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TONIGHT: Join Dustin Purdy for a webinar on building data literacy through classroom routines. 📊 Explore classroom-ready routines and resources that help students investigate, discuss, and make sense of data. 🔗 Register: nctm.link/6R3Nq #MathEd #DataLiteracy

💬 How can we create math discussions where every student feels heard, valued, and encouraged to participate? In the latest MTLT article for PK-2 students, authors explore how intentional teaching strategies can transform classroom conversations. 👉 nctm.link/ii3F1

How would you determine the next numbers in a pattern? Use the Counting Trains lesson plan for grades 9-12 to explore recursion, Fibonacci, and more! Grab some grid paper, colored pencils, Cuisenaire rods to use alongside your graphing calculator to get started 👉 nctm.link/yifr0

ICYMI: We are hosting a two-day interactive institute for K–8 #math educators on numeracy. Attendees will discover strategies that can help students develop confidence with numbers, reason through complex problems, and communicate their mathematical thinking. Sign up: nctm.link/Numeracy

🎙️The latest episode of Adding It All Up is out now! We are joined by Thomasenia Lott Adams, the #NCTMDEN26 Iris M. Carl Equity Address speaker. 🔗 Listen here: nctm.link/c1gig

ICYMI: Join Dustin Purdy for a webinar on building data literacy through classroom routines. 📊 Explore classroom-ready routines and resources that help students investigate, discuss, and make sense of data. 🔗 Register: nctm.link/6R3Nq #MathEd #DataLiteracy

#NCTMDEN26 attendees: Get ready to spend the day with Zak Champagne on Friday, October 30! 📱 Zak is taking over our Instagram to give you a behind-the-scenes look at the NCTM Annual Meeting. Be sure to follow @nctm.math on Instagram and tune in for the takeover! 👀

Harry’s magic trick doesn’t go quite as planned. Can your elementary students figure out what should happen next? 👉 nctm.link/2UEge

🏞️ October is our Special Issue month: Choose Your Own Mathematical Adventure! Front & Center: Letting students choose their own adventure can disrupt traditional classroom cultures and prompt collective classroom thinking: nctm.link/O4GXl

TONIGHT: Join the next MTLT Teacher Talk as we explore the legacy article, 7 Features of Equitable Classroom Spaces, and discuss intentional teaching practices that can help every student engage, contribute, and learn. Free and open to all! 🔗 Sign up: nctm.link/qUVn6

TOMORROW: Join us for a JRME talk examining new insights into evolving professional obligations and the decision-making that shapes the first years of teaching. 🔗 nctm.link/CJhfJ

💡Put your students' critical thinking skills to the test! Become a coach & register a group for the 2027 State TEAMS Competition, where middle & high school students collaborate, solve complex problems, and tackle engaging STEM challenges. 🔗 nctm.link/2027TEAMS

🎶 Keep the Music Playing: A Reflection on Our Shared Journey 🎶 In her final President's Message, @latrendak.bsky.social reflects on two years of learning, growth, and collaboration with the NCTM community. 🔗nctm.link/PWEe1

🤔 Did you know? NCTM members can apply for more than $75,000 in grants, scholarships, & awards through the Mathematics Education Trust (MET). Support your learning, classroom innovation, & career growth. 💰 Don't leave funding on the table. Apply: nctm.link/grants

❓How do early-career math teachers balance ambitious teaching with real-world classroom constraints? Join us on Sunday, October 6 at 11:00 AM ET, as we examine new insights into evolving professional obligations and the decision-making that shapes the first years of teaching. 🔗 nctm.link/CJhfJ

📊 Data is everywhere. 🤔 Help students make sense of it. Looking for simple ways to integrate data literacy into everyday instruction? Join Dustin Purdy to explore classroom-ready routines and resources that help students investigate, discuss, and make sense of data. 🔗 Register: nctm.link/6R3Nq

📍⛰️ One month until #NCTMDEN26 Here's a glimpse of what's waiting for you: ✔️ Keynotes that will inspire ✔️ 650+ Sessions with practical classroom ideas ✔️ 100+ Exhibiting Companies ✔️ Thousands of #mathematics educators ready to connect Register now and join us in Denver: nctm.link/denver2026

🗓️ ✈️ Mark your calendar. NCTM is headed to Louisville and Seattle in 2027! Make your plans early to be part of these highly anticipated Spring Conferences. Early-bird registration is now open! 🔗 nctm.link/Louisville 🔗 nctm.link/Seattle #NCTMLOU27 #NCTMSEA27

⌛ Deadline Approaching! Interested in applying to be the next Editor-in-Chief of Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 (MTLT)? Applications are due no later than Wednesday, September 30. Learn more and apply: 🔗 nctm.link/EIC-MTLT

Attend this two-day NCTM Interactive Institute for K–8 math educators and discover strategies that can help students develop confidence with numbers, reason through complex problems, and communicate their mathematical thinking. Learn more and register: nctm.link/Numeracy

🕖 Join us THIS Thursday at 7:00 PM ET! As the school year gets into full swing, explore intentional practices that build curiosity, confidence, productive struggle, and meaningful mathematical discourse from day one through the months ahead. 🔗 nctm.link/cCPPX

🔥Hot off the presses! The first three titles in the new Math Teaching in Practice Series are now available. These practitioner-friendly books unlock practical insights and high-impact instructional strategies that help all students succeed in mathematics. 🔓 Order: 🔗 nctm.link/MTiP

❓How many different trains of length 6 can your students build? Fibonacci Trains uses Cuisenaire rods to turn building into patterns, tables, graphs, and rules, and students have to prove they found them all. 🔍 🔗 nctm.link/RYRKL #MathChallenge #MiddleSchoolMath #NCTM

Help your students connect mathematics to real-world problem solving. 🔢 Become a coach and register a group for the 2027 State TEAMS Competition, where middle and high school students collaborate, think critically, and tackle engaging STEM challenges. Learn more: nctm.link/2027TEAMS

NCTM is currently conducting a search for a new Editor-in-Chief of Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 (MTLT). Applications are being accepted through September 30. 🔗 Learn more and apply: nctm.link/EIC-MTLT

🎙️This month, the authors of Microroutines: Maximize Mathematical Engagement, join the podcast to discuss how small, intentional teacher moves can amplify student thinking and create more opportunities for every learner to participate. 🎧 Listen: nctm.link/addingitallup

☕What Do You Really Know About the Caffeine You Consume? In this month's MTLT 9-12 feature article: Caffeine, Energy Drinks, and Exponential Functions, students discover exponential decay and half-life while modeling how the body metabolizes caffeine from energy drinks. ⚡ 🔗 https://nctm.link/V6ybS

🕔 TODAY at 5:00 PM ET. Join us for a live webinar & learn about current grant opportunities (Early Career Research Grant due September 15; all other Fall Grants due November 1), get insider tips on proposal requirements, and ask your questions. Open to all. Register: nctm.link/aUVp9

🧩🔢Engage your students in mathematical thinking through the power of puzzles and play. NCTM is excited to now offer daily KenKen® puzzles to promote problem solving and reasoning in your classroom. New puzzles are available daily! Start solving: nctm.link/KenKen

📣2027 Annual Meeting & Exposition: Call for Proposals! The theme, Weaving a Tapestry of Mathematical Possibilities, celebrates the interconnected threads of mathematics that inspire innovation, foster belonging, and create opportunities for every learner. Submit a proposal: nctm.link/2027CFP

⏳ Last chance to save up to $200 on #NCTMDEN26 Early-bird pricing ends tonight at 11:59 PM PT. Register now: nctm.link/denver2026

🕚Time is running out to take advantage of early-bird pricing for #NCTMDEN26 ✔️ 650+ Sessions ✔️ 95+ Exhibiting Companies ✔️ 5,000+ Expected Attendees ✔️ 1 Must-Attend Learning & Networking Event Early-bird ends tomorrow. Register now & save up to $200! 🔗 nctm.link/denver2026

In this month's MTLT PK-2 feature article: Making Connections During Math Storytelling, children’s picture books are used as inspiration for students to create their own math stories. 🔗 nctm.link/hXlM0

What's in your piggy bank? 🐖 Explore this Problem to Ponder involving piecewise functions to consider the impact of replacing coins. A great opportunity to discuss domain, range, and the maximum amount of money that would be possible! 🔗nctm.link/KmKEP #HighSchoolMath #TeachMath

👀🔎Are you looking for funding to support your work in #math education? Join us for a live webinar and learn about available grant opportunities, get insider tips on proposal requirements, and ask questions. Sign up today: nctm.link/aUVp9

"Mathematics instruction should be consistent with research-informed and equitable teaching practices that nurture children’s positive mathematical identities and strong sense of agency." Read NCTM President @latrendak.bsky.social full message here: 🔗nctm.link/dg0fp

👉 The September issue of MTLT is out now! This month's Front & Center article explores mathematical belonging from the students' perspectives. 🔗 nctm.link/gvinV

📣 Announcement! Welcome Dr. Russell Ledet as the opening keynote speaker for #NCTMDEN26 Dr. Ledet has been featured on CBS Mornings, Good Morning America, CNN, BBC, The New York Times & People. We're excited to add NCTM to that list! 🔥 Early-bird pricing ends Sept. 10. Register: nctm.link/jEK7b

"🔢 Growing Patterns (Gr 3–5): Students explore shape & number patterns step by step—from counting sequences to L-shaped figures—building early algebraic thinking! 📈 Check out the full lesson! 🔗 nctm.link/m38dg #MathEd #NCTMIlluminations #ElementaryMath #STEM"

🕖 TONIGHT! Join us on Monday, August 31 at 7:00 PM ET, and explore how students develop multiplicative reasoning by moving beyond additive thinking to see and reason about groups of groups. 🔒Exclusive to NCTM members. Register: nctm.link/CPTyt

👏 Welcome YouTube for Education as an #NCTMDEN26 Gold Sponsor! Denver is shaping up to be an incredible gathering for the #math education community. 🔐 Register by September 10 to lock in early-bird rates: https://nctm.link/jEK7b 🎯 Explore sponsor and exhibit opportunities: https://nctm.link/00PAu

✔️ Mathematical engagement doesn't happen by accident. Use Microroutines: Maximize Mathematical Engagement to discover how small, intentional, instructional moves can make student thinking more visible & participation more consistent. 🔗 Order: nctm.link/microroutines

⌛ Just two weeks left to save up to $200 off your #NCTMDEN26 registration. ✔️ 650+ Sessions ✔️ 90+ Exhibiting Companies ✔️ 5,000+ Expected Attendees ✔️ 1 Must-Attend Learning & Networking Event 🔗 nctm.link/denver2026 #MathEducation #MathTeachers

📈 $36,396 raised. One goal in sight. We're more than 70% of the way to our $50,000 MET 50th Anniversary goal, but we need one final push. Remember, every gift helps support opportunities for math educators & students across the country. Let's finish strong! Give today. 🎉 🔗 nctm.link/50-donate

Know someone who brings experience, perspective, and sound judgment to #math education? Nominate them (or yourself!) for NCTM’s 2027 Board of Directors Election. ⌛Nominations Due by September 1. Help shape the future of mathematics education: nctm.link/cSQuM

Explore #outliers and the effect they have on regression curves and residuals. As you experiment with different values, how is the slope changed? What values do not impact the slope as drastically? What generalizations can you make about outliers? https://nctm.link/wMNo4 #HighSchoolMath

In this MTLT Focus (6-8) article, the context of fire and ice are used to introduce positive and negative #integers. Players take turns laying playing fire or ice cards, determining the best card to add or remove to reach their temperature. 🔗 https://nctm.link/TU1vC

Focus on what truly matters for student understanding. 📘 The new "Deciphering Math Standards" helps math educators translate teacher-facing standards into student-centered learning experiences that prioritize student reasoning and connections over rote alignment. 🔗nctm.link/5fhic

🔥Hamish Brewer is coming to Denver as a keynote speaker at the NCTM 2026 Annual Meeting & Exposition! Access 650+ sessions, visit a packed exhibit hall, connect with colleagues, & leave inspired. ⏰ Early-bird registration ends September 10. Register now and save. nctm.link/denver2026 #NCTMDEN26