Quilts are holders of stories about community, culture, tradition, celebration – and even math! Picture books focused on quilts can help students build skills, such as spatial sense skills by thinking about patterns, shapes, angles, symmetry and much more.
Solar eclipses can be a catalyst to understanding the alignment, orbits and relationship of the Earth, Moon, and Sun. Ask students, “Why don’t we have an eclipse every month?” before launching into an inquiry of the Moon that uses daily observations, 2D models, informative videos, and classroom discussion to inspire students’ curiosity about the solar system.
It seems likely the Mandatory Proficiency Test in mathematics will be reintroduced for future Ontario teacher candidates. Read the latest news about the test and discover mathematics learning modules for Ontario teachers developed at the Ontario institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
3 dice games + 3 card games that work for any holiday party – in the classroom or at home. The games target number sense and data management in a playful manner and take little effort to learn. All you need are dice or a deck of playing cards to get started.
There are many ways to practice becoming fluent with place value and understanding the relationships between digits. But this is the only game you need to know to help children gain a conceptual understanding of numbers.
How an educator responds to student error can promote or discourage their future participation in mathematics learning. Here are 3 strategies to help you support your students as they continue their mathematical development.
Quilts are holders of stories about community, culture, tradition, celebration – and even math! Picture books focused on quilts can help students build skills, such as spatial sense skills by thinking about patterns, shapes, angles, symmetry and much more.
Solar eclipses can be a catalyst to understanding the alignment, orbits and relationship of the Earth, Moon, and Sun. Ask students, “Why don’t we have an eclipse every month?” before launching into an inquiry of the Moon that uses daily observations, 2D models, informative videos, and classroom discussion to inspire students’ curiosity about the solar system.
It seems likely the Mandatory Proficiency Test in mathematics will be reintroduced for future Ontario teacher candidates. Read the latest news about the test and discover mathematics learning modules for Ontario teachers developed at the Ontario institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
3 dice games + 3 card games that work for any holiday party – in the classroom or at home. The games target number sense and data management in a playful manner and take little effort to learn. All you need are dice or a deck of playing cards to get started.
There are many ways to practice becoming fluent with place value and understanding the relationships between digits. But this is the only game you need to know to help children gain a conceptual understanding of numbers.
How an educator responds to student error can promote or discourage their future participation in mathematics learning. Here are 3 strategies to help you support your students as they continue their mathematical development.
