Mathematics
To help prepare students for the 21st century, math needs to incorporate these valuable skills...
Here's what math looks like in our classroom:
Here's what math looks like in our classroom:
Numeracy is taught year round...
Students are learning through investigation and exploration. The provocation station allows me to access a diverse range of prior knowledge. Students document/capture their own explorations, showing me what they already know.
Students are learning through investigation and exploration. The provocation station allows me to access a diverse range of prior knowledge. Students document/capture their own explorations, showing me what they already know.
With each new concept that is taught, I incorporate a new prompt in the provocation station to help direct student learning. The latest prompts include, "Try to build a number in many different ways" and "record your thinking".
I synthesize the information gained from student documentation and design lessons based on student need. Students are grouped by ability and are seen multiple times per week for small group learning sessions.
The structure of our math periods closely resemble the Daily Five. Each day students have the option of visiting 1-2 math centres including:
To promote problem-solving skills, I often incorporate math congress into our learning.
I synthesize the information gained from student documentation and design lessons based on student need. Students are grouped by ability and are seen multiple times per week for small group learning sessions.
The structure of our math periods closely resemble the Daily Five. Each day students have the option of visiting 1-2 math centres including:
- Math by Myself - independent math activity
- Math with Someone - practicing a new concept/strategy through game-based learning
- Math at the Computer - Levelled math lessons using Dream Box technology
- Math with the Teacher - Small group instruction targeting student needs; practice/review or assessment of new and learned math concepts and strategies
To promote problem-solving skills, I often incorporate math congress into our learning.
Have a look at our first math congress! Notice the students who "built" each number using only ones? Notice the strategies that incorporated grouping?
This math congress developed based on what we already knew. The congress proves that there are many different ways to compose and decompose numbers. It also provides the teacher with an idea of where to take the learning next (e.g., this particular congress led to lessons on grouping, counting up from the highest group, and skip counting).