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Grade 7 Scope and Sequence 4 pager.pdfPlanning the Program
Planning the Program
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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Utilizing the Curriculum
Utilizing the Curriculum
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.
Math Curriculum Quick Reference Sheet - horizontal grades.pdfDevelopment of Mathematical Reasoning in Grade 7
Development of Mathematical Reasoning in Grade 7
Tier 1
As a whole class, teachers in grade 7 should be focusing on the following important foundational skills:
Deepening Additive Thinking with Multi-Digit Whole Numbers
Extending Additive Thinking to Fractions, Decimals and Percents
Deepening Multiplicative reasoning with Foundational facts and multi-digit whole numbers
Begin extending multiplicative reasoning to fractions, decimals and percents
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 solidifiying and strengthening foundational additive thinking and multiplicative reasoning strategies for students with gaps.
Foundational Intervention for Multiplicative Reasoning
Foundational Intervention for Multiplicative Reasoning
Foundational multiplicative reasoning begins in Grade 3 and 4 and is solidified in Grade 5. Many current Grade 7 students did not receive the fully implemented What to Look For 2 programming. However, we know that many students would benefit from the opportunity to strengthen their understanding and fluency in these key skills.
Grade 7 teachers are asked to consider using the learning and potential interventions using the learning from What to Look For 2 for any students who are still requiring support and deliberate practice creating fluency with Anchor Facts (10x, 2x, 5x, 1x, and 0x)
Math facilitators have developed some supports for Tier 2 intervention for Multiplicative reasoning that can be accessed in the following document and areas of this website using the buttons in this section.
Spending time strengthening student understanding and fluency with the Anchor and Derived facts, as well as the relationship between multiplication and division will increase student success with multiplicative reasoning as they move from foundational whole numbers into multi-digit whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents.
**To access the Pearson support website, teachers will need access to the code from the front of the W2LF2 book
LKDSB Sample Tier 2 Intervention Lesson Ideas using W2LF and W2LF2.pdfKnowledgehook Use in Grade 7
Knowledgehook Use in Grade 7
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.
In grade 7 and 8 teachers have been asked to incorporate the pre-instruction and post-instruction Knowledgehook assessments into their mathematical routines. Links and suports for these assessments can be found in LKDSB Elementary Program Memo # 11.
As a teacher Knowledgehook helps with:
access to quality teaching supports that include math backgrounds, misconception charts, and intervention supports
EQAO specific preparation, as outlined by the LKDSB program department
access to formative assessment questions and reports that inform instruction
opportunities for student use during individual centers or for at home deliberate practice
Memo #11 - Knowledgehook Pre- and Post- Instruction Assessments Gr 7 & 8 (1).pdfCopy of Memo # 11 - Knowledgehook Pre and Post Instruction Assessments
Copy of Memo # 11 - Knowledgehook Pre and Post Instruction Assessments
Original copies of this memo can be found on the Elementary Program area of the Staff Portal
LKDSB Specific Think Alouds and Supports for Fraction, Decimal, and Percent
LKDSB Specific Think Alouds and Supports for Fraction, Decimal, and Percent
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