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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Happy to be back at UBC this year teaching an elementary math methods course in January. @ubcteachered.bsky.social

Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Honoured to have a short piece about belonging in mathematics in the current Classroom Corridors resource from @ncte.org #MTBoS

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Erick Lee @theericklee.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

All eight weeks of #MathPHoto25. Feel free to continue posting through the summer with any of the prompts (or combinations of prompts) you notice!

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Erick Lee @theericklee.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It is the final week of #MathPhoto25. This week look for math at play. Where do you notice mathematics in games and activities. #MathPlay #ITeachMath

Three examples of math at play... a game of cribbage, playing with electronic circuits, and playing the board game Alhambra.

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Leaving London via Paddington Station, the clock face on Big Ben and the London Eye #circles #MathPhoto25 #ITeachMath #MTBoS

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Erick Lee @theericklee.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The penultimate week of #MathPhoto25 is #circles! Where do you notice circles, cylinders, spheres or ellipses in the world around you? #ITeachMath #MathsToday

Where do you notice circles, cylinders, spheres or ellipses in the world around you? Example photos include an orange life ring, a marshmallow toasting in a circular fire pit and cylidrical bales of hay drying in a field.

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Erick Lee @theericklee.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Week 6 of #MathPhoto25 is is underway! Where do you see measurements or tools used to #measure. Think measurements for distance, area, weight, time, etc. #ITeachMath

Week 6 prompt is Measure. Examples include a produce scale, a height clearance sign and a sign for the distance of a walking path around a pond.

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Maths Week Scotland @handle.invalid · 26/06/2025

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside... Keep your maths skills fresh over the summer holidays, with our fun maths-themed games and activities to do at the beach! 🐚 www.mathsweek.scot/n... #MathsWeekScot #STEMeducation #SummerHolidays #BeachGames #OutdoorLearning #MathsToday #UKMathsCht #tmwyk

Different types of shell arranged in a symmetrical repeating pattern on sand.

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Erick Lee @theericklee.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

This week’s #MathPhoto25 prompt is #even. Where do you see things that come in pairs? Where do even numbers show up in your world—on signs, in patterns, or in nature? #ITeachMath

Week 4 of MathPhoto25 is Even. Where do you notice balance and items grouped in pairs? Where do you see even numbers?

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Two days left of work in the Richmond School District before I retire after 34 years of teaching. Looking forward to new ways of learning together. #iteachmath janicenovakowski.com

screenshot of coming soon page for a new website with photograph of Janice Novakowski, ferns, polka dots, and math symbols along with contact buttons

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

My annual year in review blog post: blogs.sd38.bc.ca/sd38mathands...

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Erick Lee @theericklee.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

It's time to kick off #MathPhoto25 with #squares! Hunt for square shapes and perfect square numbers. Take photos & share on Bluesky using the hashtags #MathPhoto25 and #square. Please add alt text to your photos for increased access. #ITeachMath

The week one prompt of the Math Photo Challenge. Look for squares. Where to you see square shapes and perfect square numbers? Example photos are dice with square faces and the perfect square number 4 on top, a square sewer grate and square pint boxes of fresh summer strawberries.

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Erick Lee @theericklee.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Week 2 of #MathPhoto25 is here! This week look for symmetry, patterns and designs. Take photos and share using hashtags #MathPhoto25 and #symmetry. #ITeachMath

Take a math photo that shows symmetry! Where do you see symmetrical shapes, patterns and designs?

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Erick Lee @theericklee.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Week 3 of #MathPhoto25 has arrived. Where do you see lines meeting to form corners and #angles? #ITeachMath #MathsToday

Math Photo 25 - Week 3 - Angles - Where do you see two or more lines meeting to form acute, obtuse and right angles?

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Packing up The Studio as I get ready to retire from my school district next week. So much math joy happened here!

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Happy to be back at the @noiie.ca symposium and in community with network educators from across the world. #noiie25

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

It’s been a bit since I’ve posted here but am excited to see so many math friends joining over this way! Some mathy highlights from the last few months: attending and presenting at NCTM in Chicago and loving the opening keynote from Dr Eugenia Cheng 1/4

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

A very good math day full of math joy and good conversations with children, parents and grandparents. Our district’s Math Play Space popped up at our local Garlic Fest.

Young child with sun hat using triangular magnetic tiles to create with.

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

The Mathical book prizes were announced this morning for mathy books for 2-18 year olds. More info here: www.mathicalbooks.org/2024/02/2024...

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Just got home from the NCTM regional conference in Seattle. Appreciated features such as an opening panel including students’ voices instead of a singular keynote speaker, a math playspace, and other social spaces for attendees.

View down Pike Street from the Seattle convention centre

Large white NCTM letters with plants and downtown Seattle buildings in the background

Wooden cubes glue together in different combinations, used to create structures, such as an ostrich and snake

Six educators sitting in white chairs on a stage with a blue curtain background.

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

An online snowflake creator thanks to the Canadian Museum of Nature. snowflake.nature.ca/drawing

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Love the math materials created by local store Tree Fort Toys. They ship across North America and text is available in English and French. The coding arrows can be used indoors and outside and are a great connection to spatial reasoning. www.treeforttoys.com/collections/...

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Bobson Wong @bobsonwong.com · 19/12/2023

Hey #MTBoS #ITeachMath people: NCTM and NCTE are now accepting proposals for their joint conference on elementary literacy and math next spring: www.nctm.org/ncte-nctm202...

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

Honoured to have contributed a chapter to this book coming out spring 2024! canadianscholars.ca/book/beyond-...

Colour book cover with title Beyond 1, 2, 3

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Had a lovely morning via zoom with coordinators and educators in the Child Care Resources & Referral network for the interior region of BC. I was invited to share key early math concepts, resources, materials and supports for families and caregivers.

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Lesley @liupinn.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

The Math Art Lunch Club that I run for Grade 5-8 kiddos once every fortnight is just the loveliest. Even on a busy week, there is lots of joy.

A student drawing lines following Hitomezashi stitching rules.

A student coloring in half of a square tile in yellow (split diagonally) to create a Truchet tile. There are ten other colored tiles on the table.

An equilateral triangle split up according to Hitomezashi stitching rules and colored with a range of cool colors.

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Appreciating the natural beauty of BC as I travelled a bit for work this week. How do the land and waters around us inspire our teaching and learning?

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Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Thank you yo @kirstdy.bsky.social for the invite to this space. Looking forward to connecting and learning!

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