Spiraling

The mini-spiral is a 10 minute mini-activity for students to warm up their mathematical minds before starting the lesson. Part of spiralling is the cycling back to concepts, so this mini-spiral allows students to touch upon the topic every week for the whole year. Teachers should be mindful of the following:

• Students should start this activity without much prompting. The question/activity could be displayed on the projector or board, a handout could be already on the students' desks, or students can access their devices right away as soon as the bell rings or when the class start

• The problem/activity should only take a few minutes of focused work.

• The review of the activity (answer/consolidation) should take one or two minutes. Students may take short notes if needed, but this activity should not be considered a full lesson.

• The following week's mini-spiral activity should be similar but slightly different from the week before so that students can apply the knowledge from the previous week.