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MAKE MATH MOMENTS WITH THE 3-PART FRAMEWORK
Make Math Moments 3-Part Framework Guidebook

The Make Math Moments core lesson design should be your go-to math lesson planning framework to spark curiosity, fuel student sense making, and ignite your teacher moves.

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Wondering how to create a classroom culture where students don’t want to stop exploring mathematics when the bell rings? Join Me and Jon Orr from MrOrr-IsAGeek.com as we team up to uncover how we can Make Math Moments That Matter for every student from Kindergarten through Grade 12.

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Have you ever been drawn in by an amazing book, TV show or movie?

Why don’t we consider using the same elements amazing authors, storytellers and filmmakers use in our math lessons to make math moments that matter for our students?

With 3 Act Math Tasks, we can!

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As a K-12 Teacher and Math Consultant, I deliver workshops, presentations and keynotes on a regular basis.

This is where you can find slide decks, handouts and other downloadable resources for use in your classroom.

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Visualizing Mathematics

Math Is Visual

I’ve been obsessing over creating math visuals to assist in building a better conceptual understanding of mathematics. After years of creating images, videos and resources to help this cause, I’ve created a home to share these visuals to assist teachers, parents and students understand that Math Is Visual and we should make every effort to teach it that way.
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VIDEO 1: How powerful math moments can change your class!
VIDEO 2: How avoiding rushing to the algorithm can build resilient problem solvers.
VIDEO 3: What red Dodge Chargers have in common with conceptual understanding in math class.
VIDEO 4: Helping teachers empower students to become resilient problem solvers.
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Take the Ultimate List Of Math Books For Educators to go by downloading the guide that you can save and print to share with colleagues during your next staff meeting, professional learning community meeting or just for your own reference!
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About Kyle Pearce

I’m Kyle Pearce and I am a former high school math teacher. I’m now the K-12 Mathematics Consultant with the Greater Essex County District School Board, where I uncover creative ways to spark curiosity and fuel sense making in mathematics. Read more.

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MAKE MATH MOMENTS WITH THE 3-PART FRAMEWORK
Make Math Moments 3-Part Framework Guidebook

Learn the Make Math Moments core lesson design should be your go-to framework to spark curiosity, fuel student sense making, and ignite your teacher moves.

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In our six module, self-paced Online Workshop, you’ll learn how to build and adjust your own lessons that engage students, build deeper understanding of math, and promote resilience in problem solving.
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Each Lesson Consists of:
Each Make Math Moments Problem Based Lesson consists of a Teacher Guide to lead you step-by-step through the planning process to ensure your lesson runs without a hitch!

Each Teacher Guide consists of:

  • Intentionality of the lesson;
  • A step-by-step walk through of each phase of the lesson;
  • Visuals, animations, and videos unpacking big ideas, strategies, and models we intend to emerge during the lesson;
  • Sample student approaches to assist in anticipating what your students might do;
  • Resources and downloads including Keynote, Powerpoint, Media Files, and Teacher Guide printable PDF; and,
  • Much more!

See all of our problem based math lessons.

Each Make Math Moments Problem Based Lesson begins with a story, visual, video, or other method to Spark Curiosity through context.

Students will often Notice and Wonder before making an estimate to draw them in and invest in the problem.

A great example of this is one of our more recent units called Piggy Bank.

After student voice has been heard and acknowledged, we will set students off on a Productive Struggle through a prompt related to the Spark context.

These prompts are given each lesson with the following conditions:

  • No calculators are to be used; and,
  • Students are to focus on how they can convince their math community that their solution is valid.

Students are left to engage in a productive struggle as the facilitator circulates to observe and engage in conversation as a means of assessing formatively.

The facilitator is instructed through the Teacher Guide on what specific strategies and models could be used to make connections and consolidate the learning from the 3 act math lesson.

Often times, animations and walk through videos are provided in the Teacher Guide to assist with planning and delivering the consolidation.

A review image, video, or animation is provided as a conclusion to the task from the problem based lesson.

While this might feel like a natural ending to the context students have been exploring, it is just the beginning as we look to leverage this context via extensions and additional lessons to dig deeper.

At the end of each lesson, consolidation prompts and/or extensions are crafted for students to purposefully practice and demonstrate their current understanding. 

Facilitators are encouraged to collect these consolidation prompts as a means to engage in the assessment process and inform next moves for instruction.

At the end of each lesson, consolidation prompts and/or extensions are crafted for students to purposefully practice and demonstrate their current understanding. 

Facilitators are encouraged to collect these consolidation prompts as a means to engage in the assessment process and inform next moves for instruction.

In multi-day units of study, Math Talks are crafted to help build on the thinking from the previous day and build towards the next step in the developmental progression of the concept(s) we are exploring.

Each Math Talk is constructed as a string of related problems that build with intentionality to emerge specific big ideas, strategies, and mathematical models. 

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MAKE MATH MOMENTS THAT MATTER

Helping K-12 teachers spark student curiosity, fuel sense making in kids, and ignite the teaching moves necessary to lead successful problem based mathematics lessons.

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Spark Curiosity
SPARK
Curiosity
Fuel Sense Making
FUEL
Sense Making
Igniting Teacher Moves
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Your Teacher Moves
MAKE MATH MOMENTS WITH THE 3-PART FRAMEWORK
Make Math Moments 3-Part Framework Guidebook

The Make Math Moments core lesson design should be your go-to math lesson planning framework to spark curiosity, fuel student sense making, and ignite your teacher moves.

Download the Digital Guidebook now!

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ASSESS FOR GROWTH

Our latest math educator PD course, teaches how we can transform our assessment and evaluation process from one that promotes assessment to label to assesses for learning  through problem based math lessons. Let's Grade for Growth!

Make Math Moments Academy

Module 1 is NOW OPEN ACCESS for you to enjoy, but for a limited time only.

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