Ep 1: Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics in Kindergarten
Making Number Sense Make Sense: A Math Podcast for Early Ele... by Lara
Episode notes
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Have you heard of the Book “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” by PeterIn this episode, I go over why I was looking for an effective way to teach problem-solving that would work for kindergarten, how I started using the Building Thinking Classrooms in my Kindergarten class, my results, and my next steps! If you are hesitant to try it out in an early elementary classroom this podcast is for you!
Timestamps
1:34 What is a Thinking Classroom in this Context
4:33 Set Up, 3 Things you NEED to get started
5:46 Vertical Non Permenant Surfaces
6:22 Random Groups
8:00 Be deliberately less helpful
8:56 Starting Tasks/Non-Curricular Tasks ...
Keywords
problem solving in math