Teaching tip: When explaining, pretend there is a wall between you and your students. Here's what I mean:

(Had to chop off the first 5 seconds where I just stated the prompt due to Twitter's video time limit)

This is very very good. I never thought about it but it helps a lot. Another thing you seem to be doing is giving context very often

Thank you!

The second is a good start but it’s still a poor explanation. WHY are you adding 4 to both sides? What does it accomplish? WHY are you dividing by 2? What does it accomplish? Why are you doing the math in that order? The explanation of WHY needs to be added.

Yes, I agree I could have gone more in depth and talked about inverses and what it means. It's tough going against a video time limit when talking about being descriptive and detailed but I will include more if I remake this video.

Being able to draw pictures helps for middle schoolers with low vocab. Plus thinking carefully about words you choose generally not just math vocab.

Yes, I like to go through the CRA model. For linear equations, I'd do bar models first.

So, as if you are talking over an old-fashioned phone. Your combination of clearly writing on the board and clearly explaining is quite excellent, and having both modes is very important.

Brilliant 🤩

Thank you!