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Curriculum
Curriculum
Grade 7:
B1.2 identify and represent perfect squares, and determine their square roots, in various contexts
B1.6 round decimal numbers to the nearest tenth, hundredth, or whole number, as applicable, in various contexts
B2.1 use the properties and order of operations, and the relationships between operations, to solve problems involving whole numbers, decimal numbers, fractions, ratios, rates, and percents, including those requiring multiple steps or multiple operations
C2.2 evaluate algebraic expressions that involve whole numbers and decimal numbers
C2.3 solve equations that involve multiple terms, whole numbers, and decimal numbers in various contexts, and verify solutions
E2.6 represent cylinders as nets and determine their surface area by adding the areas of their parts
Grade 8:
B2.1 use the properties and order of operations, and the relationships between operations, to solve problems involving rational numbers, ratios, rates, and percents, including those requiring multiple steps or multiple operations
C2.2 evaluate algebraic expressions that involve rational numbers
Knowledgehook's Math Background, Misconception Charts and Gap Closing Resources
Knowledgehook's Math Background, Misconception Charts and Gap Closing Resources
These resources are available in your Knowledgehook account. They are also linked in this Google Doc. However, you must be logged into your browser or app with your DSB1 account to access this file.
Knowledgehook's math background charts explore the big ideas in detail and address best practices and tips for remediation. Their misconceptions charts include tips for understanding, preventing, and/or remediating common learning gaps, misconceptions, and errors for this topic. The Remediation questions can be assigned to students in order to assess individual students' specific remediation needs.
Topics for this unit:
Equivalent Forms of Ratios
Evaluating Algebraic Expressions
Order of Operations with Integers
Order of Operations with Whole Numbers
Perfect Squares and Roots
Solving Percent Problems
Solving Simple Linear Equations
Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders
Grade 7 & 8 Knowledgehook Support ChartsMarian Small's Gap Closing
Marian Small's Gap Closing
Gap Closing resources are designed for students who need additional support in mathematics. For each topic in the resource, there is a diagnostic and a set of intervention materials. Diagnostics are designed to uncover the typical problems students have with a specific topic.
Pedagogy
Pedagogy
Lesson from the Ontario Association of Mathematics Educators (OAME)
Lesson from the Ontario Association of Mathematics Educators (OAME)
Grade 7 - Coding Lesson - Restaurant Order app A lesson in which students get to create a prototype for a restaurant ordering app. Using different conditional and operations blocs in Scratch, students get to work on expectations in the Numbers strand and calculate the total cost of a meal. Various scenarios (with different items and different quantities) allow for differentiation and various levels of scaffolding. (Specific Expectations: B1.7, B2.1, C3.1, C3.2, A1)
Visual Lesson Approaches to Support Student Understanding
Visual Lesson Approaches to Support Student Understanding
Gizmos
Gizmos
Online simulations that power inquiry and understanding
Gizmos that support this topic include:
"This website was created to assist in building a better conceptual understanding of mathematics through the use of visuals. The images, videos and resources shared here are intended to help all teachers, parents and students understand that Math Is Visual and we should take every opportunity to teach it that way."
Kyle Pearce's blog post on maximizing the effectiveness of these resources
Assessment Ideas
Assessment Ideas
You can use Google Forms to quickly document evidence of learning during your conversations with and observations of your students. This PDF includes links to several Google Forms organized by strand. You'll need to copy and modify them to include your students' names.
Google Forms for Documenting Student Learning.pdfIntroductory Video
Knowledgehook
Knowledgehook
Knowledgehook is an Instructional Guidance System (IGS) that uses engaging assessments to unlock insights and expert guidance for math teachers.
Create assessments from question banks aligned with the new 2020 Ontario Mathematics Curriculum
Assign work as "Game Shows" (class-wide activity similar to Kahoot) or as self-paced "Missions"
Reports and built-in individualized gap closing materials activities support teachers in remediation efforts
Parental portal allows parents to view their child's progress and send encouraging messages
DSB1 premium upgrade (You must be logged into Google with your DSB1 account to see this document.)
Teacher Essentials support document
Use ongoing, progressive rubrics (provided below) to record student progress based on triangulated data, like observations and conversations.
sample template for Reasoning & Proving Rubric
Rubrics for each of the new overall expectations
Here's a great blog post by Damian Cooper called What is “Triangulation” in the Assessment Context? which will help support our understanding of how we can assess as we move towards giving students messier and more real problems where the process of problem-solving is valued in addition to "the right answer."
Documenting Conversations & Observations - Tracking Sheets.pdf
Use Showbie to create Problem-Solving Portfolios where students can work on problems with increasing complexity as they master the concepts and monitor their progress.
Technology
Technology
Virtual Manipulatives
Virtual Manipulatives
Colour tiles
Colour tiles
in DSB1 app catalog
Geoboard
Geoboard
in DSB1 app catalog
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