Math Routine Collaborative Podcast

Welcome to the April 2026 Math Routine Collaborative Podcast! This month, Fawn Nguyen joined the group and we talked about and worked through the Visual Pattern routine. During the podcast we talked a lot about how visual patterns have so many different entry points, inspire so much rich thinking and discussion, how much we learn from engaging in working through visual patterns as teachers, and so...

Welcome to the March 2026 Math Routine Collaborative podcast! This month, Karen Campe visited the MRC to engage participants in the Same or Different routine. We did an elementary level and secondary level task and the conversations were phenomenal. In the podcast, you’ll hear me mention something about how different things would have been for me in high school math class if routines like these wo...

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Alison Mello who guided the MRC through a True/False Math Routine this month. Three of my favorite things that come up in this conversation are how our own vulnerability in engaging in the math tasks helped us learn so much - not only about the routine - but also how our students might enter the conversation. We also have an awesome discussion about how rich ta...

Hey everyone and welcome to January’s Math Routine Collaborative Podcast episode! In this episode Annie Fetter, Ralph Pantozzi, Shelby Strong and Courtney talk about the Notice and Wonder routine Annie guided all of the participants of January’s MRC through. We talk about staying true to the routine, the importance of annotating EVERYTHING participants say, the value of engaging in mathematics the...

Wondering what the Math Routine Collaborative is? In this episode, Annie, Ralph, and Shelby share the history of how it started, why it started and how it evolved. If you're interested in hearing more about that story as well, you can find out more by listening to this podcast episode on Blue Glasses Math with Pam Brett. It was after this episode that I thought to myself, "The world needs...

Sign up to be a part of the Math Routine Collaborative Here! What happens when educators slow down and really think about mathematics - together ? How does that impact the thinking that can happen in our mathematics classrooms? My name is Courtney Flessner, and there are a lot of mathy things I love. But two of them rise to the top: impactful math routines that are easy to implement and create opp...