In this session, you will hear from educators who are working to improve their mathematics teaching practice in a school where 40% of students are Canadian-born ELLs. Participants, along with the presenters, will explore how their practice as learners and educators can change to positively influence student achievement in the comprehension and communication of math concepts. Participants will leave with ready-to-implement strategies for improving the teaching and learning of mathematics for ELLs, as well as links to resources to further their understanding.
Audience: Junior
Resources:
- Email Cathy [email protected] and Avis [email protected]
- STEP Initial Assessment
- Step User Guide
- Limited Prior schooling
- Kindergarten
- Many Roots Support Guide
- Many Roots Program Guide
- ELL with Special Education Needs
- Link OLB Grades 4-6
- Grades 1-3
- Grade 7-8
- Grades 9-12
- Link Step User Guide
- Dr. Betty Ansin Smallwood Resources
- Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, by John J. Ratey, Harvard Medical School
- Jo Boler:
- Cathy Fosnot Problem from Context for Learning Mathematics.
- Sub Sandwich field trip problem
- Unit overview
- Pace and Ortiz, “Oral Language Needs: Making math meaningful” April 2015 • teaching children mathematics | Vol. 21, No. 8 page 494
- Word Quilts (Stephanie Wessels)
- Sentence Frames: Supporting ELLs in Mathematics by Melanese, Chung, Forbes
- Asking Effective Questions
- Student Interaction in the Math Classroom: Stealing Ideas or Building Understanding
- Guidelines for Whole- Class Math Talk
- Spatial Reasoning
- Asking Effective Questions