Elementary K-5

Elementary High Yield Routines:

Esti-Mysteries​

Highly engaging and popular math routine for practicing reasonable estimationm, math vocabulary and pattern recognition.

Wild Robot

 

 

Open Middle

Inspired by Dan Meyer, but carried through by some #MTBoS pioneers, dozens of K-12 tasks where students enjoy reasoning and making their thinking visible.​

 

SPLAT

Dozens of powerful number sense images from SteveWyborney, along with suggestions for using them on Steve's website.​

  

 

Numberless Word Problems

Got kids who jump into a solution attempt before trying to make sense of the context (we all do!)? Brilliant solution from Brian Bushart to remove the numbers to promote sense-making.  Plenty of examples here.​

 

 

Clothesline Math

Chris ShoreAndrew Stadel and Daniel Luevanos team up to put an amazing twist on the number line for secondary classroom, which Tim McCaffrey calls the "Master Number-Sense Maker". ​

 

 

Estimation 180

The most awesome bank of hundreds of estimation tasks for 3rd to 12th graders by Andrew Stadel ​

 

 

Fraction Talks

A sweet garden of visuals for Nat Banting to kick start discourse with Fraction-Geometry-Algebraic Thinking connections out the WAH-ZOO.​

 

 

Number Talk Images

Here's a great collection of images that will stimulate meaningful discourse.​

 

 

Same and Different

Lots of images to support students in developing the habit of comparing and connecting representations. ​

 

 

A Year of Warm-ups

Shannon Andrews put together a year's worth of daily warm-ups including Estimation180, Visual Patterns, WODB and Would You Rather in slides and handouts!​

 

 

Would You Rather?​

John Stevens' spin on the classic "would you rather" supporting constructing viable arguments and critiquing reasoning​

 

 

Which One Doesn't Belong

Daily K-12 tasks assembled by Mary Bourassa at http://wodb.ca/index.html

 

 

K-2 Estimation tasks

Daily photo/video estimation tasks for K-2, inspired by Andrew Stadel, ​

 

 

http://www.visualpatterns.org/

Hundreds of daily visual patterns to strengthen connections between  algebraic representations by Fawn Nguyen

 

 

What's Going On in This Graph?

Weekly graphs and visuals to read and analyze. ​

 

 

Slow Reveal Graphs

As more and more of the graph is revealed, students refine their interpretation and construct meaning, often in surprising ways.

  

 

Subitizing Slides

10 downloadable PowerPoint files with dot patterns and subitizing challenges.

 

 

#MathFails

Sara Van der Werf’s compiled images of real-life math fails to get kids thinking.​

 

Recommended Concrete Materials:

Base Ten Blocks

Pattern Blocks

Cuisenaire Rods

Ten Frames

Two-Sided Counters

Dice

Geo boards (5x5)

3D solids and shapes

Unifix Cubes

Rekenreks

Playing Cards

Loose parts

Must Have Reads:​

These two Canadian resources are a must read for any K - 8 Math teacher. Either of these two resources will highlight the foundations of how children learn math through rich tasks, manipulatives and discourse. ​

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Recommended Reads To Supplement Your Professional Library:​   

   

Elementary Numeracy sites: ​

Janice Novakowski

  • Responsive teaching practices in Math and Science connected to the new BC curriculum​

  • SD38 K- 12 Math and Science Consultant ​

Graham Fletcher

  • Creator of Fascinating and Informative Math Progressions Videos and 3 Acts Lessons.​

  • 10+ years as a classroom teacher, Math coach, and a district Math specialist.​

Carole Fullerton

  • Games and resources to support student number sense development​

  • Private K – 9 Math teacher consultant in British Columbia  ​

Steve Wyborney

  • Creator of SPLAT, Tiled Area Questions, Esti-Mysteries and Cube Connectors activities​

  • He is well known for his use of instructional technology and his work with mathematics ​

The Recovering Traditionalist K-5

  • Focuses on Conceptual Understanding​

  • Christina Tondevold provides tutorials and PD videos for educators to learn about how children think about Mathematics.​

Peter Liljedahl

  • Is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Simon Fraser University and author of Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
  • Focuses on Rich Number Tasks and Good Problem Solving in the K - 12 classroom

Greg Tang Math

  • Math missionary on the power of creative problem solving​

  • Author of a book series that will help children gain the range of skills needed for higher math (Grapes of Math)​

Robert Kaplinsky

  • Cofounder of @openmiddle and author of Open Middle Math​

  • “I share math strategies and resources that create problem solvers, not robots.”​

YouCubed 

  • K – 12 Brain Science, Math Mindset, Visual Tasks and Number Talks and The Week of Inspirational Math. ​

  • Co-created by Jo Boaler.​

BCAMT

  • British Columbia Association of Math Teachers: A Provincial Specialist Association of the BC Teachers' Federation​

BC Numeracy Network

  • K-12 educators collaborating to inspire numeracy across the province through dynamic teaching and learning.​

Math For Love

  • ​Dan Finkel and Katherine Cook, a husband and wife team devoted to transforming how math is taught and learned.
  • They develop math games and curriculum, including tons of free lesson plans on this site.