Links and connections to math learning, teaching and assessment resources near at hand for SD61 elementary educators.”
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Learning and Teaching Resources
Educating Now
Grade 3 – 8 videos for teachers, with teacher and student resources.
Please check with your school admin if you need the password.More details on logging in: here
Carole Fullerton
Teachers Guides –Books with lesson plans and student work aligned with BC Curriculum
(available in French and English)
Good Questions
Great resource for grade 2-8 with math questions for students to think, discuss and solve
(great for math talks!)
Click Mindfull to order teacher resources, good questions and also FREE resources to download
Power of Ten
– Games, projects, lots of student materials – Brief overview of philosophy
– Big math ideas run throughout – Year plans, lessons intermediate, primary
– On your SD61 Computer x drive, Public Folders\NUMERACY\Power of Ten
Elementary Coast Metro Math Project
A comprehensive collaboration from BC Math teachers and consultants
from lower mainland of school districts
- Great resources and support for building and supporting the newest curriculum and reporting in BC
- Great overview of approaches, structures, and materials here
- Clear and detailed look into the curriculum at each grade, K-7 Coast Metro Math Project
- Includes an overview of key math concepts, big ideas, connections from year to year, and year-at-a-glance sequences for teaching
- Sections on Math Games, Indigenous Connections, Assessment Tools, Instructional Routines, Children’s Literature and French Resources
Marian Small
A variety of resources based on deep math thinking and rich math tasks. Many Sd61 elementary schools have her Open Questions resources, available in English and French
Open Questions
K-5 Number Talks/ Math Talks
– Sherry Parish K- 5, Math Talk book, Videos – Click Here
– Number Talks by Kathy Richardson and Ruth Parker Click Here
– Cathy Fosnot – Mini Lessons Steve Wyborney Splat and Esti-Mysteries
Websites for Number Talk Images
– Number Strings
– Number Talks – Math for Love
– SD38 – Numeracy
– Number Talk Images – French and English
– Number Talk Images – Kristen Acosta
– Number Talk Images – Math Talk for Slides
– Number Talk Images – Berkeley Everett
Indigenous Focused Math
● Indigenous Math Network Resources
● Indigenous Focus Afternoon Math
● Math – First Peoples
Other Math Resources
Recommended Math Games out of SD 38
- https://blogs.sd38.bc.ca/sd38mathandscience/math-games/
- Novakowski Youtube Channel for hands-on activities: https://bit.ly/SD38mathyoutube
More Math Game Links:
Inspirational Math Videos:
Clothesline Math:
Estimation:
Graphing:
Which One Doesn’t Belong:
Visual Patterns:
Paper Models:
Virtual math manipulatives:
Great Math Educators:
Assessments
Selected Math Assessments for K-5
Some effective assessment tools that should be easy for SD61 staff to access. Of course, selecting the most appropriate assessment depends on what you are aiming to understand mathematically about your student(s). For example, you might be looking for what students know about :
- one math concept for a lesson or several concepts for a unit or an overall sense of mathematical thinking to begin or end the year
- a detailed analysis of one student or general info the whole class
- conceptual thinking & understanding or knowing a mathematical process or algorithm
VIDMA – Vancouver Island Diagnostic Math Assessment – whole class
End of grade 2 to grade 10, relatively quick to do, across whole curriculum (older version),
In French and English – Located on your SD61 X drive – X:\Public Folders\NUMERACY\VIDMA
INA – Island Numeracy Assessment – whole class
Developed from VIDMA, still comprehensive but more unit by unit; great for end of year check-in assessment grades 3-7
Island Numeracy Homepage
SNAP – whole class
Very good for number sense – students will need to be guided through a few tries for best insight into their understanding
SNAP – SD 33
Early Numeracy Project (ENP) – individual or possibly small group
K- 3, Very detailed insight for a student. The original red, yellow and green books may be at your school.
Nanaimo School District developed a newer resource, available at SD68 ENP
What Do They Know K- 3 – Carole Fullerton and Sandra Ball, whole class or smaller groups
Targets areas of the early primary mathematics critical for a solid numeracy foundation: place value in the form of comparing and ordering, operations and patterning.
French and English includes instructional resources to use after the assessment Mindfull Math
Power of Ten – Mastery of Basics
Good for intermediate to grade 8, older curric,
On X drive – X:\Public Folders\NUMERACY\Power of Ten – whole class
Suggestions to Explore
Dr. Nicky Newton, – Math Running Records – about seven minutes per student
Focuses on strategies and type, available online, much of it is free
Running Records
IKAN – New Zealand – whole class
FREE, and comes with scripts
IKAN
GLOSS
Also New Zealand – One on one interviews, with scripts – for that student that we don’t know what is happening, FREE
Mathematics Jam
Assessment Resources
Math Ladders – Assessment prompts for math outcomes K-5
Indicators of Math Proficiency K-7, SD 38
K-7 Mathematics Indicators of Proficiency
K-2 – Numeracy Assessment
Numeracy Screener