The scope and sequence is meant to help keep consistency across classrooms and schools, creating a common language and focus of mathematics throughout the school year.
Teachers are asked to follow the timelines for each Strand. Resources to teach and assess should involve those from the list of Common Resources that include:
Ontario Curriculum Teacher Supports
Edwin Teacher Supports
Knowledgehook Teacher Supports
What to Look For and What to Look For 2
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The mathematics curriculum includes a high quality Teacher support area for each curriculum expectation. Curriculum expectations were developed and written with the full understanding that students in each grade have a variety of mathematical competencies and the depth of understanding of that expectation can be adjusted slightly to increase or decrease the difficult of the mathematical computations.
Teachers are encouraged to utilize the curriculum document to begin exploration of each strand expectation, specifically the Examples and Key Concepts. This can help teachers better understand and be consistent with what the expectation is asking students to explore.
The Sample Tasks provided are built based on the continuum of learning across the grades and provide entry points for students of all achievement levels to enter into the exploration of that curriculum expectation.
Tier 1
As a whole class, teachers in grade should be focusing on the following important foundational skills:
Solidifying Foundational Counting Skills (counting from the larger number, skip counting)
Solidifying Early Additive Thinking (Up Over 10, Near Doubles, Getting to a Decade Number and Decomposing Numbers)
Deepening Additive Thinking with Multi-Digit Whole Numbers
Tier 2
Teachers should consider collecting data on a heat map that can inform Tier 2 intervention groups. The focus of these groups should be spent solidifying and strengthening foundational counting and early additive thinking strategies for students with gaps.
Knowledgehook is the LKDSB approved digital math tool.
Students can can use Knowledgehook at school as assigned by the teacher (missions/gameshows), independently using the "Solve" area, or after school hours, the "Launch" area of the website for a gamified version of the program.
As a teacher Knowledgehook helps with:
access to quality teaching supports that include math backgrounds, misconception charts, and intervention supports
access to formative assessment questions and reports that inform instruction
opportunities for student use during individual centers or for at home deliberate practice