Rounding Up
Welcome to Rounding Up, the professional learning podcast brought to you by The Math Learning Center. Two things have always been true in education: Ongoing professional learning is essential, and teachers are extremely busy people. Rounding Up is a podcast designed to provide meaningful, bite-sized professional learning for busy educators and instructional leaders. I'm Mike Wallus, vice president for educator support at The Math Learning Center and host of the show. In each episode, we'll explore topics important to teachers, instructional leaders, and anyone interested in elementary mathematics education. Topics such as posing purposeful questions, effectively recording student thinking, cultivating students' math identity, and designing asset-based instruction from multilingual learners. Don't miss out! Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts. Each episode will also be published on the Bridges Educator Site. We hope you'll give Rounding Up a try, and that the ideas we discuss have a positive impact on your teaching and your students' learning.
Episodes
Dr. Jenny Bay-Williams, Productive Ways to Build Fluency with Basic Facts
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 18
This summer we're replaying favorite listener episodes from the first four seasons of Rounding Up—like this one from Season 1. We'll return with all new episodes in early September.
Ensuring students master their basic facts remains a shared goal among parents and edu...
Jana Dean & Heather Byington, Supporting Multilingual Learners During Number Talks
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 17
What might it be like to engage in a number talk as a multilingual learner? How would you communicate your ideas, and what scaffolds might support your participation?
Today, we're talking with Jana Dean and Heather Byington about ways educators can sup...
Kristin Frang, Understanding the Roots of Fluency with Addition & Subtraction
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 16
Research suggests that supporting students' fluency with addition and subtraction hinges on understanding how children's mathematical thinking develops. So what are the concepts and ideas that play a part in fluency with combinations to 10, 20, and beyond?
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DeAnn Huinker & Melissa Hedges, Math Trajectories for Young Learners, Part 2
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 15
Research confirms that early mathematics experiences play a more significant role than we once imagined. Studies suggest that specific number competencies in 4-year-olds are strong predictors of fifth grade mathematics success. So what does it look like to provide meaning...
DeAnn Huinker & Melissa Hedges, Math Trajectories for Young Learners, Part 1
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 14
Research confirms that early mathematics experiences play a more significant role than we once imagined. Studies suggest that specific number competencies in 4-year-olds are strong predictors of fifth grade mathematics success. So what does it look like to provide meaning...
Mike Steele, Pacing Discourse-Rich Lessons
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 13
As a classroom teacher, pacing lessons was often my Achilles' heel. If my students were sharing their thinking or working on a task, I sometimes struggled to decide when to move on to the next phase of a lesson.
Today we're talking with Mike Steele from Ball State University about several hi...
Kyndall Thomas, Building a Meaningful Understanding of Properties Through Fact Fluency Tasks
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 12
Building fluency with multiplication and division is essential for students in the upper elementary grades. This work also presents opportunities to build students' understanding of the algebraic properties that become increasingly important in secondary m...
Amy Hackenberg, Understanding Units Coordination
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 11
Units coordination describes the ways students understand the organization of units (or a unit structure) when approaching problem-solving situations—and how students' understanding influences their problem-solving strategies.
In this episode, we're talking with Amy Hackenberg from the ...
What Counts as Counting? with Dr. Christopher Danielson
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 10
What counts as counting? The question may sound simple, but take a moment to think about how you would answer. After all, we count all kinds of things: physical quantities, increments of time, lengths, money, as well as fractions and decimals.
In this episode, we'll talk with Ch...
Dr. Todd Hinnenkamp, Enacting Talk Moves with Intention
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 9
All students deserve a classroom rich in meaningful mathematical discourse. But what are the talk moves educators can use to bring this goal to life in their classrooms?
Today, we're talking about this question with Todd Hinnenkamp from the North Kansas City Schools. Whether talk...
Janet Walkoe & Margaret Walton, Exploring the Seeds of Algebraic Thinking
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 8
Algebraic thinking is defined as the ability to use symbols, variables, and mathematical operations to represent and solve problems. This type of reasoning is crucial for a range of disciplines.
In this episode, we're talking with Janet Walkoe and Margaret Walto...
Tutita Casa, Anna Strauss, Jenna Waggoner & Mhret Wondmagegne, Developing Student Agency: The Strategy Showcase
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 7
When students aren't sure how to approach a problem, many of them default to asking the teacher for help. This tendency is one of the central challenges of teaching: walking the fine line between offering support and inadvertently cultiva...
Christy Pettis & Terry Wyberg, The Case for Choral Counting with Fractions
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 6
How can educators help students recognize similarities in the way whole numbers and fractions behave? And are there ways educators can build on students' understanding of whole numbers to support their understanding of fractions?
The answer from today's guests ...
Ramsey Merritt, Improving Students' Turn & Talk Experience
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 5
Most educators know what a turn and talk is—but are your students excited to do them?
In this episode, we put turn and talks under a microscope. We'll talk with Ramsey Merritt from the Harvard Graduate School of Education about ways to revamp and better scaffold turn and talks...
Pam Harris, Exploring the Power & Purpose of Number Strings
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 4
I've struggled when I have a new strategy I want my students to consider and despite my best efforts, it just doesn't surface organically. While I didn't want to just tell my students what to do, I wasn't sure how to move forward. Then I discovered number strings.
Today, we'r...
Kim Montague, I Have, You Need: The Utility Player of Instructional Routines
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 3
In sports, a utility player is someone who can play multiple positions competently, providing flexibility and adaptability. From my perspective, the routine I have, you need may just be the utility player of classroom routines.
Today we're talking with Kim Mon...
Sue Looney, Same but Different: Encouraging Students to Think Flexibly
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 2
Sometimes students struggle in math because they fail to make connections. For too many students, every concept feels like its own entity without any connection to the larger network of mathematical ideas.
On the podcast today, we're talking with Dr. Sue Looney abo...
Christopher Danielson, Which One Doesn't Belong? Routine: Fostering Flexible Reasoning
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 4 | EPISODE 1
The idea of comparing items and looking for similarities and differences has been explored by many math educators. Christopher Danielson has taken this idea to new heights. Inspired by the Sesame Street song "One of These Things (Is Not Like the Others)," Christo...
William Zahner, Understanding the Role of Language in Math Classrooms
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 17
How can educators understand the relationship between language and the mathematical concepts and skills students engage with in their classrooms?
And how might educators think about the mathematical demands and the language demands of tasks when planning their instr...
Tisha Jones, Assessment as a Shared Journey: Cultivating Partnerships with Families & Caregivers
ROUNDING UP: SEASON 3 | EPISODE 16
Families and caregivers play an essential role in students' success in school and in shaping their identities as learners. Therefore, establishing strong partnerships with families and caregivers is crucial for equitable teaching and learning. This epi...
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