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 weekHer 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.