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Louisa Connaughton

@lpconnaughton.bsky.social
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Elementary Math Specialist | 6th Grade Math Teacher | Desmos Fellow | Mount Holyoke Cohort 9 #mtbos #iteachmath #elemmathchat

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Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · 18/12/2025
Top New Podcast: Our conversation with @heymrsbond.com, Reclaiming Teaching & Learning in an Age of AI, was our most downloaded episode of the year *by far*! 👇 www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/rec... #K12 #edchat
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Core steps in moving from tier 1 + tier 3, to integrating tier 2 instruction into the gen ed classroom.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 02/12/2025
“The power of their own positive words returning to them made a difference.” 📝 🧡 #WhatWorksForMe #EduSky
What Works For Me! “I’ve had my students write down on multiple sticky notes this year what they would want to hear on tough days. I collected those notes and handed them out when I saw students needed them. The power of their own positive words returning to them made a difference.” —Danielle Sicotte, Teacher
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I don't think it's a coincidence that teachers who are warm demanders tend to expect a great deal of themselves, know and take pride in their strengths, and are disciplined and structured about addressing their weaknesses.
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Thoughts from #ATMNE25: When looking at school culture, consider, "How are adults talking about kids? How are admin talking about teachers?" Need to be viewing both with a mindset of growth, opportunity, not deficit. @marriamath.bsky.social
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Key additional info for those who don't get a lot of trick-or-treaters. If I'm spending $17 for 55 pieces of candy, that bag better not include plain ol' Hershey's Bars.
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
6th graders used ratio reasoning to consider which doll body parts are the most absurd. (This project was inspired by another 6th grade teacher. Paying it forward for anyone else who might want to try. brimmermay-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...) #mtbos
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Looking for some interesting ratio reasoning for Halloween? Which candy would you rather buy? #mtbos #iteachmath
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Gr 2-3 Puzzle Club meets on Friday afternoons. This opt-in time is for ANY students who love puzzling and collaborative problem solving as joyful, social math isn't only for those who finish core assignment in class, or who don't have other learning needs. #elemmathchat @mathequalslove.bsky.social
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
"How can you show 5?" PK Ss offer up their ideas.
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I'm presenting at ATMNE in the fall! "Shifting Practice: Creating a Shared Culture of Math Learning in Your Classroom" on Friday 10/31 at 10:45. Register at atmim.wildapricot.org/event-5937758. #ATMNE25 #ITeachMath #MTBoS #ElemMathChat
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MiddleWeb @middleweb.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
7 ESSENTIALS TO ENSURE A CULTURE OF BELONGING. “You are welcome here.” It’s the message every student longs to hear as they walk through a classroom door for the 1st time. #edusky #T2Tchat @larryferlazzo.bsky.social @sharemylesson.bsky.social @amleorg.bsky.social www.middleweb.com/52524/7-esse...
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7 Essentials Ensure Your School Has a Culture of Belonging
For our students to be well educated, activist citizens who lead fulfilling lives, they need schools that foster a culture of belonging, writes Regie Routman.
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I heart your post, but I don't heart this.
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Great Q! Often I'll instruct students to finish a handful of problems and then look for a peer to check with. If no one is ready, I tell them to start the next set, then pause when classmates have caught up. Like all things, it takes time and management to develop routines that work for you!
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Karen Campe @karencampe.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
New blog post! "Find Your (Math) People" -- about the vitally important connections we make w/other teachers. Be a buddy, find your groups, and carry on the legacy of @druinok.bsky.social who left us too soon. #MTBoS #iTeachMath #T3Learns #ForShelli karendcampe.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/f...
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Find Your (Math) People
Teaching is hard. The day-to-day cycle of planning, presenting, orchestrating, testing, and reflecting is continuous, and there’s always the uncertainty of how the students will show up (or not) to…
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Excited to share my recent article published on @edutopia.org! It doesn't take much to start to shift practice towards a more shared culture of teaching and learning in our math classrooms. #MTBOS #elemmathchat #iteachmath #edusky #mathsky www.edutopia.org/article/stud...
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Positioning Elementary Students as Experts in Math Class
Encouraging students to take on roles traditionally reserved for teachers creates a shared culture of teaching and learning in the classroom.
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I'm presenting at ATMNE in the fall! "Shifting Practice: Creating a Shared Culture of Math Learning in Your Classroom" on Friday 10/31 at 10:45. Register at atmim.wildapricot.org/event-5937758. #ATMNE25 #ITeachMath #MTBoS #ElemMathChat
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Annie Forest @annieforest.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Saw this on FB and thought it would make a good math warm-up or Math Talk What would you pick? 🍫🔥
Graphic showing different dollar amounts for different s’mores ingredient options.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 18/07/2025
🚨 Emergency scripts. 📝 Classroom contracts. 🎯 Modeled expectations. These teacher-tested techniques take a proactive approach to classroom management. #ClassroomManagement #EduSky
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How to Improve Classroom Behavior Without Public Shaming
Instead of clip charts and data walls, try these classroom management techniques to discourage misbehavior and build a stronger classroom community.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 19/07/2025
When something goes wrong in class, collective punishment probably isn’t the answer, says educator Matthew Ebert. But if you head down that path, there’s still a way to come back and build trust with students. Here’s how. 👇 #ClassroomManagement #EduSky
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Managing Your Class Without Collective Punishment
Even in moments of frustration, teachers can hold disruptive students accountable without punishing the class as a group.
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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 30/06/2025
My latest for @nytimes.com -- please repost so your followers can see this for free. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How a Puzzle About Fractions Got Brain Scans Rolling (Gift Article)
A story of bowling pins, patterns and medical miracles.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 28/06/2025
All in one place: Our popular collection of animations breaking down important education studies. 📊📽️ #EdResearch #EduSky
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Research Animations for Educators
Our popular collection of animations that examine studies about learning and surface findings that matter for teachers and students, all gathered in one place.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 16/05/2025
To get an internal sense of how numbers relate to each other, students can practice working with number lines! Here’s a step-by-step guide from math and literacy specialist Laura Berman. #ElementaryTeacher #MathSky #ITeachMath
Laura's breakdown of a number line on a white board.
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DavidPetro314 @davidpetro314.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Some tips on building a shared culture in #math class from @lpconnaughton.bsky.social at the #OAME2025 conference docs.google.com/presentation... #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Math Pickle is the BEST! Some of my favs include Mondrian Art Puzzles, Pollinator puzzles, Venus Fly Trap (decimals), Ninja Bed Bugs, Conhex, Fractured fractions, Squaring the square. Never done the venn diagram puzzle, but maybe for 3-5 puzzle club on Friday... ;)
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Dr Greg Curran @gregbcurran.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A really important article about the impact of parent anxiety about maths on their children #iTeachMath
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Looking forward to this one! #OAME25
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Paige Sheehan @mrssheehanmath.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
In case you haven’t lately, survey your students. I always forget how much valuable input students are willing to give when you give them the chance!
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Jose Vilson, PhD @thejosevilson.com · 12/03/2025
Not enough people are paying attention to the multiple levels at which eliminating the Department of Education works to advance a bad agenda. As a sociologist, I'm seeing some things are worth your attention as you argue about the role of EdGov in our students' lives: (1/6) 🧵
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Annie Forest @annieforest.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
“KiDs tHeSe days: Can’t tell time Don’t know coins” Reminder that *adults* created the digital clocks & payments. Kids are living in the world adults created. If they only see an analog clock and coins in math class it’s harder to learn! Not that it’s not important but let’s stop blaming the kids.
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This was one of my favs: docs.google.com/presentation...
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POW Iterations.pptx
LS POW Iterations May 2024 Thinking this week from: Vinny, Sean, Oskar, Cole, Nora, Lucia, Noah, Sophia, Yolanda, Mukang, Ada https://brimmermay-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/lconnaughton_brimmer_o...
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This Princeton Friends School archive site (www.princetonfriendsschool.org/academics/pr... )is a treasure trove of interesting problems worth exploring. I have pulled a bunch into a set of slide decks that I've used with Grs 2-5. drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Problem of the week - Princeton Friends School
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Win Puzzle Club about Artful Knots. Ss explored knot designs from India and Ireland, learned to draw that 'S' knot that I drew on my notebooks in middle school in the 90s, and tried some Loop-de-loops from This is Not a Math(s) Book. #iteachmath #mtbos docs.google.com/presentation...
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Henri Picciotto @hpicciotto.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Possibly useful for Valentine's Day: Katherine Pauer's "Cutting Out Hearts" www.mathed.page/puzzles/hear... #mtbos #iteachmath #mathed
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Ann Elise Record @anneliserecord.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Thrilled to announce that the proposal window for ATMNE 2025 is open. This year's theme is "Math Without Limits." We hope you consider submitting a session to join this set of amazing keynote and featured speakers! Click here to submit: forms.gle/7EPDczbvqB3S... #ITeachMath #ElemMathChat
ATMNE 2025 Conference announcement for 10/30 & 31, 2025 in Marlborough, MA. Photos of keynotes Howie Hua, Annie Fetter, Julia Aguirre, Maria del Rosario Zavala and Brian Buckhalter. Featured speakers Kristen Acosta, Amy Chang, Latrenda Knighten, Vanessa Vakaria, Mike Flynn, and Jenna Laib.
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Wow! Did you get your cassette for the limited time offer of $3.99 or did you have to pay the full retail value of $12.99? At an average inflation rate of 2.55%...🤔 I think I'd pay $10 for this now, but maybe not $31... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugNU...
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Coming Out Of Their Shells Tour cassette promo! (1990)
YouTube video by The Haunted Drive-in
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
For anyone leading, facilitating, taking part in a curriculum review and adoption process, this is a great read. Instead of fidelity, this: "The curriculum sets the bar, and teachers use their professional judgment to supplement and adjust so that students can meet that bar."
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I feel like my childhood was filled with mostly Papa Ginos. I remember a few birthday parties where we made pizza in the restaurant's kitchen...? Curious to know where that chain fits in here. I didn't know about Papa Johns at all until I was an adult!
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
#SlowRevealGraphs are always like a breath of fresh air in the classroom!
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
We slowly revealed the rise of Dominoes graph today! slowrevealgraphs.com/2022/08/17/d... Ss reflected on the meaning of the slope at different points and debated just how dramatic Pizza Hut's rise and fall really was.
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Domino's Has Quietly Become the Biggest Pizza Chain in the World - Slow Reveal Graphs
Do you know someone named "Alexa"? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
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Bryan Meyer @doingmath.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
In my 15 years working with districts to help make high school mathematics JOYFUL, MEANINGFUL, and EQUITABLE, I have found quality curriculum can have a tremendous impact. So, I've been working to make such curriculum freely available: www.math-that-matters.com #mtbos #iteachmath #edusky
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MATH that MATTERS | Curriculum and Consulting Services
Math that Matters provides curriculum and consulting partnerships with schools and districts to help build a meaningful mathematics education.
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Two more same & different: This time looking at the structure of multiplication and division. #mtbos #desmosclassroom @looneymath.bsky.social
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I love using the "Same & Different" routine for examining student work. Here are three we used back to back today to highlight features of graphs, including neatness, scale, indep/dep variables. #mtbos @illustratemath.bsky.social @looneymath.bsky.social
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Kevin Hall @ijkijkevin.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I love this paragraph from @dylanpkane.bsky.social's post about conceptual learning. One of my big criticisms of the IM curriculum is that they don't smear topics over 1-2 weeks like this. Smearing is better! #iteachmath #mtbos fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/conceptual...
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Note to self: This year I gave the 1-100 sheet (in past I started with 1-20 or 1-50) and noticed fewer students digging in. I think 1-100 was overwhelming. Next year, I'll give 1-30 and expand once we get going. First impressions matter in math puzzling too! #mtbos @mathequalslove.bsky.social
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Chip Trading: 1 game ♾️ levels: 1 - base-10 blocks, trading 10s; 2 - colored chips, trading 10s; 3 - colored chips, trading 3s, 7s; 4 - adding/subtracting with 3s 7s. Ss play/explore the same idea (trading) and answer the same questions with diff levels of sophistication. #mtbos #elemmathchat
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Louisa Connaughton @lpconnaughton.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Quicksand! 💯
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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy 2025! If you're looking for some math-y fun today (or for when your students return to the classroom), check out the 2025 Yearly Number Challenge! mathequalslove.net/yearly-numbe... #mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky #math
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Peter Rowlett @peterrowlett.net · 01/01/2025
The 2025 Game: arrange the digits 2, 0, 2 and 5 with symbols in between (e.g. +, -, ×, ÷, ^, !, etc.) to make the numbers 0-10. For example, 2+0+2+5=9. How many can you make? (I just confirmed all numbers 0-10 are possible.) #MathsSky #MathSky #MathsToday #MathChat
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