Miss Younger's Math Musings
Would you want to be a part of a cohort in mathematics that tried Lesson Study? I would love to be part of a lesson study cohort specifically in math. I wish I had the confidence to suggest this to my coworkers. As the second youngest and newest teacher on staff I don’t always feel…
After watching the video twice I can see that Bill Gates brings up some good points about teachers needing coaching and descriptive feedback. We give descriptive formative feedback to our students but rarely receive it ourselves beyond our practicums. Currently it is on us to seek out feedback to help us grow. The idea of…
I decided to choose a country that we haven’t looked at in this course but when looking at PISA scores or other measures typically preforms well across all areas. The Finish education system has some similarities and more than a few differences with BC’s. one of the things that draw me to their system is…
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…
