Spec ed math consultant on a quest to boost opportunities for all kids. Seeking & sharing tech tidbits, teacher resources & leadership tools. Tweets are just me

Washington, MI
Joined November 2012
Preparing for the big weekend ahead! @researchEDCan volunteers hard at work. @researchED1 @tombennett71 #rEDTO2026
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Check out this new publication led by Gracie Douglas with other PRIME team members Katie Mason and Danielle Lariviere. If you are interested in math fact fluency, this reading is for you! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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📘 My new Teaching for Attention Playbook is a 70+ page, evidence-informed guide that breaks down the science of attention and provides 6 practical strategies to support teachers. It covers how to: 🎯 Secure Attention: Create the conditions for students to focus 🎯 Direct Attention: Guide students towards important information 🎯 Orchestrate Attention: Manage where attention goes as learning unfolds 👉 Want a free copy? REPOST and comment ATTENTION below, and I’ll DM you the link. ⏰ Available free until Wednesday 30 September at 11:59pm AWST
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Are you looking to lead professional development workshops for educators? Our new webpage features five PD toolkits that are designed to support the training of educators in evidence-based literacy practices: irrc.education.uiowa.edu/pd-…
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#rEDTO2026 Can you believe this line up? Have you secured a spot yet? HURRY! No guarantees that there will be many spots left. @researchED1 @researchEDCan @JimHewittOISE @JimRChristopher @Educhatter @rastokke @NickGibbUK @KJWinEducation @Ready4rigor
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Memorizing math facts isn't a bad thing! I'm not saying it should be the first priority, but we should put more focus on it. Otherwise, it just makes problems down the road take way more energy than necessary when students are spending like 15 seconds figuring out what 7×8 is.
Name an education opinion that’ll have you like this…
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🎁 FREE GIFT: FULL ROSENSHINE CPD PACK! To celebrate 50 consecutive weeks of ⚗️DistillED, I’ve put together something quite cool… Over the past year, Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction has been one of the most requested topics from teachers and school leaders. So I’ve put together a complete, ready-to-run CPD pack to help schools explore and implement all 10 principles. The download includes: → 10 CPD PowerPoints (ready for 30–45 min sessions) → 10 strategy checklists (practical classroom actions) → 10 planning templates (put principles into action ) → Covers all 10 of Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction Everything you need to run ten focused CPD sessions — one for each principle. 👉 REPOST and comment ROSENSHINE and I’ll DM you the link. Cheers! ⏰ Available until Sunday 22 March!
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How do you know if your students have developed handwriting fluency? Take our free eLearning module to learn about two assessments designed to determine if your students can quickly retrieve letters from memory and write them legibly: irrc.education.uiowa.edu/lif…
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🚨 New episode with @sarahpowellphd is live! We talk about what the Science of Math movement is, why it’s gained momentum, and what a statement by the NCSM gets wrong about the Science of Math. Episode links below ⬇️
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I have just pushed live a MASSIVE update of my Mr Barton Maths website - all 100% free. If you find it useful, please help spread the word by sharing this post 🙏
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Special Attraction: A Premiere of the latest Chalk & Talk with Anna Stokke! Join Us for researchED Atlantic Canada (Sat Oct 25/25). Yes, that's Anita Archer, one of the world's leading researchers on #explicitinstruction Ty @rastokke for this special episode! #cdned
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Math Fact Intervention Resource update (M.I.N.D. 2.0 - Facts on Fire). I have been collaborating with teachers this last year in an effort to provide a new set of resources that are designed to provide some fact fluency activities that are a little easier to implement and sustain across the school year (i.e., more teacher friendly). Three major adaptations were made. First, we added more skills and worked hard to bolster our Kindergarten and 1st grade resources. Second, we incorporated small sets with Taped Problems to ensure accurate responding and merged this with a systematic interleaving for the retrieval practice as the problem sets get larger. Lastly, student workbooks consisting of anywhere between 20-45 daily lessons can be printed off and powerpoint slide decks are provided to guide each lesson. It is our hope that this will provide teachers with daily practice activities that will range from 5-8 min that will take little to no prep time after the workbooks are printed and the slide decks are downloaded. While it may take a few days to get the hang of, both teachers and students get the routine down quickly and appreciate the structure and predictability. As always, all materials are free. I will be adding to the site quite regularly as we get a few of the links completed that are under construction and get the old website materials on the new site. Please check out the Media section where there are a variety of resources if you are interested in the why and how's of the program including a podcast interview with @rastokke Chalk & Talk and trainings from the PaTTan Virtual Math Conference earlier this summer. Lastly, the amazing and talented @StamStam193 who was kind enough to pilot and record the core intervention activities of the program with her classroom (check it out at the bottom of the Facts on Fire page). Enjoy! brianponcy.wixsite.com/.../m…
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📚 GIVEAWAY TIME! 📚 The Scaffolding Effect by @MrsBallAP & @lamb_heart_tea is out now! Full of practical ways to support every student. Want a free copy? All you have to do is: ✅ Follow us 🔁 RT this post The winner will be announced on Friday, 1st August, at 2pm. Good luck!
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Replying to @MmeLockhartLDS
Here is the updated scope and sequence with criteria for the M.I.N.D. 2.0 which will be released in August. drive.google.com/file/d/129P…
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📣 Attention Pre-Service Teachers! Get ahead this summer with our free, virtual Math Conference: tinyurl.com/PaMathConf Spread the word! @statesystem @CheyneyUniv @CUP_Education @ESUniversity @ESUCollegeofEd @EdinboroSped @IUPedu @KutztownU @SecEdKU @LockHavenUniv @mansfieldu
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Such a great event & inspiring, lovely colleagues! Go to this one!
🎉🎊🥳 SAVE THE DATE - June 6-7, 2025 ResearchED returns to Toronto. Stay tuned to know who's coming to speak. 🔥🔥🔥 Requesting a repost! @C_Hendrick @MrZachG @tombennett71 @S_Oberle @JimHewittOISE @rastokke @P_A_Kirschner @Educhatter @PNeerja @WNYEdAlliance @johnmighton
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EXPLICIT TEACHING ESSENTIALS! Boosting learning and participation with these evidence-based methods: ✅ 1. TAPPLE: A reliable method for checking understanding and keeping lessons moving. 🤝 2. Active Participation: Engage students by getting them to say, do, or write something to elicit evidence of learning. ⚖️ 3. Rule of Two: Provide a worked example, then give a similar matching problem for students to tackle. 🏆 4. 80% Success Rate: Strive for high success to ensure readiness for the next step. 🏗️ 5. Fade Scaffolds: Gradually shift support—first tell (fade), then ask (fade), and remind students as needed.
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We're recruiting Grades 4 and 5 teachers to implement a fraction intervention for the upcoming school year! Let me know if you're interested. Can be anywhere in the US!
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