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Nicole Medina

@nmedina5

First grade teacher, math lover, reader, and mommy. Building Thinking Classrooms since 2021!

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The quote at the end kind of sums up my feelings about this idea,"Yay, humans!" πŸ˜‚

13.04.2025 22:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you sneeze when you smell them? πŸ˜‚

09.04.2025 02:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pizza theorem - Wikipedia

Maybe they know something you don't Annie! ;) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_t...

09.04.2025 02:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Crazy 100Β° difference today across the country! πŸ₯ΆπŸ₯΅

Crazy 100Β° difference today across the country! πŸ₯ΆπŸ₯΅

Love it when the weather forecasters showcase math! Crazy 100Β° difference today across the country! πŸ₯ΆπŸ₯΅ www.facebook.com/share/p/18Fn...

13.02.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Crayons Aren't Just for Kids Mixed media artist Lisa Solomon describes how she and five other artists have embraced Crayola in their work

These are crayons!! I am still trying to figure out how she made these. www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...

09.02.2025 22:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Keeping Children Safe Online: A Guide to 3 Popular Games A guide for parents and teachers about the range of options available for you to control access to chat in the big three games children play.

Keeping Children Safe Online: A Guide to 3 Popular Games: Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft

www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2024/03/keep...

07.02.2025 08:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love the song, love the clarity of concept, and my first graders are going to love to think about these big numbers too!

08.02.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Reading in Math Webinar Series #1: The 3 Reads Routine
Reading in Math Webinar Series #1: The 3 Reads Routine YouTube video by MN Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM)

I looked it up because I was interested to see it too! Here is the link (for others): www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LrQ...

08.02.2025 02:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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07.02.2025 21:03 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Becuase we use a lot of dice.

08.02.2025 02:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My second grader and I found math in the wild. Which is longer...4 years or 1000 days? This would also make a good task for #VNPS #TMWYK #BuildingThinkingClassrooms

26.01.2025 03:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop asking if we should tell and start asking how Why does telling remain such a charged issue in mathematics teaching? Reframing telling through its functions rather than its form offers a way forward.

Happy New Year! And a new blog post as a treat (a week earlier than planned).

NEW Blog Post: β€˜Stop asking if we should tell and start asking how’

Why does telling remain such a charged issue in mathematics teaching? Reframing telling through its functions rather than its form offers a way forward.

01.01.2025 04:22 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7

This will make a great #noticewonder for my first graders (sans one category πŸ˜‰).

15.01.2025 23:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You should make this! I used Simple Mills Honey Cinnamon crackers instead of ginger snaps and added some raspberries that needed to be eaten. The kids wanted seconds. ;) www.gimmesomeoven.com/blueberry-ta...

11.01.2025 23:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cartoonist unknown.

10.01.2025 11:28 πŸ‘ 15146 πŸ” 1868 πŸ’¬ 149 πŸ“Œ 87

Love the adaptable idea of creating controversy to get a free by-product...remembering!

28.12.2024 22:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I need to know who decides this color and what are the criterion for the decision?

10.12.2024 02:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Your products just make me smile! :)

10.12.2024 02:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ‘‡

09.12.2024 16:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This could be a great task for building thinking classrooms too! How many of each color square would you need to make each cookie? Blue is cut in half so two blue squares, etc. I'm saving it for later in my first grade year.

10.12.2024 02:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I rarely see you do donut shapes. Will they usually end up with a circular center?

10.12.2024 02:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That is one playground perfect shed!

29.11.2024 04:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, the name itself will delight my first graders!

24.11.2024 03:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tell me when are those times, please?

24.11.2024 03:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
two-by-two grid of shapes: purple borders against a tan background.
Upper left: a circle.
Upper right: a many-sided regular polygon.
Lower left: an ellipse at a jaunty angle.
Lower right: a square with very rounded corners.

two-by-two grid of shapes: purple borders against a tan background. Upper left: a circle. Upper right: a many-sided regular polygon. Lower left: an ellipse at a jaunty angle. Lower right: a square with very rounded corners.

I made this for a friend who was headed off to talk with first graders about circles last week.

Which one doesn't belong?

13.11.2024 15:05 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2

Or maybe it's a square whose corners fell off.

24.11.2024 03:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi friend! Yes they recommend that connecting cubes, 100 chart, counters, and base ten blocks lose their power in higher numbers, so there are other models that are more efficient. Their suggestion is to start with 5-rack, 10-rack, 20-rack, and then Open Number Line.

17.11.2024 20:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Learning so much over at Make Math Moments Summit! Haven't found them here yet, but I am currently rethinking using counters and connecting cubes so much to move students beyond counting models. We need efficiency!
#iTeachMath #MTBoS #MathEd #MathChat

17.11.2024 01:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brainingcamp Digital Manipulatives The most popular manipulatives at your fingertips. Powerful yet easy-to-use.

'Ultimately what makes for the choosing the right manipulative is not their physical characteristics, but rather how meaningful they are' One of many blogs on the
Brainingcamp website www.brainingcamp.com/blog/posts/h...

13.09.2024 14:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0