Math Before Breakfast

Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga

Three mornings a week, we meet before breakfast for an early-morning run. We spend most of our time planning and reflecting on what's happening in our classrooms. This has become our favorite professional development, so we figured, why not share these moments with you. Tracy is a 4th grade math and science teacher, and Ruth is a 6th grade math teacher.

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Updated Mar 15, 2021

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Jan 6, 2019
Ep 10: That's a Lot of Grapes
Ep 10: That's a Lot of Grapes Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download To celebrate our tenth episode, we invited special guest, Van Hoffman, to talk about his experience teaching fifth and sixth grade math for the first time. Van Hoffman Exemplars Order of Operations Task - Also check out Episode 3 Nimble with Numbers Hands on Equations Hands on Equations Videos for Lessons 1 - 13 Decimal Posters Finished Products Partial Products
Dec 30, 2018
Ep 9: That Eye-roll was Fierce!
Ep 9: That Eye-roll was Fierce! Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download In this episode we explore modeling equivalencies between fractions, decimals, and percents on a grid. We also talk about our evolving opinions of the flipped classroom model. Episode 9 Listening Guide – Follow along as we describe the fraction/decimal models. Blank Base 10 Flats (p. 3) Partitive & Quotitive Division – Also check out Episode 2 Fraction to Decimal Investigation Chart Dr. Lodge McCammon What is the Flipped Classroom Students' Thoughts About the Flipped Classroom Tracy's YouTube Channel Ruth's YouTube Channel Decimal Project
Dec 24, 2018
Ep 8: Living on Caffeine and Drive-Thru
Ep 8: Living on Caffeine and Drive-Thru Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download In this episode we tackle questions from three teachers, as well as introducing decimal place value. Which One Doesn't Belong Notice & Wonder Sara Van Der Werf Play Table Tracy Zager's Book Sherry Parrish's Number Talks Book Van de Walle Book Concrete Representational Abstract Number Balance Mini Number Balance Halving & Doubling Tandi Clausen-May Place Value PPT Decimal Chips Modeling Decimal Numbers Choral Counting Resources from T. Zager Choral Counting by Decimals Tweets about Choral Counting 1 Tweets about Choral Counting 2 Place Value Flipchart Choral Counting Book Decimal Project
Dec 15, 2018
Ep 7: I Didn't Learn to Tell Time Until the Eleventh Grade
Ep 7: I Didn't Learn to Tell Time Until the Eleventh Grade Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download In this episode we discuss elapsed time, decimal place value, Nearpod, and more. We Can't Teach Everything The One-Handed Clock NCTM Article - Elapsed Time Edited Elapsed Time Task Adilee's Elapsed Time Work Decimal Basics Video Beginning Decimal Task Annotated Decimal Task Student Work Area of the Parallelogram 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions Headache & Aspirin Nearpod Decimal Nearpod Lesson Desmos Anonymous Name Feature Nearpod Collaborate Feature Seeing Division in an Array
Dec 8, 2018
Ep 6: Broken Calculators and the Power of Yet
Ep 6: Broken Calculators and the Power of Yet Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download In this episode we discuss favorite math tasks and routines we've tried recently in our classrooms. Broken Calculator Four Fours Challenge Bowl-A-Fact 2018 Year Challenge Becoming The Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had Notice & Wonder Notice & Wonder Shirt Stand and Talk This is Easy The Power of Yet Youcubed Paper Folding Task Mittens Task Puppy Task Puppy task student work Multiples of 42
Nov 20, 2018
Ep 5: What We've Changed
Ep 5: What We've Changed Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download In this episode we talk about changes we've made to our daily warm up procedure and share free resources you can use tomorrow. Open Middle Monday Solve me Mobiles Estimation 180 Which One Doesn’t Belong Visual Patterns Week of Inspirational Math Fraction Talks Division App PEMDAS vs GEMS
Nov 10, 2018
Ep 4: All Things Multiplication
Ep 4: All Things Multiplication Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download In this episode we trace the development of multiplication skills from second grade to sixth grade, including skip counting, models, algorithms, and decimal multiplication. Halving & Doubling Interactive Hundred Grid Models of Multiplication 3 x 0.08 and 0.08 x 3 Fact Strategy Posters YouCubed Multiplication Math Counts Multiplication Made Easy Count & Rhyme Why a Place Holder Zero? 32 x 74 12 x 0.6
Nov 4, 2018
Ep 3: Management Vs. Looking for the Math
Ep 3: Management Vs. Looking for the Math Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download In this episode we reflect on a Lesson Study project about the order of operations, decimal multiplication, and the importance of listening for students' mathematical ideas during tasks. Lesson Study Original Order of Operations Task Order of Operations Task Edited Reasoning and Proof Visibly Random Grouping Blogpost Visibly Random Grouping Research Managing vs. Listening Modeling 0.3 x3 and 0.3 x0.24 Decimal Maze from NCTM Illuminations
Oct 27, 2018
Ep 2: My Mom Took All the Snickers
Ep 2: My Mom Took All the Snickers Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download This episode addresses big ideas in division, finding the mean when there's a remainder, and numberless word problems. Partitive & Quotitive Division Bacon Division Stories What to Do With Remainders Student Work For Finding Mean (34 ÷ 5) Division Challenge Problems Long Division With Subtraction Algorithm Number Pieces Online Base 10 Blocks Subtractive Division Student Work Favorite Student Reflection Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You’d Had The Danger of Keywords Website for Exploring Part Whole Models Numberless Word Problems Numberless Graph Principal Numberless Word Problem
Oct 21, 2018
Ep 1: Don't Kill the Chicken
Ep 1: Don't Kill the Chicken Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download This week Ruth taught decimal place value and rounding, and Tracy taught division. What’s next?! Concrete, Representational, Abstract assessment for division Division student work & Google forms Model Decimals with Base 10 Blocks Reasoned Rounding Game Flipgrid Desmos Decimal Challenge Desmos Adding Integers Modeling Decimal Subtraction NRICH Spiraling Decimal Game Liping Ma book: Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics Jennifer Bay-Williams Which One Doesn’t Belong
Oct 12, 2018
Ep 0: Math Before Breakfast Trailer
Ep 0: Math Before Breakfast Trailer Tracy Proffitt, Ruth Erquiaga Download Welcome to Math Before Breakfast. We share how we met, a little bit of our teaching background, and the purpose of this podcast.

Math Before Breakfast

Ep 10: That's a Lot of Grapes

Ep 9: That Eye-roll was Fierce!

Ep 8: Living on Caffeine and Drive-Thru

Ep 7: I Didn't Learn to Tell Time Until the Eleventh Grade

Ep 6: Broken Calculators and the Power of Yet

Ep 5: What We've Changed

Ep 4: All Things Multiplication

Ep 3: Management Vs. Looking for the Math

Ep 2: My Mom Took All the Snickers

Ep 1: Don't Kill the Chicken

Ep 0: Math Before Breakfast Trailer