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Sharing and Refining Best Practices in Mathematics – Through a Special Education Lens
Area(s) of Focus: mathDivision(s): Intermediate, Special EducationLevel(s): Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8Resource(s) Available:Teacher’s from special education classes collaborated to refine and explore best practices for their students’ growth in mathematics. Focus was on using data for targeted intervention on specific math strategies/concepts.
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Sharing and Refining Best Practices in Mathematics – Grades 6-8
Area(s) of Focus: mathDivision(s): IntermediateLevel(s): Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8Resource(s) Available:Teachers collaborated to refine and explore best practices, to build their own toolkits and for students’ growth in mathematics. Focus was on using data for intervention on concepts & moving students from concrete to abstract thinking in grades 6-8.
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Infusing Indigenous Perspectives and Indigenous Ways of Knowing into Mathematics
Our teaching learning co-op group deepened our understanding and knowledge of indigenous ways of knowing mathematics and perspectives by listening to the stories of two community members.
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A Developmentally Sound and Pedagogically Appropriate Approach to Teaching Through (and about) Problem-Solving from Kindergarten to Grade 4
Area(s) of Focus: mathDivision(s): PrimaryLevel(s): Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4Resource(s) Available:Cross-referencing the various “Guides to Effective Instruction in Mathematics,” “The Kindergarten Program,” and the “Ontario Mathematics Curriculum, K-8,” this project shows the “Big Ideas,” the K-4 continuum of expectations, and suggests resources.
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Math Inquiry Across the Strands
This inquiry addresses geometry, number sense, measurement in a social studies context. Our initial inquiry was the creation of a Winter Math Festival. The second inquiry was an investigation of societies around the world (historic and modern).
