Nat Banting
@NatBanting
Math Teacher & Math Ed Enthusiast (writing, speaking, tinkering); @FractionTalks; #MenuMath #OIFMath #UpscalePB creator; Public Address Guy; Goalie Dad.
🧵🧵 This past Friday, I received a Prime Minister's Teaching Certificate of Excellence. 🇨🇦🧮 I'm proud to call myself both a Canadian and a teacher, and so the honour has been humbling. Many have reached out an offered kinds words and congratulations. Thank-you! 1/5
[New Podcast] This is our last episode of the season where we asked all of our guests "What advice would you give your 1st year teacher self?". Featuring @TheMathGuru @joboaler @NatBanting @LLB_315 @sig225 &more Listen here: talks.oame.on.ca/season-7 #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
So this weekend Elham Kazemi claimed that pronouncing the word “tomorrow” as “tuh-MORE-oh” meant that I had an accent. Then she went and said, “tuh-MAR-oh” Just wild.
Spring is just around the corner! Come hang out in Oshawa for #OAME2025 Giving a keynote at OAME is a bucket list item for me. So privileged to contribute to a community that has given me so much! #iteachmath
[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week: ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/02/math-l… Links and help from @saravdwerf @KarenCampe @citizen_math @antonillos @OAMEtalks @NatBanting and more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
[New Podcast] It's the @OAMEcounts #OAME2025 Day 2 preview. Featuring @TheMathGuru @joboaler @NatBanting. Listen here: talks.oame.on.ca/season-7 Check out all the conference info at oame2025.ca #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
Register for OAME2025 at oame.on.ca/mcis/index.php. Join us for Keynote and Featured Speakers including: Dr. Valerie Camille-Jones, Nat Banting, Dr. Jo Boaler, Robert Durocher, Vanessa Vakharia, Dr. Lisa Lunney Borden and Jason To. @OAMEcounts
Room227 in that middle picture! (and that's a fun problem about making squares)
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Check out fractiontalks.com from @NatBanting for fun images to get students reasoning about fractions. #iteachmath
I use fraction talks every Friday for my warmup with my 8th graders - we call it Fraction Friday. It’s so valuable for Ss to see how others broke apart the shape to justify their response.
Our Women's @SaskLotteries AOTW: From @HuskieWHKY, goalie Colby Wilson! 🥅 2 GP at MAN: 85 saves 🏒, 1-0-1 record, 1 shutout 🚫 #HuskiePride | #PowerofthePack
Starting the year off right 😃🥂 #HuskiePride | #PowerofthePack
🤔 This frame gets better the longer I dwell on it.
There's a kind of math teaching that is so obsessed with procedures, it basically turns into discovery learning but for concepts: "You'll figure out the concepts on your own later when you have the procedures by heart."
Hello! Number one way in the coming weeks to support the work that brought you Which One Doesn't Belong?, Tiling Turtles, Math On-A-Stick, and the Hierarchy of Hexagons is this: Pop into your fave bookstore or library to ask for How Did You Count? ISBN: 9781032898353
New Post: natbanting.com/you-should-lea… A quick reminder from a student this week. #iteachmath
instagram.com/p/DDGTT4Qolon/… Today in #Room227 Laser cut unit circles #iteachmath cc @davidncrowell (who did all the heavy lifting on the unit circles)
Cujo’s Glue Guy Checklist: Responsible ✅ Good host ✅ Makes plans ✅ Lightens the mood ✅ Does this sound like anybody you know? Tag them below to let ‘em know that they deserve a Crown 👑 @CrownRoyal
Building some prototype Croc charms for the kids’ hockey teams. @SaskatoonMHA #WildHockey #CometsHockey
It's GAMEDAY! 🔥 We're back in action after the bye week and looking to upset the No. 6-Ranked @BearsandPandas on home ice TONIGHT! 🕖 7:00 PM 📍 Merlis Belsher Place 🆚 @PandasHockey 🎟️ HuskieTickets.com 📺 CanadaWest.tv 📻 HuskieFAN.ca