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.
The Robertson Program held three playful math sessions with children in the Youth Association for Academics, Athletics, and Character Education’s (YAAACE) Summer 2023 Camp.
Number lines make explicit and build upon pre-existing spatial-numeric intuitions, support children’s growing understanding of ratio, proportion and scaling, and help students to construct and internalize a “mental number line” that continues to develop in complexity from kindergarten through university mathematics and beyond.
Grade 4/5 Teacher Zoe Donoahue shares the Daily Math Discussion she’s developed for junior grades. Her students use the number of days in school to explore factors, prime and composite numbers, fractions, division, multiplication, place value — and more!
Self-directed modules intended to support primary- and junior-grade teachers seeking to solidify or extend their mathematical knowledge for teaching. Concepts and procedures are based on Ontario’s elementary math curriculum. Each module concludes with an interactive problem-solving slide deck to practice relevant concepts in different contexts.
