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NEW BLOG POST "For Our Math Education Community" I want to share how I launched my sessions at NCSM and NCTM last week: with a message about community. jennalaib.com/2024/09/29/f...

For Our Math Education Community

I want to share how I launched my sessions at NCSM and NCTM: with an urgent message about community.

Oh heeeeeey! I too occasionally stumble across those and cringe 😬 I’m doing good. Working for Amplify on the math curriculum team, not gardening very much due to a few set backs at the start of the season, but really stepping up my fiction reading game these days. How are you doing?

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Me: Yep. How would you do 12+13? Z: 12 doubled is 24. and then add 1 and its 25. [does algorithm to check 12+13] Z: I WANNA DO BIG NUMBERS NOW Me: okay, like what? Z: 1500 +1501 [long pause] Z: 3001! It's like magic. Me: so that's why we use letters. To see patterns for later. Z: cool.

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Me: so what's that look like with A Z: A+1 is 3 Me: so if we put it all together 2+3 became A+A+1 Z: THATS A DOUBLE AND ONE Me: what pattern are you seeing with that? Z There's 2 As and then you add 1. Me: uh huh. So we can use that pattern to add any next door neighbor numbers. Z: like 12 and 13

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Z: I see the answers counting by 2s Me: do you think that will always happen if we add 2 numbers beside each other on the number line? Z: maaaaybe Me: let's use letters to look. Use 2+3. If we replace 2 with A how can we write that sentence? Z: A+3 Me: can we write 3 another way using 2? Z: 2+1=3

Me: That 'not wanting to think about them all' is why we use the letters. They hold the place of numbers so we can look for patterns. Z: But I don't see a pattern Me: let's look at a different sentence okay? What's 1+2? Z: 3 Me: and what's 2+3? Z: 5 Me: what's 3+4? Z: 7 Me: notice anything? Z:

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Me: sometimes we use letters to generalize. It makes the math sentence work for more than just one case. Z: But I figured out the puzzle X+Y=15 is 7+8=15. Me: are 7 & 8 the only numbers that work? [Z does a lot of thinking] Z: no, There's more, but I don't want to puzzle them all out

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