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Use the seating chart on the board to find your seat :-)

Welcome to Room 202. My name is Mr. Olsen. I am one of three teachers on the Sixth Grade Math Team.

I have been a teacher for 22 years and love helping students learn new things.

I am married. My wife and I have four children -- two are in middle school.

My favorite color is blue. My favorite food is chocolate.

When I'm not teaching, I like being outdoors! Here are a few of the things I like to do outside: biking, swimming, camping, and watching my daughters play sports.

Let's take some time to learn about each other!

In a moment, I will pass out a sheet of paper with nine different squares on it. Your goal is to find nine DIFFERENT classmates who can do or who "match" a box.

When you find someone, be sure to introduce yourself and then neatly write your classmates name. During our debrief, I will be calling on students to share who they met.

Boosting Math. Youcubed. Jo Boaler. Growth Mindset

1. Everyone can learn math to high levels

2. It is really important that you believe in yourself. Keep going!

3. Struggle and mistakes are really important.

4. Speed is not important. What is important is to think deeply and visually, make connections

In our classroom, a lot of the thinking and learning happens in random groups of three at vertical whiteboards.

A. Only one marker per group. Share the marker (every few minutes or problem).

C B. It's okay to erase mistakes, but don't erase someone else's work without permission.

C. Three roles: Write | Talker | Observer

D. The person writing cannot write any of their own ideas.

E. Groups are responsible for the learning of every member of the group.

An ice cream shop has ten flavors of ice cream. How many different two-scoop ice cream cones can you make?

One answer when order matters (i.e. cv is different from vc)

One answer when order does not matter (i.e. cv is the same as vc)