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In addition to the ever-popular Carole Fullerton sessions (which are almost full), there are a few other good opportunities for teachers interested in math professional development next Friday.

Financial Literacy–morning sessions by Vancity and afternoon sessions by Junior Achievement will both give you some good resources for financial literacy from Grades 4-12.  Please check out these sessions.

Integers for Gr 7 teachers–two Burnaby North teachers, Jenny Young and Jodi Drake have put together a great morning session on teaching integers using manipulatives and other strategies.

A fun and engaging afternoon session will be led by UBC’s Dr. Susan Gerofsky–exploring the use of Gestures and Dance for teaching math.  Participate in a dance to weave a braid.

Burnaby Mountain teacher Jen Morrison is holding a morning session on Project-based-learning in math–which provides an authentic opportunity for students to connect with mathematics and develop a deeper understanding of the concepts we learn in class. 

For those interested in offering Geometry 12 next year, Chester Leung will be hosting a workshop to explore historical tools for teaching Geometry.

Welcome to 2018. You can find some properties of the number 2018 (and any other number) at Number Empire.

New Teachers Math Conference

Coming up in the new year, the BC Association of Math Teachers has a conference for student teachers and new teachers.  Workshops have been developed to engage teachers from Kindergarten to Grade 12.  Check out the schedule here.  

Grade 10-12 Curriculum Final Drafts 

The finalized versions of the Grade 10-12 Math Curriculum are available now on the BCAMT website. Take a look at them–the Math 10 courses will come into effect in September 2018, with the Grade 11 and 12 course optional until September 2019.  

Math Video Contest

Watch your schools (elementary and secondary) for the posters about the 2018 Math Video Contest.  Details are available on this website (see link above) and a copy of the poster is here.

Prizes for Blog Subscribers

Starting with the next update, every time this blog is updated one subscriber will be chosen to win a free math resource. So just sign up to subscribe–you will get a brief e-mail notifying you whenever this website is updated or has new resources.

Graduation Numeracy Assessment

Are you more numerate than a 10th grader? How would you do on British Columbia’s new Graduation Numeracy Assessment?  Click on the picture of the exam question and give the assessment a try.  To log in, just pick any school district and any 9 digit PEN. I’d love to hear your feedback in the comments. Speaking of numeracy, SFU’s Peter Liljedahl has prepared a selection of numeracy tasks, for K-12, that can help with developing students’ skills. He also had a hand in writing the Graduation Numeracy Assessment, so practicing these from K-11 would be great preparation for students.

Carole Fullerton

We had a great turn out for Carole Fullerton’s workshops on November 7th.  As you can see from the picture, some students (in this case, at Chaffey-Burke) are already hard at work practicing their visualization of 5’s and writing about what they have.  I’m hoping to organize a follow up in the spring where those of us working to implement Carole’s ideas in the classroom get together to talk about what’s working and what more we need.  Also, for those of you who missed it, Carole will be doing 2 more workshops (one primary and one intermediate) at February’s District Day.

Number Talk Essential

We place a lot of emphasis with the parents and caregivers of our early learners to talk and read to their children–but what about number talk? Recent studies have discovered that number talk is an important component of early learning.  How can we get parents involved in number talk? What is your school doing to engage parents in this crucial numeracy task?