Jessie Eyre Teacher : Maths PD

Jo Knox at Sherwood Primary School

Mixed ability grouping activity which we couldn't solve without working with others collaboratively.
Our maths tasks tell chn which groups they are at.
Jo Knox's philosophy - Have needs based groups from data collected from testing. Call chn to mat for that particular workshop, and offer it to chn who feel they need it to.
Warm up's for hot spots you've noticed from testing/lessons, or their own personal goals eg. grouping to tens etc.
Splitting the class in the middle - first half today, second half . Wednesday do workshops with flexible grouping. Thursday and Friday back to first half of the week. Or do a few days of flexible groupings. Friday whole class etc.
Or same problem for whole class but you focus on one/two groups per day.

Read the article "Ability and Mathematics: the mindset revolution that is reshaping education" by Jo Boaler.

Carol Dweck's growth mindset thinking is needed in maths
Students that the teacher perceives as 'low' are often given lower tasks and are not challenged.
Students can learn from each other and often explain it better to their peers than me anyway!

Games to play

Snap It: Using uniblocks behind back, start with 8, show 5. How many are behind back? Using colours. Ask student how they know?

Countdown (2 mins)

100 25 10 5 1 4

Target number: 254

Use any numbers to get to the number. Usually a higher number at the beginning

10 x 25 = 250, + 4 = 254

Teaching number knowledge

Using the hundreds frame (blank) but also with thousands book.

Counting in tens from 10 eg. 7, 17, 27, 37

plus showing adding tens with the tens blocks and hundreds

NZ Maths must go to's

Take this - using everyday objects and lesson plans to go with

https://nzmaths.co.nz/numeracy-project-pld - Animations for teachers and how to use all the equipment and resources.

Check out E-ako for students to work on for independent work

Daily Warm up

Fractions - identifying, adding, subtracting, groups of,

Time - reading analogue clock

3 card game - adding up 3 cards and explaining how they got their answer. Using adding tens, doubles, splitting numbers etc.

Addition wars game

High 5's, high 4's, high 8's for doubles and halves, especially double 7, 8, 9 and halves of equivalent.

10's frames and addition subtraction and with ten for ten pluses.

Make a flower for the clock saying minutes gone past

Different learning centre tasks - 8 different challenges. By the end of the term you are to have completed 5, so some choice involved.

Showing class that 4 x 10 = 40, so 4 x 5 = 20 - half of that.

8 x 8 is 64. I know this as I know that 4 x 4 is 32, so I can double it.

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