(See students’ reflections and the transcript of the episode below.) After completing many logic puzzles, the students were ready to create their own. A few students are attempting to create them digitally! Links: TPT: Logic Puzzles Freebie TPT: Winter Logic Puzzles Freebie TPT: Logic Puzzle Freebie #12 TPT: Logic Puzzle: Who Adopted Who? Brainzilla AHA Logic Puzzles Puzzle Baron Students’ Reflections about Logic Puzzles “I think logic puzzles are really fun but I find them pretty easy. When I started them I thought they were really complicated but Mrs. Milner taught me how to use them and ..read more

How to reach Ann Elise: Instagram Facebook Twitter Website How to reach Dr. Nicki: Instagram Facebook Twitter Blog Website Resources Mentioned in the Episode: Solve Me puzzles Addition Mazes  Crossword Puzzles Algebraic Thinking Puzzles Flower Puzzles Addition Pyramids More Addition Pyramids Multiplication Pyramids Magic Squares Magic Triangles More Magic Triangles Balance Puzzles Diamond Addition and Subtraction Puzzles Math MashUp Solve Emoji Math Playground Transcript: Melissa Milner 0:09 Welcome to The Teacher As... podcast. I'm your host Melissa Milner, a teacher who is painfully ..read more

Make sure to check out Jen Hawkins’ guest blogpost about Student Vital Actions. Past Episode with Jen Hawkins: Ep. 85 Math Teacher Moves with Jen Hawkins Resources mentioned in this episode: SERP Institute work on Student Vital Actions and Supporting Teacher moves Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl  The 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discourse  Illustrative Math - open educational resource math curriculum Illustrative Mathematics Blog - more about IM and current math pedagogy How to reach Jen Hawkins: Email: hawkinsjen68@gmail.com Transcript: Mel ..read more

Paul Reynolds and I goofing off at the soon to be TLC location in Dedham, MA. It used to be a bank and we are standing in the entrance of the vault. It is so bright and you can see the different rooms for studios and the makerspace. Past episodes with these returning educators: Jen Hawkins: Zooming In on Math Teacher Moves with Jen Hawkins Dr. Nicki and Ann Elise Record: Math Routines Rewind Episode Meaningful Math Games with Ann Elise Record and Dr. Nicki Newton Top Ten Ways to Get Students Problem Solving with Dr. Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record Top Ten Math Manipulatives Ann Burgess Zoo ..read more

Transcript: Melissa Milner 0:09 For a change in this minisode, I'm actually going to be having the students do all the talking, I asked students what they love about chess, their favorite parts of chess, and whether teachers should be allowing some time in the school day at some point for students to play chess. So here are my fourth graders, some of them that were willing to talk, and I hope you enjoy it. My last minisode was about the benefits of chess, so this is a follow up to that. Enjoy. Student #1 0:39 I really like chess, because it's fun to play. And it's very simple. Home not very co ..read more

The top ten list created in this episode and links to resources are in my blogpost. Dr. Nicki Newton: Dr. Nicki’s Website Math Running Records Website Email: drnicki7@gmail.com Twitter: @drnickimath Instagram: @guidedmathinaction Ann Elise Record: Ann Elise’s Consulting Website Twitter: @AnnEliseRecord Instagram: @ann.e.record Transcript from original episode on 2/19/2021: (transcribed by kayla.r.fainer@gmail.com) Melissa Milner  00:09 Hi, this is Melissa Milner. Welcome to The Teacher As... podcast. The goal of this weekly podcast is to help you explore your passions and learn from oth ..read more

Links from the Episode Why Should Kids Play Chess? Why Chess Should be Taught in Schools Transcript Melissa Milner 0:09 In this minisode, I take a break from The Teacher As Filmmaker focus, to share about some things happening in my classroom. This minisode will be about the benefits of students playing chess and the next minisode in a couple of weeks will be about the use of logic puzzles in the classroom. We've been doing both in Room 20 and the students are loving it. And we're seeing some real impact from doing this work. So let me go back a little bit. After watching the Queen's Gambit s ..read more

How to Reach Dr. Lalich Lalich Center Janja’s Website Facebook Instagram - Dr. Lalich Instagram - Lalich Center Twitter/X Transcript Melissa Milner 0:09 Welcome to The Teacher As... Podcast. I'm your host, Melissa Milner, a teacher who is painfully curious and very easily inspired. This podcast is ever changing and I hope with each season, you find episodes that speak to you in your work as an educator. This is the fifth season of The Teacher As, and it's exciting to see the growth in how many educators are listening. Episodes are released every other week. If you enjoy The Teacher As... plea ..read more

Transcript: Melissa Milner 0:09 In this Teacher As Film Editor minisode, I share a concept that Walter Murch writes about in his amazing book on film editing called In the Blink of an Eye. It is the concept of cutting out the "bad bits." He writes, "Because in a certain sense, editing is cutting out the bad bits. The tough question is what makes a bad bit when you are shooting a whole movie, and the camera wanders, that's obviously a bad bit, and it's clear that you want to cut it out. The goal of a home movie is usually pretty simple, and unrestructured record of events in continuous time. Th ..read more

Transcript: Melissa Milner 0:09 Welcome to The Teacher As... podcast. I'm your host, Melissa Milner, a teacher who is painfully curious and very easily inspired. This podcast is ever changing. And I hope with each season, you find episodes that speak to you in your work as an educator. This is the fifth season of The Teacher As... and it's exciting to see the growth in how many educators are listening. Episodes are released every other week. If you enjoy The Teacher As... please rate it on Apple podcast and leave a review. It helps the podcast reach more educators. Thanks for listening. Ann B ..read more