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All students should be encouraged to use manipulatives to solve problems and illustrate their thinking

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Honour Different Problem Solving Methods

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Honour Different Problem Solving Methods

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In math, there is never one solution to a problem. It is important to encourage various problem solving methods, using a student lead approach

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Do all of your students see themselves in your daily practices?

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Do all of your students see themselves in your daily practices?

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FNMI students.

Students with learning disabilities.

English language learners.

Gifted and talented students.

Boys and/or girls.

Students with socio-economic issues.

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Are you still teaching the way you were taught? 

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Are you still teaching the way you were taught? 

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Conceptual Understanding vs. Procedural 

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Conceptual Understanding vs. Procedural 

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Conceptual understanding and procedural knowledge are complementary. Conceptual understanding helps students with long-term understandings; procedural knowledge helps students to connect conceptual understanding with symbolic language.

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Study Skills - Learning From Mistakes (Jo Boaler)

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- Google images
- Google Gif
- https://www.youcubed.org/
- Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics (2006), Van de Walle
-  Dr. Marian Small - Differentiating Mathematics Instruction
https://ditchthattextbook.com/jamboard-templates/
- Capacity Building Series - Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

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- A Model for Collaboration

Amy Brodesky, Fred Gross, Anna McTigue and Allysen Palmer

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Are you providing a safe and welcoming learning environment that is inclusive to all ? 

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Are you providing a safe and welcoming learning environment that is inclusive to all ? 

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Questions that have mutliple entry points

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Questions that have mutliple entry points

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Collobrating with other teachers to come up with problems that meet the diverse needs of your classroom. And if possible, co-teaching.

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Provide opportunities to use various learning styles 

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Provide opportunities to use various learning styles 

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- Cross Curricular Ideas: arts, movement, language, etc.

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Check out this website for examples of Jam Board check-ins

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G Suite

This post is written by Kris Szajner, a tech integration specialist and former kindergarten teacher Prior Lake, Minnesota. You can follow him on Twitter @kszajner and check out his website kszajner.com.

Have you heard of Jamboard? It creates whiteboards that are a lot like slides. Looking for more collaborative activities to complete during distance learning? Look no further!

This free Google tool isn't just about expensive interactive displays.
Don't I need an expensive interactive display board to use it?
Nope! You can use the app for free on any device! It works with Google Drive and allows you to present your whiteboard to people viewing remotely. Which makes it a great online whiteboard option for distance learning.

What is Jamboard?

With Jamboard you can:

Add sticky notes, drawings, images, text and more.

Search Google and insert images or webpages.

Move images, texts, notes and drawings around on the screen easily.

Drag and resize text and images with your fingers.

Share your "jams" with others and let them collaborate.

Getting started with Jamboard

The Google Teacher Cente r has some great resources for educators looking to get started using Jamboard in your classroom.

Resources include:

a video library or tutorials

tips and trick from teachers

PDF guides

lesson plans and more

10 Jamboard Templates for Distance Learning

Pro Tip - Be sure students are not signed into Google and you have the permissions set to "anyone with the link is an Editor". This will ensure that each student is anonymous!

The Do More with Google Jamboard Online Course!

This course will introduce you to Jamboard features you might not know. It will give you dozens of ideas for using it in the classroom.

Plus, it provides you with:
- A collection of more than 100 templates.
- 40 activity ideas you can use immediately
- Tutorial slide s to use as a quick visual review.
- I nteractive infographics you can give your students
- Video playlists, posts, and extra resources.

Pro tip: Be sure students zoom into the canvas. This will make writing or drawing WAY easier!

Pro tip: Be sure students zoom into the canvas. This will make writing or drawing WAY easier!

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10 Jamboard templates for distance learning

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This post has 10 engaging ideas for using Jamboard in your class that will get your students working together, even though they may not be face to face.

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Do your math questions represent all of your students? For example, if a math question asks about camping equipment, how many of your students have actually went camping?

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Supporting Students with Learning Disabilites 

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Supporting Students with Learning Disabilites 

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If you are truly running and inclusive learning environment, students from all backgrounds should be supported.

The topics provided: Inclusive classroom, Inclusive Math Practices, and Supporting Diverse Learners and Differentiation in Mathematics, help support students with learning disabilities, but also account for the whole student profile (not just the learning disability).

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Bringing in another teaching voice (math antics, khan academy) to explain your ideas in different words

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- Understand your specific students strengths and weaknesses to choose the best strategies
- Reflecting on the strategies to evaluation their success, making changes where necessary
- Collaborating with SERT or other math leeds for planning and assessing
- Attending Professional development to deepen personal understanding of learning disabilities