Carole Fullerton April 26 2021

If you are available and interested in some math Pro-D on Monday, April 26, check out Carole Fullerton’s virtual sessions for Burnaby. Carole will be doing two sessions: Math and Literature in Primary from 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM and Good Questions for Addressing Diversity in Intermediate Math 12:45 PM to 2:15 PM. You can find the zoom links in Math Science News APRIL 2021

Math Contests 2021

After last year’s COVID break, the District is again participating in the Grade 7 Gauss Contest. Gr 7 teachers at elementary schools will be running the contest on May 12th. Details and previous contest papers can be accessed here. Talk to your Gr 7 teacher about writing it. Burnaby also has two local math contests: The Abel is for students Grade 5 and lower who would like to challenge themselves. The Mirzakhani math contest encourages Grade 6 and younger students to write. Both are organized through the school’s teachers. The Abel and Mirzakhani will be written over May 12-14th.

Math Games

Otrio is a fabulous update on Tic-Tac-Toe that encourages strategic thinking and can be played by anyone. Another great game for visual learners is Set. If you love games for your home or classroom, here is a great list of board games for you to play.

Math Outdoors

Head on over to our sister site, the B-Outside Place-Based Learning Blog to read about how one Burnaby teacher gets students doing math outside. We have also been running a book club with the books Messy Maths and 50 Fantastic Ideas For Taking Maths Outdoors. The remainder of the school year is a great time to take learning outdoors with your students–it is safer in terms of COVID and it is great for our students’ (and our) mental health.

May 13, 2020

MathChat Thursdays at Lunch

Are you interested in joining in a Math Chat on Thursdays at lunch? Join me from 12-1 to talk about how your remote learning math teaching is going and to ask any questions/find resources or even just to connect with others. Feel free to drop in any Thursday! Join on Zoom at this link , Meeting ID: 586 779 1012

Gauss/Abel/Mirzakhani

As you may know, the Gauss contest for this year has been cancelled. However, we are still going ahead with the Gr 5 and below Abel and the Gr 6 and below Mirzakhani contests. They have been pushed back to May 20-21, and I will be sending links to the school for students to write on-line. They will be asked to complete an Honour Pledge to indicate the work is their own, unaided by the computer. Details to contest organizers and head teachers by Friday of this week (May 15).

Winners!

From the blog contest to win a Marian Small Open Questions resource:

English–Allison Tze from Twelfth Ave

French–Dana Herdman from Aubrey

Look out for an e-mail from me to set up delivery of your prizes.

September 7, 2018September 10, 2018

Welcome Back!

The excitement of another year is always energizing. It is important not to go madly off in all directions trying to reinvent our pedagogy…but to make thoughtful and considerate changes. Here’s a great list of math websites (I’d ignore the costly programs, however) to help with your math teaching this year.

Math Workshops on Staff Development Calendar

Learning teams, book clubs and workshop offerings for math this fall have been posted to the Staff Development Calendar. If you are looking for basic support for math, consider signing up for Math 101. On the other hand, if Number Talks are a routine you’d like to start or deepen this year, sign up to get a copy of an appropriate book for your grade level and some supportive colleagues to discuss it with. This fall also features a Closing The Gaps learning team, where we will use Jo Boaler’s new Grade 4 resource alongside our BCEd curriculum.

Northwest Mathematics Conference

Sign up now and put your Detached Duty form in for the BCAMT-hosted Northwest Mathematics Conference, being held in Whistler over the Oct 19/20 PSA Day. Some great speakers are coming, including Tracy Zager, Fawn Nguyen and Dan Finkel. There will be sessions and resources for every teacher, from K-12.

Call Me

I’m really looking forward to supporting math teachers across this district this year. Call me at 604-760-6157 or e-mail me at Donna.Morgan@burnabyschools.ca if you need any support for your math teaching.