InstagramWebsiteYouTube Channel

Are you ready to try? Try this Free Task!You may have read the Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics book and are pumped to start, but are not sure where. This episode is for you I talk about my experience and what you need to think through before starting. This methodology will transform your math classroom and your students as problem solvers. Watch them go from hesitant and afraid to make mistakes to jumping in head first, and doing math in a way that makes sense to them that is more valuable than any algorithm you could teach!In this podcast, I talk about spaces, materials, tasks, and more!Helpful LinksBuilding Thinking Classrooms Tasks Starter PackSkip Counting TasksSee my other posts about BTC or watch the videos in the Building Thinking Classrooms playlist!Let's Connect!Feel free to reach out on Instagram to learn more!WebsiteYouTube Channel

Would you like to try some of these activities for free?Do you have rekenreks sitting around your classroom and are wondering what to do with them? I remember getting given some with ESSRS funds and was like, what am I going to do with this? I dove in and did some research so you don't have to and let me tell you, my students love using them!This episode is for you! I talk all about what number racks or rekenreks are, how to use them, and what they are great for! I also give you some ideas of how to use them in your room to practice:SubitizingMaking matching setsOne-to-one correspondenceAnchor to 5 and 10Number recognitionNumber WritingDon’t forget to Grab the Free Bonus!Spin, Count, and Cover RekenreksRekenrek Decomposing Numbers Recording SheetsPick and Record or Spin and Record with numeral or number rack spinners and cardsI encourage you to try some of the free activities and consider investing in the activity bundle or mega bundle! Some teachers like you said, “Thank you so much for creating this resource! I loved how easy it was to implement into my classroom and my students really enjoyed it. ”“I have used this with my kindergarten students and they really enjoyed it. I found it to be engaging and educational. I would recommend it to other teachers to use in their classrooms as well. It’s a good resource to have and will help benefit your students’ kindergarten learning experience.”If you try the freebie, send me a DM and let me know how you like it!Blog Post All About RekenreksYT Video: All About RekenreksWant to see some rekenrek centers in action? Watch this video!FREE Rekenrek ActivitiesRekenrek Activity BundleRekenrek Activity Mega Bundle (with clip art so you can create to fit your needs!)

After a year of using the Building Thinking Classrooms framework, how did it work in Kindergarten? In this podcast, I talk about my results with these math problems for kindergarten, some things I am curious about, and what I would change if I were to start over!Are you ready to try? Try this Free Task!Timestamps1:00 Results6:30 Curiosities, Things I noticed10:10 Things I would change for next time!12:32 Try a Task!14:03 Sharing with ColleaguesHelpful LinksGet the Building Thinking Classrooms Book!Need some Tasks? Get started with this starter pack or read about them in this BTC task blog post!Skip Counting tasks more your speed. Try this skip counting by 5's task.Watch this podcast on Youtube!Let's Connect!Send me a message on InstagramCheck out the Blog for more ideas!

In this week's episode, I talk all about a quick assessment and data-tracking resource to support you and your students in creating counting and number sense goals and seeing their growth. This data-tracking resource is for you available in English and Spanish! Math conferencing and goal setting is a powerful tool giving your students focus and creates positive momentum with achievable, bite-sized goals!This kindergarten counting data tracker is unlike other assessments that give you no direction or information you can’t fully use. This visual goal-setting resource will let you know exactly which skills your students have mastered and give them and you a target to work towards! Your students can color in mastered content as they go to see how much growth they are making as mathematicians.Blog Post: YouTube VideoVisual Goal Setting Sheet and Progress Tracker