Miss Younger's Math Musings
specific training in coding. My own coding education was limited to a little bit of HTML in grade 9 information technology and first year computer science using C++ which proved to be more of an exercise in frustration then actually learning to code. In speaking with professional software developers and software engineers in my social…
While I enjoyed exploring all of the options and am looking forward to trying the Lego Maze when we return from spring break I chose to write about an activity that I use in my classroom. We regularly use our coding cards to code partners so one student is the “coder” and the other is…
I often use exit tickets in my classroom. I don’t typically use digital ones as I don’t have enough devices for this to be effective. Typically my exit tickets are on post its or student white boards. My students answer the question on their white boards and leave the board on their desks when they…
For this assignment I have chosen to adapt a lesson from the University of Regina .
The lesson plan below uses an adaptation of Shelly Moore’s planning page. I really like her levels of participation for her success criteria and that there is something for everyone in that. I think the language in the “I need to, I must, I can, I could, I can try to” really gives students a…
Teams https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/microsoft-teams/log-in MyBlueprint https://myblueprint.ca/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/?hl=en Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/en/ Safety FOIPPA compliant depending on the set up with your district Teacher sets up class team Teacher can moderate discussions FOIPPA compliant Students only see own work Parents only see their students posts Public profiles All information you post is on display Shares location data Not…
Tool Link Grade Range Possible Uses Pros Cons First People’s Links My experience Overall review YouCubed https://www.youcubed.org/ k-12 Rich tasksMath gamesMath mindset ideas and activitiesSharing information with parentsSupplement to the Mathematical Mindsets booksOpening conversation on new or review topicsEncouraging students to think critically and creatively about mathActivities encourage collaborative learning No costOpen ended problems and…
In this task we viewed two videos and one of my favourite math videos was on the list. I have created a simple infographic to sum up the main points and have also shared the video below. Another one that the video we viewed for the course makes me think of is the Five Principles…
