Maegan Giroux

Maegan Giroux

@maegangiroux.bsky.social

Mother, wife, teacher, glassblower, author

206 Followers 77 Following 20 Posts Joined Nov 2024
5 months ago

No, thank you for making those visual patterns... It has expanded both my students and my mathematical knowledge✨

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5 months ago

This is my grade 5/6 split grade class :). I'll be using your 21st and upscale blocks with my kinders later this month too!

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5 months ago
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Visual Patterns 🤝 Pattern Blocks
I am currently OBSESSED, in a (mostly) healthy way, with @fawnnguyen.substack.com visual patterns and @mathforlove.bsky.social pattern blocks for kids to learn and create patterns. Ah-may-zing. Also, I am in LOVE with Mary Vail's Thinking Desks, they are phenomenal!

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6 months ago
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When Birds Do Math Storytelling and Surprising Depth At the Building Thinking Classrooms conference in Seattle this summer, I was struck by how powerful storytelling can be as an instructional strategy-- and how rarely....

This blog post, by Ian Maurer is a quick and easy read about how extensions can really make a task sing (or chirp). This blog post reminds me that a stories task can start off simple and with the right perspective, can make the mathematics very deep and complex.
imaurer.weebly.com/blog/when-bi...

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6 months ago
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A man in Finland received a speeding ticket and had to pay $103,000! The penalty was so harsh because fines in Finland are based not just on the severity of the offense, but on the offender’s income. Can students figure out Vanjoki’s annual income?
robertkaplinsky.com/work/fi...

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6 months ago

@vendi55.bsky.social @webbkyle.bsky.social @maegangiroux.bsky.social Hi all. I've recently discovered the BTC book and it's re-inspired me to build more collaborative problem solving into my practice. I'm really enjoying your podcasts to fill in gaps and help adapt my initial ideas.

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10 months ago

Hahaha yes us Saskies can't afford to eat our own. We need all the strength we can get.

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10 months ago

When it is being said by rural people in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan (population 478 and very English) is isn't pronounced Surrey. Next time I see you Nat I'll be waiting to hear you pronounce poutine and croissant! #BetterSoundReaaaaalFrench

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10 months ago

It is almost as egregious as Nat pronouncing the word Souris as 'Surrey'

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11 months ago
A scene from Tom and Jerry. Top frame: Tom smiling looking at baby chicks labeled 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53. Bottom frame: Tom looking suspicious at Jerry holding yellow feathers, labeled 57.

Prime numbers meme

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11 months ago
Two parallel lines going up. The top one says "The age I consider 'old'" and the bottom one says "My age."

My best explanation of parallel lines:

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1 year ago

Peter finally joining the cool kids over here on blue sky 😎

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1 year ago
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🚨 FREE Masterclass! 🎓 Struggling with equitable math programs? Join me March 18 to learn a 3-step strategy for success—without overwhelming teachers! 🎁 Bonus for live attendees! 🔗https://www.sedaeducationalconsulting.com/webinar-registration
#MathEquity #SchoolLeadership

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1 year ago
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Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference Schedule Check out the schedule for Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference

Make sure you register for #BTCC25 before it is too late. The conference is already 70% full. @btcthinks.bsky.social btc2025.sched.com

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1 year ago

Hahah! I love you but let's be honest... Jacob is going to want to see astronaut Josh not you and me drinking near beers

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1 year ago

Where's the astronaut pics?

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1 year ago
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0% alcohol
100% Canadian Content 🇨🇦🫠

@maegangiroux.bsky.social is made of fairy dust + I feel so lucky to have had the chance to watch her bring @btcthinks.bsky.social to life at NCTCA, it made math feel like magic ✨ #iteachmath

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1 year ago
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Just a PSA to let everyone know that I’ve finally sniffed @peterliljedahl.bsky.social + @maegangiroux.bsky.social’s book & it smells pretty good tbh

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1 year ago
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Next month I’m headed to Alberta to speak at @cctca.bsky.social, ESTCA, NCTCA, PDTC, CATCA & GETCA AND I’M BRINGING ✨MATH THERAPY✨ FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS GET EXCITED🙏✨💖 #edusky #iteachmath

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1 year ago

You know you hit it off with someone when you realize 45 minutes into the call that you need to stop complimenting each other and talk about the reason for the meeting

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1 year ago
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This is cute 🥰 @joboaler.bsky.social #iteachmath #edusky

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1 year ago

Proud to be a part of your top 10!

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1 year ago
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7️⃣ “Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom. Grades K-5” (Peter Liljedahl i Maegan Giroux)

👉🏼 A través de la proposta de 50 tasques es proposen recomanacions per implementar #AulasParaPensar a l’etapa de primària @maegangiroux.bsky.social

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1 year ago
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How This Curriculum Specialist Brings Math to Life for Students - EdSurge News How do you convince students — and teachers — that they actually can be a “math person”? Curriculum expert Phonisha Hawkins uses chocolate chip cookies.

I spy @phonisha.bsky.social in these math streets! www.edsurge.com/news/2024-12...

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1 year ago
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Proposals for the BTC '25 Conference are due in TWO DAYS! It's time to take that idea that's been swimming in your head and commit it to Google Form.

Your ideas are:
✅ Valid
✅ Important
✅ Better in YOUR voice!

Stop wondering IF... submit today!
btc2025.sched.com/info #buildingthinkingclassrooms

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1 year ago
Health inspector from Spongebob choking: x+6=y, x-z=2, y+z=20

Health inspector from Spongebob wiping his mouth with a napkin: same 3 equations but with a banana replacing x, apple replacing y, and grapes replacing z.

Trying to have people solve a system of linear equations on social media:

#math #ITeachMath #EduSky

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1 year ago

Black educators and our co-agitators/co-disruptors are out here doing the work. It don’t take much to find us. It’s a choice at this point.

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1 year ago

The co-opting of language like “good trouble” without interrogating what that actually means is irresponsible. The all white starter pack of educators “getting in good trouble” had good intentions, I’m sure… but the impact is exclusion and alienation. Good trouble would have meant doing the WORK 1/

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1 year ago

I facilitated learning for instructors in the local International Languages Program and received positive feedback; “You speak exactly the right amount at exactly the right pace.”

😊 I’m grateful that participants feel respected and cared for when I lead professional learning.

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1 year ago

You are one of the only presenters I have ever seen who could command a room with a quiet intensity and confidence that creates such powerful learning. Anyone who has a chance to learn from you is incredibly lucky.

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