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kathyhen.bsky.social
Math teacher, @Desmos certified presenter, Desmos Fellow, @onepeloton enthusiast #mtbos #iteachmath Berkeley, CA
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Know a future teacher teaching math for the first time this fall? Tell them First-Year Teacher Grants=500 (teaching math full time) and $300 (teaching math part time). Applications are now being accepted until August 20. www.iowamath.org/ICTM-Grants #iowamathteach #iowamath #iowamathstandards #MTBoS

My favorite time of year!!!! #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Summer of Math is here! Keep children’s math minds active with Summer of Math; a 3-month subscription to playful, creative math for children of all ages. 🗓️ Order by May 15 for early bird discount! ⏰ Orders close June 1 📦 The math fun starts shipping mid-June 🔗 talkingmathwithkids.com/shop/summer

🚨🚨🚨 Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It. Trump’s executive orders are attacking everything from the Smithsonian to Black sports history, but grassroots organizers are launching a resistance. White supremacy in action 😡 www.wired.com/story/trump-...

WATCH: Rolling Stone reports that even members of the Trump administration are hoarding food, household supplies, and cash over fears about the impact of the president’s trade war. One Trump aide explained to Rolling Stone: “Because it would be stupid not to!”

Working through one of my favorite @ddmeyer.bsky.social lessons - Pomergraphit. My students graphed their pineapple super close to Dan’s. #MathsToday #MTBoS #ITeachMath

We are talking to Liesl McConchie about how math identity is formed in the brain. Thursday, May 1st at 7 PM EST www.facebook.com/math4allshow or www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD... @m_vokey @hlsabnani #iteachmath #iteachmaths #math4all

Here, a few quick tips re: getting started with @amplifyeducation.bsky.social 's #Polypad Art & Music Contest (2025): youtu.be/H3dyazbquJI #MTBoS #ITeachMath #mathteacher #edusky

Ever have one of those nights where you’re so angry and frustrated that you cannot sleep? Sigh. #TrustTeachers

Proposals are open for the 2025 ICTM Conference: Building Connected Relationships w/ Math! Keynote: Vanessa Vakharia, The Math Guru Featured Speakers: Dan Meyer, John SanGiovanni, Marian Small, & Raj Shah Submit by June 15: bit.ly/2025ICTMSpea... #iowamathteach #iowamath #iowamathstandards #MTBoS

Nothing like having dinner and then settling in to watch your show and there’s an electric outage of unknown origin for almost the entire town. 😡 #ComeOnPGE

Found this Venn diagram puzzler on Math Pickle. My math club loved solving it! #MathToday #ITeachMath #MTBoS

#MathToday #MathsToday #ITeachMath One of my favorite lessons of the year with my 6th graders. The first two slides really get them talking! You should try it with your students! @amplifyeducation.bsky.social teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...

Excited to see my favorite platform used in subjects beyond math! #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Join Liesl McConchie for a conversation about how math identity is formed in the brain. Thursday, May 1st at 7 PM EST www.facebook.com/math4allshow or www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD... @m_vokey @hlsabnani #iteachmath #iteachmaths #math4all

Went hiking today and brought a bit of @desmos.com with me :) #ITeachMath #MTBoS

The process is where the ✨magic✨ of learning happens, reminds T Adrian Goodman: #MTBoS

My 6th Graders will be reviewing Quadrant 1 graphing on the coordinate plane next week, and I was inspired by @allison-krasnow.bsky.social to create a @desmos.com @amplifyeducation.bsky.social Marbleslides for them. #ImproveMyAB #MathsToday #MTBoS #ITeachMath teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...

Join Liesl McConchie for a conversation about how math identity is formed in the brain. Thursday, May 1st at 7 PM EST www.facebook.com/math4allshow or www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD... @m_vokey @hlsabnani #iteachmath #iteachmaths #math4all

honestly it feels more urgent than ever that we reframe conversations about students with disabilities through asset-based and critical lenses, and mathematics class is a powerful site for that reframing #SPEDsky #iteachmath #academicsky

New Puzzle Alert: Kangaroo No Four in a Row Puzzles Fill in the empty cells with an X or O so that four consecutive identical symbols never appear in any row, column, or diagonal. mathequalslove.net/kangaroo-no-... #mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky

This guy was in front of my parents’ place in Florida yesterday! 😳

#HowMany #MTBoS #ITeachMath

We’re not in California any more! 😳

An oldie, but a goodie (I also like the one about using poetry to reduce #MathsAnxiety). I have been sharing this one a lot this year. Some of the experiences I’ve had and are hearing from some clients are wild. 🧪 #EduSky🍎 #iTeachMath♾️ #TrUDL #Inclusion #Accessibility

Did you spot all the Desmos updates from March? Learn about the changes to point styles, list evaluations, and 3D graph settings over at desmos.com/whats-new 🎉 What should we work on next? #iteachmath #mathsky #desmos

What does a Pedagogy of Voice look like, and why does it matter in the moment we are in? Shane Safir and Crystal Watson join us to talk about this on April 10 at 7 PM EST at www.facebook.com/math4allshow or www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD... @m_vokey @hlsabnani #iteachmath #iteachmaths #math4all