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Patty Stephens

@pattystephens.bsky.social
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K-12 Math Consultant & #DesmosFellow. Founder of @AcutelyCurious. Helping educators ask better questions about math, AI & learning. Author of The What If Books. Corgi mom • Kayaker #mathsky acutelycurious.com thewhatifbooks.com

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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My first picture book is out: What If It's Mine Now? It is about my own corgis each trying to make sense of the world in their own way, with mathematical thinking at the heart of every story in this series. 📚 amazon.com/dp/B0H8WSGXHS?…
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Acutely Curious @acutelycurious.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
AI can generate a lesson in seconds. It can't tell you if it's right for these students today. Teaching is hundreds of judgment calls a day: - What's the misconception? - Struggle, or step in? - Real thinking, or busywork? What's a call AI can't make for you?
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"I'm not a math person." I've heard this more times than I can count. And it tells me something — not about math ability, but about math identity. New post: pattypapers.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/e... #math #iteachmath
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Extending the Invitation
What a familiar disclaimer reveals about math identity I was cofacilitating a professional development session for special education teachers who teach math. It was the kind of day that feels produ…
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Contextualized procedure is not the same thing as problem solving. Most story problems have already made the important mathematical decisions for students. That's worth understanding. New post at Patty Papers 👇 pattypapers.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/a...
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A Story Problem Isn’t Problem Solving
There’s a task that appears in nearly every math classroom, at nearly every grade level, in nearly every curriculum. It goes something like this: Marcus has 48 trading cards. He gives 15 to h…
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Three AI tools analyzed a stack of exit tickets. All three made the same mistake. One teacher caught it immediately. That gap is the whole story. #AIinEducation #TeacherExpertise 🔗 pattypapers.wordpress.com/2026/06/06/t...
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The Teacher in the Room
What a stack of exit tickets can teach us about AI — and about teaching A teacher I work with handed three AI tools the same job last week. Sixteen scanned exit tickets. A lesson goal — solving sys…
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
From Patty Papers: The Completion Problem pattypapers.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/the… #math #iteachmath #mathsky #edusky
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
From Patty Papers: A Worksheet in Google Forms is Still a Worksheet. pattypapers.com #mathsky #edusky #iteachmath
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Separating Prime Cuts of Math Education and Instructional Technology from Common Mystery Meat
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Jenna Laib @jennalaib.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
New #SlowRevealGraph: "E-Books Still No Match for Printed Books" Estimated share fo the population in selected countries that purchased an e-book/printed book in 2025 (in %)
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Across the World, More Readers Prefer Printed Books to eBooks
Across the World, Readers Prefer Printed Books to eBooks
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
30+ years in math education and I'm still finding better ways to think about activity design. I created a thing and think it's the real deal. Try it for free. 👇 #mathed #iteachmath #TeacherAppreciationDay
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
30 years in K-12 Math ed. This is what I built. Retweet if you know a math teacher who needs this. acutelycurious.com #TeacherAppreciationWeek
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Hana Murray @murrayh83.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Pattern block play! #21CenturyPB #iTeachMath
The image shows a twelve-sided shape created with 21st Century Pattern Blocks. It was built by arranging 6 rectangles and 6 equilateral triangles around a central regular hexagon with each side of the hexagon measuring 2*sqrt(3) inches. The design uses pink triangles and teal kites.
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Pebblewood Studio @pebblewoodstudio.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Its getting deep here! #trailcam #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #art #artist
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Desmos Studio @desmos.com · 13/02/2025
Made with love (and equations). 💕 💌 Explore the graph, and personalize your own to share: www.desmos.com/calculator/y... #mathsky #iteachmath
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Libo Valencia 🧮 MathPlay @mrvalencia24.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine's!! - Ss got to spread the #MathPlay 🧮 love via @desmos.com 🥰 🔗 mathogram.com #ITeachMath #MTBoS #MathSky #STEM #EdTech #MathsToday #EduSky #Math #ValentinesDay
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Erick Lee @theericklee.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
First day of high school calculus class next week. Working on a questionnaire to start class. What questions would you ask? My current list of questions comes from longtailsofinterest.blogspot.com/2010/08/calc... @calcdave.bsky.social
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Calculus Questionnaire
I gave a questionnaire to my calculus courses (one section of honors calculus, one of AP calculus AB, one of AP calculus BC) to get their mi...
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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
These mitten hidato puzzles were a special request from a teacher looking for a winter-themed logic puzzle. I figure they are perfect for this bout of cold weather we are experiencing! mathequalslove.net/mitten-hidat... #mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky
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Sarah Shartzer @imperfectsquare.com · 31/12/2024
Another self-checking #googlesheet builds 24 different snowmen as students enter answers. All programmed for you - just add your own questions & (matchable) answers! #edusky #iteachmath #mtbos examples here: tiny.cc/snowmanexample & tiny.cc/snowmanexample2 template here: tiny.cc/snowmantemplate
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Jabi Sanz @jabisanzphotography.com · 29/12/2024
“The Ring” a full aurora arch over a lake with little cottage in Iceland #bluesky #photography #landscape #mountains #art #nature #landscapephotography
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Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Inspired by the Snowglobe post by @pattystephens.bsky.social, and stealing a bit of code from it, in this version the snow falls and piles up. There's some great cleverness in her Desmos code, btw! I learned quite a bit from her and from making my own version. www.desmos.com/calculator/j...
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FallingSnow Pts
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas! www.desmos.com/calculator/t... #Desmos #iteachmath #MTBoS #mathchat
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Christmas Snowglobe
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
2 more wakeups
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Matt Enlow @unsolvedmre.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Can you find a Pythagorean Triple containing... • exactly one multiple of 5? • exactly two multiples of 5? • three multiples of 5? • no multiples of 5? Any conjectures? #iTeachMath #MathSky
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Nature Horizon @naturehorizon.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Nature is a therapy 🏝️🌊.
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
This is how my cat greets me every time I walk in the door.
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Pebblewood Studio @pebblewoodstudio.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
#trailcam #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #art #artist
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benjamin dickman @benjamindickman.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
name of a math course you'd enroll in? I'll start❗ #iTeachMath ♾️ #MathSky • mathematics of scams
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Andrew Fenner @numbershapes.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
These puzzles are so much fun. #edusky #math #edtech #iteachmath #mathsky
eight hundreds, five tens and six ones represented as circles with area proportional to their value. 

two of the hundreds are 3/4 shaded in, one is one half shaded and one of a fourth shaded. Four of the tens are three fourths shaded and two of the ones are half shaded.

The objective is to find the total. Hint: it is not 856.
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Ed Southall @edsouthall.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
maths is cool.
pentagon tiles in six different arrangements to make six dodecagonsIdrija lace in a geometric patternJapanese Bansho. A Pythagorean proof made of Pythagorean proofs
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imperfect unfinished @chaseorton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
To my #thinkingclassrooms colleagues: What is a small micro-move that you’ve recently discovered that gets Ss thinking and/or taking more responsibility for their learning? #iteachmath
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Matt Enlow @unsolvedmre.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
A classic #math #puzzle #iTeachMath
32 bubbles arranged in a circle. The text in the center says, "Arrange the integers from 1 to 32 in a circle so that every neighboring pair sums to a perfect square"
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
New Desmos Activity: Sliding Cubics teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...
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Sliding Cubics
This activity focuses on translations of the parent function `y=x^{3}`. Students describe the translations that would map one function onto another in words and with equations.
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Desmos Studio @desmos.com · 21/11/2024
That graph looks like it's ready for the spotlight. Open up Graphing, Geometry, or 3D and look for the ✨ to submit it to the Desmos Art Expo! #mathart #desmosart #DesmostArtExpo2024 #iteachmath #mathsky
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Day 2 of school closed due to power outages from the bomb cyclone, and storm #2 hits tonight. This bomb cyclone is definitely blowing up our summer vacation start date.
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Eric Sheninger @esheninger.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Compliance vs Engagement esheninger.blogspot.com/2024/10/comp... #education #teaching #teachers #studentagency #pedagogy
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softpost @softpost.co · 16/11/2024
skies
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Pebblewood Studio @pebblewoodstudio.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
My muse. #trailcam #art #artist
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I was told that if you have a pet you're obligated to share it on Bluesky, so here are my corgis Pebbles and Teddy. #corgi #corgicrew #corgisky
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Nat Banting @natbanting.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Mathematical modelling irl #iteachmath
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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
periodic reminder: If you grade homework on completion and a lot of kids “complete” by copying from friends, you are grading kids on their social connectedness.
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Christopher Danielson @triangleman.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I made this for a friend who was headed off to talk with first graders about circles last week. Which one doesn't belong?
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.
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Nat Banting @natbanting.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
Two new #MenuMath added to the site. One on factoring polynomials from Michael Roberts Another (pretty spicy) one on geometry on the plane from Alli Etherington natbanting.com/menu-math/ #iteachmath
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Dan Wekselgreene @dwekselgreene.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
I've been making CII (Correct, Incorrect, Incomplete) tasks to deepen students' understanding of particular topics. First, they discuss the Correct work in groups and I ask them questions. They do the Incorrect column and we debrief, then they finish the Incomplete. #MTBoS #iteachmath bit.ly/3YXGpW2
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Correct, Incorrect, Incomplete examples
Period: Name: Graphing 2-Variable Inequalities 3x + 4y < 24 3(0) + 4y = 24 y = 6 3x + 4(0) = 24 x = 8 Test point: (0, 0) 3(0) + 4(0) < 24 0 < 24 True 2x – 6y < 18 2x – 6y < 18 -2x -2x -6y < -2x + 18 -...
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Patty Stephens @pattystephens.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Today was the first time I've been on X in ages. Saw lots of math peeps talking about Bluesky, so here I am!
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Chris Dwyer @chrisgdwyer.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Giving up Twitter… heard it’s nice here… here is a picture I took from my front door. If you see it give me a follow….
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Lee James Palmer @leejpalmer.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Red sky at night. Low tide rockpool reflections of tonight’s sunset overlooking St.Michael’s Mount in Cornwall.
A bright red sunset over St.Michael’s Mount. The lowtide rock pools are reflecting the skies colours intensifying the effect of the sunset.
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Stacey🍂👻 @nanamimoon01.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Went out for another autumn walk with the other half ^^ Gonna be sad when autumn is over this season brings me so much joy ^^ The colours are just so pretty
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Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
The aurora borealis, stars, & a great ash
A red and green aurora at night above the shape of a hill and a large ash tree. Stars are visible in the sky.
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