Simon Gregg
@simon-gregg.bsky.social
Primary teacher at the International School of Toulouse - back in Grade 4 this year! Also, teacher with responsibility for maths at IST Primary. Often tweet & blog maths, play and Early Years
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This was our estimation thing today - how many pebbles?
I let everyone feel the pot of pebbles first, as well as seeing the picture. None of us, including me, estimated a big enough number.
Lesson - There are more than you think - (?)
I let everyone feel the pot of pebbles first, as well as seeing the picture. None of us, including me, estimated a big enough number.
Lesson - There are more than you think - (?)
October 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This was our estimation thing today - how many pebbles?
I let everyone feel the pot of pebbles first, as well as seeing the picture. None of us, including me, estimated a big enough number.
Lesson - There are more than you think - (?)
I let everyone feel the pot of pebbles first, as well as seeing the picture. None of us, including me, estimated a big enough number.
Lesson - There are more than you think - (?)
Today G4 made flags with each quarter a different colour
September 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today G4 made flags with each quarter a different colour
My Grade 4 students have been making factor trees.
September 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My Grade 4 students have been making factor trees.
'How many?' with the Grade 4 students today. It's a good opportunity to see the same thing from multiple perspectives, and also to communicate exactly what is being counted.
September 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
'How many?' with the Grade 4 students today. It's a good opportunity to see the same thing from multiple perspectives, and also to communicate exactly what is being counted.
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This thread reminds me of activities we've developed and called Excursions: www.terc.edu/mathequityfo...
Excursions: Activities That Connect Students with Their Interests, Communities and the World
Excursions are deep and rigorous math activities that support all students in making meaningful connections between the mathematics they are learning, their interests, their communities, and the world...
www.terc.edu
September 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This thread reminds me of activities we've developed and called Excursions: www.terc.edu/mathequityfo...
I was so pleased when one of my Grade 4 students chose this book about the young Ramanujan by Amy Alznauer.
I've been reading it with the class, and also...
I've been reading it with the class, and also...
September 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I was so pleased when one of my Grade 4 students chose this book about the young Ramanujan by Amy Alznauer.
I've been reading it with the class, and also...
I've been reading it with the class, and also...
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Hundredfaces from #100factorial yesterday.
August 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hundredfaces from #100factorial yesterday.
July 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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This week’s #MathPhoto25 prompt is #even. Where do you see things that come in pairs? Where do even numbers show up in your world—on signs, in patterns, or in nature? #ITeachMath
June 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This week’s #MathPhoto25 prompt is #even. Where do you see things that come in pairs? Where do even numbers show up in your world—on signs, in patterns, or in nature? #ITeachMath
Some students made a hotel. (We've been imagining we're staying at a hotel while we're down at the beach)
One of came to me and said, 'What's after 7?'
I was puzzled because he can count well beyond ten!
He said, 'Like 3, 5, 7?'
'Oh, you mean the odd numbers?'
They wanted an odd number of floors.
One of came to me and said, 'What's after 7?'
I was puzzled because he can count well beyond ten!
He said, 'Like 3, 5, 7?'
'Oh, you mean the odd numbers?'
They wanted an odd number of floors.
June 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Some students made a hotel. (We've been imagining we're staying at a hotel while we're down at the beach)
One of came to me and said, 'What's after 7?'
I was puzzled because he can count well beyond ten!
He said, 'Like 3, 5, 7?'
'Oh, you mean the odd numbers?'
They wanted an odd number of floors.
One of came to me and said, 'What's after 7?'
I was puzzled because he can count well beyond ten!
He said, 'Like 3, 5, 7?'
'Oh, you mean the odd numbers?'
They wanted an odd number of floors.
Pre-K have got on their buses and headed off to the beach (while still at school!)🏖️☀️🏄♀️
June 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Pre-K have got on their buses and headed off to the beach (while still at school!)🏖️☀️🏄♀️
Early Years visit Secondary Chemistry
June 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Early Years visit Secondary Chemistry
I'll just leave this here on the floor...
June 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I'll just leave this here on the floor...
Choosing where we sit on the Moon Class Bus
June 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Choosing where we sit on the Moon Class Bus
I asked 'How many?' and there was some interesting counting. Thanks @tracyzager.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I asked 'How many?' and there was some interesting counting. Thanks @tracyzager.bsky.social
I got to visit my old students, now in G3, always a joyous time. We did a 'Which one doesn't belong?' #wodb first of all. After they'd shared ideas (black) I asked them to think again in terms of fractions (blue)
June 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I got to visit my old students, now in G3, always a joyous time. We did a 'Which one doesn't belong?' #wodb first of all. After they'd shared ideas (black) I asked them to think again in terms of fractions (blue)
In pre-K, 4 and 5 yos teaching each other chess
June 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
In pre-K, 4 and 5 yos teaching each other chess
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A nursery child explores the Montessori Shape Boxes.
She intuitively engages with the properties of congruence, shape, colour, and magnitude, using them to create imaginative and varied designs:
“I’ve made a rocket, and there are lots of stars around — every star is going to be different!”
Joy!
She intuitively engages with the properties of congruence, shape, colour, and magnitude, using them to create imaginative and varied designs:
“I’ve made a rocket, and there are lots of stars around — every star is going to be different!”
Joy!
June 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A nursery child explores the Montessori Shape Boxes.
She intuitively engages with the properties of congruence, shape, colour, and magnitude, using them to create imaginative and varied designs:
“I’ve made a rocket, and there are lots of stars around — every star is going to be different!”
Joy!
She intuitively engages with the properties of congruence, shape, colour, and magnitude, using them to create imaginative and varied designs:
“I’ve made a rocket, and there are lots of stars around — every star is going to be different!”
Joy!
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I was digging through numbers in an architectural salvage store, and I couldn’t resist asking How many? #ITeachMath @triangleman.bsky.social @kassiaowedekind.bsky.social @simon-gregg.bsky.social @jnovakowski.bsky.social @pierretranche.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I was digging through numbers in an architectural salvage store, and I couldn’t resist asking How many? #ITeachMath @triangleman.bsky.social @kassiaowedekind.bsky.social @simon-gregg.bsky.social @jnovakowski.bsky.social @pierretranche.bsky.social
I used this image with the pre-K, and asked, as I do, "How many?".
I was so pleased that some were counting triangles, some lines/edges and some points/corners.
I was so pleased that some were counting triangles, some lines/edges and some points/corners.
June 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I used this image with the pre-K, and asked, as I do, "How many?".
I was so pleased that some were counting triangles, some lines/edges and some points/corners.
I was so pleased that some were counting triangles, some lines/edges and some points/corners.