Episode 25: Lyndsi Hampton, a 5th-grade math and science teacher at Highland Elementary School.

In our latest TMT podcast, we are talking with Lyndsi Hampton who is a 5th-grade math and science teacher and discusses various ways teachers can connect with students in their classroom, especially right now. She touches on • Homemade manipulatives • Place value chart • Hundreds-charts • Multiplication charts • Fraction bars • Creating videos and having students react to it • Youtube video with instructions to make the materials • Students could potentially create better videos • Youtube video where the teacher looks silly • Infographics • Graph ocean levels (climate change) • Data from rising ocean levels • Then look at different infographics that show that then make a judgment whether climate change is real • This could be used for Covid-19 as well • Local county data week by week Her advice: • Find a mentor • Find data on your kids and use it to guide your instruction (helps for focus) • Find some way to create buy-in (video) • Show grace to yourself and your students.Special Guest: Lyndsi Hampton.