I believe a strong Mathematics curriculum:
I expand on these ideas a little more here.
- is focussed on deep conceptual understanding;
- allows for students to construct knowledge together; collaboration is key!
- allows children to show what they know in multiple ways (e.g., CRA: concretely, pictorially/representational, abstractly/ symbolically);
- is engaging; students are actively involved in doing Mathematics!
- fosters connections between Mathematical concepts and also with the real world; students need to see Mathematics as meaningful;
- focusses on the process, not simply the product;
- builds Mathematical habits of mind (e.g., problem solving, perseverance, curiosity, critical and creative thinking, questioning, conjecturing, reasoning, visualizing, communicating thinking)
- incorporates technology when it benefits learnings; creative iPad apps can be valuable in documenting and making students thinking visible.
I expand on these ideas a little more here.
Responding to the Revised Curriculum
This is a lesson planning template that I created to assist the Teacher Candidates I was working with at UBC. Many of the questions either came from or were inspired from Delta School District's new planning template.
| lesson_template.docx |
Below are a few Grades 3 -5 Illustrative example I created to align with the revised curriculum.
| iceberg_example.pdf |
| hot_lunch_day_example.pdf |
| tiling_example.pdf |
Below are a few Primary Illustrative example I created to align with the revised curriculum.
| animals_on_board_.pdf |
| math_examples.pdf |
Purposeful use of Math language
This website has PDF's of Word Walls for Mathematics for grades K - 8.