Professional Learning Goals

• explore the concept of scope and sequence in junior years
• collaborate to identify what effective teaching strategies in the areas we focused on
• collaborate to create a list of teaching manipulatives most suitable for teaching the specific skills and concepts that we explored

Activities and Resources

We looked at the Mathematics Curriculum Document and pulled out overall and specific expectations in the area of multiplication, graphing, money and fractions. In the process, we used Origo’s scope and sequence charts as well as Mirian Small resource to help us with the concept of scope and sequence and to identify effective teaching strategies.

Unexpected Challenges

We did not encounter any unexpected challenges.

Enhancing Student Learning and Development

The project will enhance student learning by:

• ensuring student learning trajectory is met through developmental sequencing
• supporting student learning with the appropriate tools and strategies
• increasing professional development/knowledge of teachers for years to come

Sharing

The results of the project with be shared at school level by merging the charts and creating a scope and sequence concept development from kindergarten to Grade 5. We will also share with other teachers at school in divisional meetings. This project will also be shared at the family of schools level.

Project Evaluation

Team members really appreciated the opportunity to work together as a team and the look and scope and sequence of concepts that they themselves identified as a need.