Matt Coaty

I’m seeing this as well. There’s a sense of community, but also anxiety.

A Building Thinking Classrooms Journey: Teaching Students to Self-Monitor Every school year feels like a new draft of a similar successful experiment. Four years into using Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) strategies and I’m realizing that the best lessons ar…

After using BTC, I’ve decided to make a few tweaks. Helping students self-monitor is one way to encourage advocacy. mattcoaty.com/2025/10/05/a...

Hi Howie!

If only we had a word for a shape with three sides.

I do.

It has been a minute since I've used Desmos CL. Having to dig back into my memory banks to remember some of the scripts. Good thing the forum still exists.

Halftime was good, but the game is lopsided. At least I was able to plan for the next week

Not really a game. Turning it off after halftime.

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

We have school tomorrow. We're also in "monitoring" mode and it looks like nearby districts already called off tomorrow because of the cold. Student arrival drop-off tomorrow will be busy!

Heat on, blankets and yule log on the tv is on the agenda. While planning for a day of school tomorrow.

Nothing here either. I'd like them to make a call sooner rather than later. Usualy they announce it before 7 to help people prepare.

Haven't watched any news on television today. Based on my feed that was probably a good idea.

Hoping the forecast changes. Not a huge fan of adding days to the end of the year.

Yeah, Tuesday is scheduled to be frigid. If we’re going to have a cold day it’ll be Tuesday. We had a cold day last year around this time.

Thanks for sharing. What was the prompt for this BTC task?

Yikes. That’s a late cancellation. Are you open tomorrow?

Sorry. Do you need to make up the day at the end of the year? I heard downstate had some really rough weather toda.

A class conversation starter for our geometry unit.

That's a wrap. Last day before break is in the books. Closing the classroom door for about 2 weeks.

Had it for a 3 month free trial. Canceled after the trial because it wasn’t worn the $.

Yes. It has been a nice warm up this weekend. Last week was a bit brutal with the temps and wind.

Do it. My team used one of the boxes near the end of the year and it was a hit. It seemed brand new for the group of students.

That's a classic. I still have a MTBoS shirt somewhere in my closet.

It was quick. We have 3 weeks and a few assemblies before break.

Thanks Maria!

This reminds me of decomposing and rearranging strategies used to find the area of polygons. Something we explored in a geometry unit earlier this year.

Parent conferences ✅ Was great to connect with families and talk about individual math journeys. Going to recharge the batteries over break.

Haha! I remember those days.

Agreed! Hoping we’re able to build a similar spot here.