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Numeracy Learning Series Sessions – 2018 – 2019

Grade 6 & 7 Sessions

Facilitator: Nikki Lineham        Dates: Oct. 16, 2018,  Nov. 21, 2018,  Jan 22, 2019

Session Resources:

Session 3, Jan. 22 Slide Deck

Session 2, Nov. 21 Slide Deck

Session 1, Oct. 16 Slide Deck

Additional Websites:

TeachBC – the go to website for BC teaching resources (BCTF)

www.bcamt.ca/resources/ (BC Association of Math Teachers Website)

Power Of Ten (Trevor Calkin’s website- lots of freebies and digital resources you can buy- aligned with BC curriculum)

Carole Fullerton’s Website

Educating Now  (Nikki Lineham’s Site – ProD resources for teachers – aligned with BC curriculum – pay for access)

www.peterliljedahl.com/teachers (SFU professor – see links on the bottom for Resources, Numeracy Tasks, Good Problems, Card Tricks – aligned with BC curriculum)

piman.ca/SD36/Curriculum/Home (Links to many resources included in your package including the curriculum grids)

www.youcubed.org/tasks/ (US so search by topic)

robertkaplinsky.com/lessons/ (US so search by topic)

www.openmiddle.com/ (US so search by topic)

nrich.maths.org/ (UK so search by topic)

fawnnguyen.com/ (look on the right side –there are a ton of great resources here, including book recommendations that would have good problems)

eworkshop.on.ca/edu/resources/guides/Guide_Math_K_6_Volume_2.pdf  (this is a support for teaching problem solving in general)

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1jXSt_CoDzyDFeJimZxnhgwOVsWkTQEsfqouLWNNC6Z4/pub?output=html (Dan Meyer’s 3 Act task bank. There are great but you’ll need to search by topic as it is aligned with the US common core)

www.commoncoresheets.com (Search by topic down the left side – many visual worksheets including grids and number lines and area models for multiplication)

Books:

Mathematical Mindsets by Jo Boaler

Open Questions for Rich Math Lesson by Marian Small (they come in English and French) – only available at:

http://www.rubiconpublishing.com/collections/open-questions-for-rich-math-lessons/

Good Questions; Great Ways to Differentiate Mathematics Instruction by Marian Small

Eyes on Math; A Visual Approach to Teaching Math Concepts by Marian Small

Teaching Student Centered Mathematics by John Van de Walle and LouAnn Lovin

Cuisenaire Rods Rock! By Carole Fullerton

Number Talks; Helping Children Build Mental Math and Computation Strategies Grades k-5 by Sherry Parrish (would recommend this one if you’ve never done Number Talks)

Making Number Talks Matter; Developing Mathematical Practices and Deepening Understanding Grades 4-10 (less structured than the previous one)
How the Brain Learns Mathematics by David Sousa