This after school series is in its fourth year, focused specifically on the foundational mathematical concepts in grades 3-5 such as operations, place value and fractions. This year, we met once a term after school in Jennifer Plummer’s French Immersion grades 3&4 classroom at Homma Elementary (thank you for hosting Jennifer!).
For our first session in the fall, we focused on number sense and operations and the curricular competencies of reasoning and communication. I had recently been to the NCTM Regional Conference in Phoenix and shared a great game that I was reminded of in one of the sessions there.
The Product Gameboard instructions
At our second session, in January, we focused on financial literacy and mathematical inquiry. I shared the new Pizza Co. game for the iPad from Osmo as well as some other resources and children’s books to support the financial literacy content in the BC Mathematics Curriculum.
BC_Financial_Literacy_Resources
For our third session in April, teachers in the series requested a focus on assessment, place-based learning and connecting the core and curricular competencies.
K-5_Math_Connections_between_Core_and_Curricular_Competencies
We explored curricular content and competencies by investigating with power polygons.
Looking forward to continuing the conversation around big mathematical ideas next year!
~Janice