Number Sense Strands Infographic
Roy Henry Vickers Artist and Author Study Unit
The final assignment of PME 810 Integrated Curriculum, Planning and Assessment involved applying course learnings and the Backwards Design process to create a unit and learning activity. My greatest challenge when completing the unit and lesson design activity was my topic. I am most comfortable with math and science. My passion in the classroom is…
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Vision for Education
I believe that all students should have access to a holistic and joyful learning environment for optimal growth. Students require daily opportunities to form connections, wonder, think and play. The belief that “learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place),” (First Nations Education Steering…
Instructional Alignment
Response to the video Initially watching the video the concept of “achieved curriculum” stood out to me, and my mind instantly jumped to how many times I thought I covered a new idea or concept well and then when I went to assess my students work, something fell short and I didn’t convey what I…
Chat GPT Again
Chat GPT can have many positives and numerous drawbacks in classroom settings. As a teacher I have found it helpful when adapting for student reading levels or to generate ideas for discussion prompts and word problems. As with any tool the challenge is in how we use it and how we teach students to use…
Theory of Action for Increased Number Sense
Please see the attached document for my theory of action working towards the goal of increasing number sense in my K-5 school. Is there something that you could see working in your school or classroom? What would you find difficult to implement? What would you not want to be part of?
Three Act Math Tasks
Over the past two school years I have been working towards fully implementing the Building Thinking Classrooms approach to teaching math. I’ve found that this has also led to me looking for a much wider library of rich math tasks. Changing my approach to teaching math has really opened my eyes to what is possible…
Resilient Problem Solving
Resilient Problem Solving.pptx Over the past few weeks my definition and beliefs around innovation and what counts as innovation has shifted. Only a few weeks ago I believed that to innovate you had to be doing something brand-new and never seen before and that I was not an innovator. Over the past few weeks while…
Framework for Learning
I found this assignment challenging, as my thinking about curriculum and planning has always been fluid and further evolved while reading in this module. Representing the ideas visually was tricky, as a learner with ADHD I often describe my thinking as in webs rather than in lines or patterns, I jump from one connection to…
Division Unit with Technology
I have attached my grade 4 introduction to division unit. With all of my math units I like to focus on conceptual understanding first then move to the applications so my units are fairly slow paced in the beginning then pick up as we move along. I find that my students typically respond well to…