Ways to find me....

There are many ways to contact me!

• to join my Remind updates; text @alberg to 81010
• use the link in the sidebar to access my Google form.
• follow me on Twitter @albergsclass
• text me! Not gonna post my number, but you can ask for it.
• We have a closed Facebook Group for FORD teachers, only.
• Drop by and see me...I have tea! 

My point is, I am here and accessible and ready to help you take your teaching where you want it to go!

Number Talks

In an effort to help our students increase their capacity to stick with a problem and articulate their thinking while doing so, we can engage in daily Number Talks.

Some suggestions:

• Number talks should happen daily. I incorporated them into my daily morning routine. When lesson planning, I simply wrote in the problem I wanted to use each day.
• Number talks can be done with kids on the carpet, or at their desks. Even the big kids do like coming to sit together and it facilitates "elbow partner" conversations.
• Number talk problems DO NOT need to match your current math curriculum. In other words, even though I might be doing fractions, I am not going to offer that as a number talk problem, because the purpose of number talks is to allow students to make and break apart numbers using simple operations.
• Helpful links:
• Everyone: click here
• K: click here
• 1st:click here
• 2nd: click here
• 3-5:go here

Here are some number talks:

Dr. Brene Brown Anatomy of Trust

Click HERE  to watch the full talk from Brene Brown on the Anatomy of Trust.

Here We Go!

Wow! After nearly 24 years in a classroom, I will be moving to an office and a change in jobs. This is both daunting and exciting.

My mission statement as I approach this new opportunity is:

It is my mission to support excellence in teaching and joy in learning. I believe that all children can learn and all teachers are worthy of respect, dignity and confidentiality. I will support my colleagues in taking risks, finding flow, developing collaborative skills and common visions. I will support the systems in place in our school community that allow learners and teachers to stand in their truth and be who they are. I am ready to sit next to you, not across from you and keep problems in front of us, not between us. I believe that when we work shoulder to shoulder, in the best interests of others, we will always come out the better for it.