Making a focus on math by celebrating important math dates.
Problem of the Week encourages students to think critically and develop problem solving skills.
Students work collaboratively to solve a Suduko problem each week. When possible, I would come out in the mornings and support students with understanding how to play.
Participating in Global events and competitions.
Math is from the Global Math Project
Starting with Pi Day and going all week, students participated in many activities that celebrated math.
Students reflect throughout their operations unit on the strategies an models they can use
Using a Padlet, students are able to explore new strategies and try them out on different problems.
Grade 5 journey representations for Fractions and Decimals.
Grade 1 students reflect: Green for problems they are sure about; yellow for problems you think you know; red for problems you aren't sure about.
Students use this data to set goals and create clue cards to help them with mastering the yellow and red facts.
Using the multiplication chart in a new way. Having students See, Think and Wonder what is going on.
Students explore the strategy of Counting On. Using images they think about what it is, how it work, and how it can help them with addition.
Inspired by Pam Harris, students in Grade 4 participate in a Strat Chat and share the different ways they found the answer to
49 x 16.
Grade 1 exploring the strategy of doubles using the Building Fact Fluency Kit from Graham Fletcher.
Grade 5 exploring different strategies and models to show their thinking about multiplying fractions. From Pam Harris Math Strat Chat.
Students use Counting Collections as a way to build number sense and counting strategies.
Grade 5 students explore their understanding of Powers of 10 with the Mindset Math Activity Filling Small and Large.
Pam Harris - Math is Figureoutable