Miss Younger's Math Musings
Nicole and I had a wonderful conversation, and it were great to be able to talk with someone “face to face”, well as much as counts as face to face these days. We both share a lot of similar ideas even being two grade levels apart, Nicole in grade 2 and I’m grade 4. The…
I like the idea of lesson study and would be happy to try it with my current team, our team has a range of experience from 3 years to 30 years in the classroom. The three of us have spent this year building a supportive and positive working relationship even giving ourselves a team name….
One of my biggest takes always from my current course is that math does not have to be confined and should not be confined to our traditional paper and pencil math. Something that I am looking forward to doing more of in the next few weeks before the end of the year is taking math…
This was my first attempt at a three act task before Spring Break. This is another lesson that is being added to my teacher binder for next year’s multiplication unit.
Growth Mindset Makes A Difference Helping our students build a growth mindset begins at home! Take time to look at ways we can celebrate mistakes as a chance to grow and how focusing on attitude, persistence, resilience, and strategies can help students grow to be confident, independent learners. Math Games Make Practice Meaningful. “what books…
This lesson plan has been a labour of love over the past seven weeks, based on the Japanese model of an overarching question or problem and utilizing a highly engaging three act task structure. This lesson was a hit with my class and the two classes that got the jolly ranchers after we shared them….
I have summed up what have been my most important learnings over the past seven weeks into a power point presentation that could be presented to my colleagues. For me the last seven weeks have been transformative as a teacher, pushing me out of my box and showing me things that I didn’t know were…
Read alouds are a wonderful way to infuse language into our math programs. There are many great picture books that engage students creativity and curiosity in the math classroom. I often use my math read alouds to introduce or reinforce a concept. Making the connection between our language instruction and our math instruction helps students…
Student math toolboxes Each student has a toolbox in their desk to use any time 20 2-sided red and yellow counters 20 bingo chips 100 paper counters (each student has a different shape) Paper base ten blocks Units Rods Flats Cubes 6-sided dice 10-sided dice Ten frames Place value chart to 1000’s place Number word…
We all know that attitude is everything in life. Our mindset and outlook influence our path forward and success, there is a large body of research on mindset and math attitudes from influential educators including Jo Bolar ( https://www.youcubed.org/). Early in the school year I try to determine where my student’s attitudes towards math lie,…
