Middle 6 - 8

High Yield Routines that are classroom ready:

    Esti-Mysteries

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

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    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

    A 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

      

     

    #MathFails

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

     

     

    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.

     

     

    Turner's Graph of the Week

    Each set of graphs comes with prompting questions for students to explore​

      

     

    Recommended Concrete Materials:

    Base Ten Blocks

    Pattern Blocks

    Cuisenaire Rods

    Colour tiles

    class set of white boards

    Two-Sided Counters

    Dice

    Geo boards (10x10)

    3D shapes and nets

     

    Tangrams

    Algebra Tiles

    Playing Cards

    Loose parts

     

    Must Have Reads:

    These three Canadian resources are a must read for any K - 8 Math teacher. All of these 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:

      

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    Middle Numeracy sites: ​

    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

    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 

    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.​

    Desmos

    • Free online graphing and scientific calculator to explore concepts more deeply, collaborate with their peers on problem-solving, and apply knowledge creatively as mathematicians.

    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.​