Building thinking classrooms

The Building Thinking Classrooms approach to teaching math is taking the math world by storm. It emphasizes thinking & problem-solving skills.

No, it is not supported by cognitive science

A year long journal about implementing Building Thinking Classrooms in Middle School I teach two classes of Accelerate 7th Grade Math and two classes of Inclusion 8th Grade Math. This is a journal …

These top-rated supplies for building a thinking classroom will make it fun and engaging for your students.

We're kicking off the first week of our Building Thinking Classrooms book study by talking about our biggest takeaways from the introduction, chapter 1, and ...

Classroom community building activities and free ideas and lesson plans to kick off the school year or implement at any time.

Based on the book Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics K-12* by Peter Liljedahl Take a look at the tasks I've been using! There has been a push in my building for years for students to engage in “high-quality math tasks” and to just “differentiate down” for my grade level. I found that this advice was vague and unhelpful. I have found and implemented tasks to various levels of success, but often in kindergarten, we have students who have never been to school before so a task all…

These team-building games can promote cooperation, help establish a positive classroom environment, and provide a fun reprieve from routine.

I really dislike icebreakers. They make me cringe. When I became a teacher, I swore I would spare my students the torture of icebreakers. That being said, I also realize how important it is to buil…

In This Article The inspiration for the Vertical Classroom Project My first VCP lesson General and specific observations Questions, concerns and ponderables The next step Materials The Inspiration…

By Adrienne Baytops Paul, Math Specialist, UnboundEd, COO of My Mathematical Mind, and former Middle School Teacher The 14 Practices of Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) complement the Illustrative Mathematics curriculum in remarkable ways. In my 23 years as a classroom teacher, I’d never previously witnessed anything like it. The practices align with IM’s […]

This post shares details for promoting critical thinking with math riddles. Plus you can get a FREE set of Math Riddles Task Cards with QR Codes.

I have two children that really excel at math, so I love finding ways to challenge them. These Low Floor, High

This is a community for early elementary math teachers who want to share ideas, ask questions, develop expertise, and connect with other early elementary...

Using Creative Thinking Activities with students is a great way to encourage problem-solving, teamwork, outside of the box thinking and resilience. In this blogpost we look at why creative thinking is important and how to use this 21st century skill in the classroom. We highlight our Creative Thinking activity task cards and offer a free sample of these task cards.

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I presented these ideas at Twitter Math Camp 14 in the flex session on Saturday afternoon. Let me be clear, these great ideas belong to Peter Liljedahl and he deserves all the praise. I was fortunate to be asked to present at the Canadian Mathematics Education Forum about spiralling the curriculum with activity based teaching. This is where Peter was a Keynote speaker. His idea of visible random groupings (VRG) and Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces (VNPS) resonated with me. I felt it was an…

Hello friends. This post has resources from a MCTM Duluth Session on April 28th, 2017. On the Sunday prior to the conference, I contacted 5 of my favorite people not speaking at the conference and asked them to present a 9-minute burst on their 'favorite thing' of the past year. Without much time (4 days)