The principal of Valley View in Duarte USD - their Children's Mathematics: CGI books have arrived!
Duarte Unified is investing in teachers, not only bringing in professional development sessions and in the classroom coaching, but the research behind it.
“How many ways can you represent?”
From equations to visuals, students explored multiple strategies and reflected during a gallery walk:
-strategies they knew
-strategies that surprised them
What patterns and representations stand out to you in these images?
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Counting Collections create space for so many differentiated math ideas to emerge ✨
What empowering choices did these young mathematicians make in how they counted?
What big math ideas surfaced in their work?
Drop your thoughts in the comments ⬇️
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One paper or two? 🤔
During Learning Lab Day, teachers paused to notice how a small choice—shared vs. individual paper—shapes collaboration. We reflected, adjusted, and tried something new. Sometimes the best learning starts with a pause.
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Doing the math matters.
When we engage with CGI problem types firsthand, we’re better positioned to notice, interpret, and respond to student thinking.
What do you notice in these notes?
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ALT A photo of an elementary math worksheet with multiple word problems labeled A through F. The page is covered in a teacher’s handwritten notes, including tally marks, drawings of boxes and jars, subtraction and division equations, crossed-out attempts, and stars marking reflections. The annotations show the teacher actively working through different CGI word problem types—such as joining, separating, and equal groups—using multiple strategies and representations rather than focusing only on final answers.
These students were using math resources posted around the room to support their counting collections. It sparked some big questions:
What belongs on our classroom walls?
How do students know they can use them?
What wall resources best support our upper-grade learners?
Choral Counting is a powerful space for student thinking and mathematical conjectures 🎶➕
What do you notice about the number of rows and columns—and how might they relate to denominators?
What conjectures would your students make? What questions might they wonder? 🤔📊
















