How can you make maths more meaningful for your students? by Angie Simmons https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld Sharing our ideas and strategies en-us 2017-08-21 04:28:39 UTC 2025-10-22 10:22:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png Create and form relationships by getting to know the students and their cultural and social identities. Get to know them as people as well as learners. Have fun with them and be genuine. petra_hubbard https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280543 2017-08-29 01:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280543 Place the learning in contexts they can relate to rcarson2 https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280629 2017-08-29 01:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280629 Making sure I plan lessons/tasks that the students will enjoy, using real life contexts https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280681 2017-08-29 01:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280681 Real life contexts, making links to their world. https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280684 2017-08-29 01:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280684 https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280687 Get to know the students]]> 2017-08-29 01:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280687 High interest https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280689 Based around the interests of students]]> 2017-08-29 01:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280689 Real life contexts for problem solving https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280700 2017-08-29 01:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280700 Lynne https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280723 Encourage them to share their thinking]]> 2017-08-29 01:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280723 Facilitate good maths discussions and let the kids do the talking. annac7 https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280785 2017-08-29 01:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280785 Make the learning meaningful and related to their lives https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280816 2017-08-29 01:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280816 authentic tasks https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280827

]]> 2017-08-29 01:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280827 Kat https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280833 Make it interesting and real.  let them work together to solve problems']]> 2017-08-29 01:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280833 Make sure you use meaningful contexts https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280835 2017-08-29 01:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280835 Relate it to their everyday life. https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280847 2017-08-29 01:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280847 contexts, connections, challenges, group jpeacock https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280868 2017-08-29 01:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280868 relate the context of the problems to their live https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280870 2017-08-29 01:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280870 Real life authentic contexts https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280883 Use student voice and things that are happening in the school to use as a focus. If a students has done a task or been involved in some thing base the maths around that as it is easier to engage and allow for students to enter into the maths]]> 2017-08-29 01:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280883 Make it fun https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280885 2017-08-29 01:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280885 https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280924 Context and language the kids can relate to

]]> 2017-08-29 01:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280924 L https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280947 2017-08-29 01:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280947 Connecting to the children's interests. https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280957 2017-08-29 01:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280957 Interesting and relevant tasks ellen_snelling https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280959 2017-08-29 01:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280959 Let them create their own questions. Seth https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280964 2017-08-29 01:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280964 Give them opportunities to share and listen carefully to what they are saying https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280973 2017-08-29 01:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280973 https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280976 Encouraging student ownership 

]]> 2017-08-29 01:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280976 To build Relationships with Students https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280985 2017-08-29 01:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280985 by turning up https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280990 2017-08-29 01:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183280990 Solve real life problems related to what is happening in school https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281029 2017-08-29 01:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281029 https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281032 real life context]]> 2017-08-29 01:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281032 Making it real and meaningful https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281094 2017-08-29 01:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281094 keep cognitive demand https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281136 2017-08-29 01:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281136 should be something they can relate to https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281183 2017-08-29 01:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281183 Power Sharing https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281223 2017-08-29 01:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281223 using their names in the problems https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281229 2017-08-29 01:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281229 Choice, voice and doing vicki24 https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281453 2017-08-29 01:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183281453 Making sense of the world https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183282342 2017-08-29 01:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/asimmons/2dafe0547mld/wish/183282342