Taking time to teach students how to problem solve


Teachers leading a number talk in grade 3 about how to work through a math problem. Providing students lots of opportunity to problem solve and teaching them how to problem solve is essential to developing…

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Grade 2 students using multiple strategies to show their thinking!


It is so awesome to see students using multiple strategies to demonstrate their understanding.

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Wonderful display of math thinking


It is great when students solve math using a variety of strategies and then are able to display their thinking and share their strategies with each other. 

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Problem solvers


These two grade 2 students were answering this question and had different answers but their approaches were similar. They presented their thinking and through a rich discussion and looking at each other’s work, they agreed…

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Sharing learning!


Grade 5 students at the American International School of Mozambique had a wonderful opportunity to share their thinking with the parent community. It was great to see parents working through problems with the students, sharing…

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Grade 2 math problem solvers


These grade 2 students spent their math class working on how long is this snake. Love how they showed their math thinking and how they approached solving the problem. Well done!!!

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3 leveled graphing questions results in flow!


In a grade 4 math class, students were provided with 3 graph questions. The teacher worked with a small group of students offering direct instruction and support, another group was working independently and then provided…

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Grade 8 Math learning


At the American International School of Mozambique, students spent their grade 8 math class understanding surface area and area using their own hands. When learning is designed around a rich task, student engagement goes up,…

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Wonderful learner agency!


These grade 1 students had the opportunity to reflect on their learning regarding addition and subtraction word problems. After looking through their work books and conferencing with their teacher, the students filled out a post-it-note…

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A morning celebration of KG math learning


Today at AISM in Mozambique, Kindergarten parents were invited to join their children and be part of morning carpet time and then play some wonderful math games with their children. A beautiful opportunity to share…

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