Math is Figure-Out-Able with Pam Harris

This one's for all you, parents! How can you support your children in becoming mathematicians?  In this episode Pam and Kim go over their favorite ways to explore math at home in fun game-like activities.
Talking Points:
Speak about math positively

• Wondering
• Doubling and Halving
• Using 10s to find 9s and using 10s to find 5s
• I Have, You Need

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on September 13, 2023. 

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Can you reason about what it means for a point to be within a given quadrant? Can your students? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss weather and geography to develop understanding of the quadrants in the cartesian coordinate system.
Talking Points:

• Understanding points relative to their quadrants and the y = x line
• Kim's connection to Alaska
• What makes Australia so unique
• Graphing inequalities is Figure-Out-Able! 

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on September 6, 2023. 

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Let's do some guessing! In this episode Pam and Kim develop some functional reasoning by analyzing the relationships between their guesses and reality.
Talking Points:

• Pam's guesses using her pop culture knowledge
• How would you know if you are a good guesser?
• Graphing guesses and actual age as an ordered pair
• Using the data to discuss the meaning of y=x 
• The parent function for building all functions

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on August 30, 2023. 

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What does it mean for math to be figure-out-able? What will you teach? How? Why? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss their thoughts to changing the "how" and "what" of math education around the world and explore the "why".
Talking Points:

• "What" math we teach should come first
• "How" the math should be embedded in the "what"
• What Pam and Kim think about "Why"...

In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on August 23, 2023. 

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What role does terminology have in math teaching? How do we want students to approach problems? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss when to teach vocabulary how we can prepare students to tackle problems with confidence.
Talking Points:

• "Just In Case" vs "Just In Time" vocabulary
• Social Knowledge vs Logical Mathematical Knowledge
• Anchor Charts to cinch learning
• Rejecting key words for operations
• Wrong answers...

In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on August 16, 2023. 

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There is so much that is good happening in the math teaching community! In this episode Pam and Kim discuss how we can determine how much of which good things to put into our classrooms.
Talking Points:

• Going beyond nixing tricks
• Social versus logical knowledge
• Nixing the tricks is more than explaining the math better
• The dangers of going all in on any good teaching practice
  • Number Talks 
  • Exploding Dots
  • Manipulatives
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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on August 9, 2023. 

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Who does not love a quick, easy routine that gives students useful problem solving relationships? In this episode Pam and Kim revisit I Have, You Need and apply it with different target numbers.
Talking Points:

Kim and Pam play I Have, You Need often with clocks and marathons
It's not about speed
Goal is reducing cognitive load in the midst of solving other problems
Another goal is building fluency

In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on August 2, 2023. 

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What exactly is a Problem String? In this episode Pam and Kim dig into that question and give examples of what a problem string is and is not.
Talking Points:

• Pam's conversation with Howie Hua - Problem Strings are not strategies
• Example of a helper clunker structure Problem String
• What is structure vs strategy? 
• Example of an equivalent structred Problem String
• The power of owning multiple strategies

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In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on July 26, 2023. 

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What are some important relationships that students can use to do Real Math with fractions? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss some important relationships that can help develop deeper understanding about fractions for fractional equivalence and comparison.
Talking Points:

• A listener's review
• Using benchmark fractions to compare
• Using a number line to compare fractions
• How does understanding unit fractions help compare ug...

In today’s MathStratChat, Pam and Kim discuss the MathStratChat problem shared on social media on July 19, 2023. 

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What if your students could think and reason about the relative sizes of fractions? In this episode Pam and Kim think about where fractions go on clotheslines to show how you can help your students compare fractions without a memorized procedure.
Talking points:

• A podcast listener shares her perspective of mathematics as a student
• Clothesline Math examples using fractions and percents
• Connecting fractions and percent...