Math P/J Part 1 - LE 02 Learning Summary by Mr.Franzisi https://padlet.com/afraner45/MathPJP1Winter2018 Made with fortitude en-us 2018-02-11 23:16:44 UTC 2025-04-16 21:09:15 UTC hello@padlet.com afraner45 https://padlet.com/afraner45/MathPJP1Winter2018/wish/230430335 What does Mathematics mean to me?
  • Logical balancing act
  • Math is frustrating but the challenges make it more worthwhile
  • Math is integrated into our lives
  • Math isn't about memorization
  • Math is everywhere every day in everything we do
  • Some people connect better
  • There is no escaping math
  • Making relevant connections to the real world
  • Debilitating and demoralizing when not understanding math
  • No frame of reference for what was being covered
  • Discovering math is dependent on comfort level
 
What do you think and feel when you read these stories?
  • We need to make math memorable to build for conceptual understanding for every student
  • Make students feel like mathematicians
  • Students will build confidence to solve problems
  • Inspired to connect math authentically
  • Math is not a race
  • Reflecting on classroom efforts to engage and make math memorable
 
Describe your own history of mathematics.
  • Enjoyed the rote repetitive nature 
  • Could hide in own head
  • Enjoyed the many questions with little variation
  • Math was about getting the right answer and if it was wrong, hoping no one noticed
  • Frustration when comparing to others that seemed to get great grades with no effort
  • Challenging, fearful, anxious
  • Never really connected with math
  • Math was a way to get mind off things
  • Confusing being left without effective teaching to 'figure it out'
  • Inspiring
  • Despised math as it was unrealistic and useless
  • Only served the purpose of developing memorization
  • It was difficult to understand when no frame of reference was given
  • Only given one way to do things, creativity in approaching a problem was discouraged
  • Paper and pencil, no opportunity to try and understand - teachers, parents, friends were frustrated
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  • where to find meaningful and differentiated math centres to engage learners at their zone of proximal development
  • how to make math inclusive for students on an IEP 
  • how can you customize the 3-Part lesson for IEP students
  • how do we support students not meeting the learning intentions
  • how can I incorporate ICT (iPads, websites, etc.)
  • how do I know that I am engaging all learners in a meaningful way
  • do traditional lessons still have value and should they be taught in some capacity
  • how do teachers incorporate cultural backgrounds of different students
  • what types of groupings are the most beneficial to students
  • what resources work best where

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  • strong numeracy sense early on will increase success in math in later years
  • math comes to life through real life experiences
  • conceptual understanding requires students making connections in their learning
  • students must have equitable access to learning
  • Students experience cognitive dissonance as their comfort level is pushed by new concepts
  • build positive math attitudes
  • learning should be rewarding
  • use assessment to guide instruction
  • students need to be active participants in the learning and can even benefit from creating the learning and problems as well
  • collaboration with other colleagues in different grade levels to better understand continuum of mathematics concepts
  • Importance of metacognition

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  • Everyone is included in the learning and actively participating
  • Everyone has the opportunity to succeed
  • Learning is built on student prior knowledge making connections to new learning
  • Learning happens through exploration and discovery
  • Each student can bring their strengths to the learning environment
  • Have students believe in their strengths as math learners
  • All students come with different schema and this will be attended to individual through a student-centred program
  • Students get to learn different perspectives

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  • Many of us are already differentiating and providing the supports and accommodations as outlined in the articles
  • Provide extra time and frequent breaks to keep their stress and frustrations in check
  • Provide scribing where appropriate for learners' needs
  • Collaborating with support staff (EAs, SERTs)
  • Focus on student strengths and what they do understand in their learning
  • Classroom setting is in groups for greater communication
  • Ensure that groups working on tasks can be successful with the presented experience while teacher works with another group
  • Choice provides students opportunities and to be more motivated in the program
  • Provide students will tools to complete their work that meet various learning styles
  • Have students interpret problems in their own words
  • Organized classroom with access to manipulatives
  • Providing students choice so that they can make decisions resulting in greater autonomy and self-regulation
  • Math centres are intentionally constructed for students that will be interacting with the learning to ensure it is appropriate
  • Flexible groupings great for teacher facilitation
  • Using questioning and prompting
  • Assessing students during the learning process to effectively redirect where necessary
  • Provide audio (read aloud questions/problems) for learners that may have difficulty with reading

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  • Each student has unique needs and their success is dependent upon how accurately we match the supports to their needs and strengths
  • Provide even more choice for students
  • Working with small groups of learners
  • More support in teaching math (similar to the support we get in literacy)
  • Connect and use the support systems around us and not feel 'alone' to teach math
  • Provide students choice in partnerships or independent work empowering them as active participants in more aspects of the learning
  • Centre based learning
  • Mirror more practices from the literacy block
  • Provide students with the appropriate amount of time to work at their own pace
  • Collaborate with a math support group for student learning and teacher PD
  • to have the support of EA's and support teachers in order to meet the needs of our more diverse learners 

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  • Capacity Building Series: Asking Effective Questions
  • Speed and instant responses (not to judge understanding based on quick responses)
  • Mathematical skills taught are of importance and students are modelled for and encouraged to use mathematical language
  • Allow students to 'go with the flow' in their learning rather than trying to hard to get them back onto your intended path
  • Not to expect instant answers
  • Tier lessons
  • Variety of ICT integration
  • Relatable tasks for learners
  • Inclusive questions
  • Provide brain breaks to de-stress and come back to a problem with a clearer mind
  • Guided math groups
  • Lots of visual aids (anchor charts)
  • Incorporate different learning styles
  • Performance tasks
  • Maintain positive interactions with students
  • Incorporate assistive technology (Kurzweil, WordQ)
  • Use of manipulatives through play, inquiry, and trial and error
  • Using open ended questions
  • Using parallel tasks

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