Teacher Toolkit
Teacher Instructional Supports
- Access our video library for support with assigning playlists, viewing reports, and communicating with students and families.
- Student Handouts: Some assignments require student recording sheets. Download and print recording sheets here.
- QR Code Handout: This handout explains how teachers can access student QR Codes and how families can access the Student Dashboard using their child's QR Code.
Getting Started
Use this Preparation Checklist to guide you through setup, delivery, and follow up with MathVoice activities.
Strengthening Math Mindsets
Check out the resources below to help students develop a positive math mindset.
- Strategy Overview: What is notice and Wonder? [NCTM]
- Resource: Notice and Wonder Images [Multiplicity Lab]
- Family Resource: Family Math Letter and Interview -- English | Spanish
Supporting Math Discourse
These strategies help you support student discourse during PowerMyLearning centers and beyond.
- Learn More: Math Language Routines: Discourse with a Purpose [Illustrative Mathematics]
- Strategy Overview: Stronger and Clearer Each Time: Convince Yourself, A Friend, a Skeptic [Adapted from SCALE]
- See it in Action: Stronger Clearer Each Time [Jeff Zwiers, Stanford University]
Exploring Student Thinking in Math
The resources below help you unpack the videos students submit in PowerMyLearning along with any other rich math work they complete.
- Strategy: My Favorite kNOw [OER Commons]
- Learn More: Children's Errors -- To Correct or Not to Correct? [National Association for the Education of Young Children]
Introducing Family Playlists to Families and Students
Family Communication
Use these templates and flyers to communicate with families about Family Playlists through email, text, social media, newsletter, and/or your school website. Feel free to adapt the templates and send them through your preferred communication channel with families.
- Email Template - English | Spanish
- Social Media Template - English | Spanish
- Family Flyer - English | Spanish
- Video overview for students and families
Homework Agreement and Cover Sheet
This homework agreement will help families commit to establishing a weekly routine to complete Family Playlists with their children, and the cover sheet can be sent home with students' printed homework as a reminder.
Class Lesson Plan
Introducing Family Playlists assignments to students in class will help them do the playlists confidently at home. This class lesson plan offers suggestions of how to integrate Family Playlists into your class routines.
Using Family Playlists
Clever Handout
Students can practice math anywhere by easily accessing Family Playlists using their Clever log-in. Use the handout to help their learning partners learn how to access Family Playlists through Clever.
Alternate Materials List
Family Playlists are designed to be completed with materials commonly found in the home. Share this alternative materials list with learning partners to help them find materials in their home to complete Family Playlists assignments.
Strengthen Communication with Families
You can use Family Playlists Reports to connect with families, share positive news, pinpoint growth areas, and work collaboratively towards solutions.
Use Data to Drive Instruction
Family Playlists reports can provide you with data at a glance to support differentiation and inform student groupings for instruction. Looking at individual student responses can help you get a deeper sense of what students know and can serve as useful reference points for discussing student progress with families during conferences.
- Using Family Playlists Reports to Gather Data
- Using Family Playlists Work Samples to Enhance Conferences
Encourage Student Participation
Get students excited about learning by recognizing, rewarding, and celebrating Family Playlists participation. The stamp card is a resource you can print out and give to students to celebrate their participation.