#BTCthinks
LightNews LightNews
aledaklassen.bsky.social
This was an encouraging email to receive this weekend!

#btcthinks
#onted
#ENG2D
April 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
btcthinks.bsky.social
Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom (6-12), @pgliljedahl.bsky.social & @webbkyle.bsky.social's new book, is shipping globally!

✅ 20 Non-Curricular Tasks
✅ 30 Curricular Tasks
✅ Tips for moving from page to practice

Get discounts here: linktr.ee/btcthinks
#thinkingclassrooms #btcthinks
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
tbrzezinski.bsky.social
Exploring the Pythagorean Theorem today in our thinking classroom. @geogebra.org interactive created by @mathtechcoach.bsky.social. youtube.com/shorts/44HyB... . Activity: tinyurl.com/PTexpGGB @btcthinks.bsky.social #MTBoS #ITeachMath #BTCthinks #edusky
December 11, 2024 at 6:50 PM
kirstdy.bsky.social
My copy got a lot of use this weekend. So. Many. Great. Things!! Congratulations to @pgliljedahl.bsky.social & @webbkyle.bsky.social on this truly amazing resource! #BTCThinks #iTeachMath
btcthinks.bsky.social BTCthinks.bsky.social @btcthinks.bsky.social · Oct 27
Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom (6-12), @pgliljedahl.bsky.social & @webbkyle.bsky.social's new book, is shipping globally!

✅ 20 Non-Curricular Tasks
✅ 30 Curricular Tasks
✅ Tips for moving from page to practice

Get discounts here: linktr.ee/btcthinks
#thinkingclassrooms #btcthinks
December 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
aledaklassen.bsky.social
You know you're a @btcthinks.bsky.social teacher when you have laundry to do.

#btcthinks
#buildingthinkingclassrooms
January 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
btcthinks.bsky.social
Peter Liljedahl and Mike Flynn will be hosting a live webinar about #BTCthinks.

Join Peter, Mike and classroom educators on Sept. 18 at 5:00 PM PST for a live conversation.

Registration is FREE for anyone to attend!

Register here:
www.buildingthinkingclassrooms.com/webinar

#MTBoS
#iteachmath
September 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
traciteacher.bsky.social
Teacher leaders and administrators diving into the CA framework and planning for effective professional learning structures. #BTCthinks
Teachers and administrators working in groups of three on vertical whiteboards
December 18, 2024 at 3:13 PM
btcthinks.bsky.social
Struggling to get students talking? Try Frequent Visibly Random Grouping!

🔀 Change groups often
🔢 Ideal group size: 3 (or 2 for littles)
🔄 Make it a regular routine
🃏 Cards work best!

Tried #FVRGs? Share your experience!

#BuildingThinkingClassrooms #BTCthinks #ITeachMath #MTBoS
February 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
traciteacher.bsky.social
We had valuable conversations between secondary math department chairs and administrators as we observed authentic productive struggle in math classrooms! #iteachmath #BTCthinks
Department chairs, and administrators observing a math classroom where students are working on whiteboards Students writing situations based on exponential equations
January 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
traciteacher.bsky.social
While I cut way back on my conference presentations this year, this topic, both challenged and grew my own facilitation so much that I had to share at my favorite conference! #btcthinks #iteachmath #thinkingclassroom
October 16, 2024 at 12:24 AM
tbrzezinski.bsky.social
Grading in a thinking classroom:
Insightful discussions yesterday at Association of Math Teachers in Massachusetts annual conference. youtube.com/shorts/2Knmk... @pgliljedahl.bsky.social @btcthinks.bsky.social #BTCthinks #mathteacher #edusky
March 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
traciteacher.bsky.social
♾️ using collaborative, whiteboards while exploring @desmos.bsky.social lesson on scaling state part 2. Accidentally used the warm-up scale of 1 cm to 40 to compare instead of the actual activity, 1 cm to 50 to compare, but the students still did great! #iteachmath #BTCthinks
Three students at whiteboards discussing math Two students thinking about their answer at the whiteboard Example of a students scaling down to 1 cm and also up to 200 miles.
November 13, 2024 at 6:05 PM
traciteacher.bsky.social
Had the pleasure of observing 7th grade classrooms today doing thin slicing! Two step equations with decimals. The task was actually out of the BTC green book for elementary but very relevant to their current unit. #iteachmath #btcthinks
Students at whiteboards working on problems Whiteboard with a series of problems Whiteboard with a series of problems Screen with mild medium, and spicy problems to choose from for check your understanding
February 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
btcthinks.bsky.social
Exciting news!

Mathematics Tasks for The Thinking Classroom, Grades 6-12 is in production and available for pre-order, with a publication date of early October!

Pre-order your copy here: corwin.com/books/btc-ma...

#btcthinks #iteachmath #MTBoS #thinkingclassrooms
The image is of the book cover of "Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom: Grades 6-12." On the cover is an illustration of stick figures in groups of three orange, three green and three blue. The figures are working on math problems on vertical boards. Authors Peter Liljedahl and Kyle Webb are listed, as well as the illustrator, Laura Wheeler.
June 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
traciteacher.bsky.social
Love seeing BTC with the @desmos Tiles lesson. What a perfect combination of valuing thinking and the process of learning. We had a lively debate on whether the lesson creator goofed and the scale factor should actually be 9. #BTCthinks #iteachmath
November 4, 2024 at 8:15 PM
ksquaredmathns.bsky.social
Registration for grassrootsworkshops.com/workshops/bu... opens up this Friday, September 19th!
We are super excited to share this video-based, self paced workshop with you! #btcthinks
@peterliljedahl.bsky.social @robertkaplinsky.com @mikeflynn55.bsky.social @btcthinks.bsky.social
Building Thinking Classrooms ™ - Grassroots Workshops
Build your own Thinking Classroom using 14 research-based practices that empower students to collaborate, persevere, and think deeply and critically.
grassrootsworkshops.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
traciteacher.bsky.social
Had a wonderful time with math educators at the California Math Council Conference in Palm Springs. Sharing a full lesson experience from launch to consolidation with the Building Thinking Classroom framework.#BTCthinks
November 10, 2024 at 6:44 PM
nsmta.bsky.social
The Building Thinking Classrooms Regional Conference is on July 6–7, 2026 in Moncton, NB. An exciting opportunity for math teachers to learn more about fostering student thinking, collaboration, and problem-sovling. #ITeachMath #btcthinks @btcthinks.bsky.social
Building Thinking Classrooms regional conference July 6-7, 2026 in Moncton, NB.
February 24, 2026 at 1:55 AM
aledaklassen.bsky.social
I've been taking a @btcthinks.bsky.social approach to teaching English this year.

Here's a task we did to uncover informal essay writing processes and thinking:

aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/6...

#btcthinks
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social

#onted #ENG2D
Thinking about the Thinking behind Informal Essay Writing
I recently learned about the New York Times’ series, “Annotated by the Author,” from a colleague at another school. In the series, writers share the thinking and approaches they t…
aledaklassened.wordpress.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
tbrzezinski.bsky.social
In the mathematics classroom, technology can serve as a powerful platform to help students explore & discover even the simplest things. youtube.com/shorts/1pvrM... @peterliljedahl.bsky.social #MTBoS #ITeachMath #BTCthinks @btcthinks.bsky.social #mathteacher #EduSky
#edtech can be a powerful tool in #mathclass : Great for active exploration & discovery learning!
YouTube video by Tim Brzezinski
youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
aledaklassen.bsky.social
Routines make learning environments predictable for students and teachers.

Here are some of mine.

What are yours?

#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#onted
#destreaming

aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/s...
Setting Up Space and Routines to Stop Losing Playing Cards (among other reasons)
I’ve toyed with different ways to deal with seating plans and create randomized groups when students are collaborating together in a thinking classroom. My most recent practice involves these…
aledaklassened.wordpress.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
traciteacher.bsky.social
Love seeing Ss collaborating to explore sandwich sharing and fractions in 5th grade. #btcthinks #thinkingclassroom
September 18, 2024 at 6:28 PM
btcthinks.bsky.social
Celebrating 5 yrs since Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12 was published!

🌍 The book has sparked a movement, been translated into 15 languages & inspired classrooms everywhere.

Here’s to curious minds, thinking deeply and bravely!

#btcthinks #iteachmath
There are four book covers with the largest reading, "Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12." The other three are translations of the cover in French, Spanish and German. Text around the book covers reads, "Celebrating 5 Years since publication" and "Translated into 15 languages." In the bottom left corner, the text reads, "Let's keep building thinking classrooms together!"
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
traciteacher.bsky.social
Enjoyed co-teaching a lesson on modeling distance changing field of view! Had student gather around for the scenario BTC style and it worked SO well! Interpreted, slope, and y intercept in context! #BTCthinks #iteachmath
Students outside, looking at a measuring tape to measure field of view Student holding a pipe looking through it Equation based on the data. Y= (6÷40)x +2 Y= 0.125X +2
November 21, 2024 at 7:01 PM
peterliljedahl.bsky.social
If you’re looking for online summer PD to boost student thinking and engagement, I am leading two live-virtual BTC cohorts with RocketPD this July/August - one on Math and the other Cross-Curricular. Join me in getting students to think. #BTCthinks rocketpd.com/instructor/d...
Peter Liljedahl presents Building Thinking Classrooms | RocketPD
Join Building Thinking Classrooms creator Peter Liljedahl (live) as he walks you and your team through a step-by-step process promoting thinking & collaboration among students.
rocketpd.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM