Don’t get me wrong. We all know students benefit from some spiraling of grade level skills. But if you aren’t using NOTD time to present your students with gradually scaffolded skill practice that is embedded with reasoning and concept development…

I believe math instruction should inspire curiosity and develop reasoning. I like to give away as little as possible… and that means it all comes down to the questioning. The better our questions are.. the better our students will learn. Period…