Maths
Maths PL with Rachel Carson
The focus for today was -
Orchestrating discussion
The implementation of the five practices
Problem solving with a focus on teaching number through strand.
Great Maths PL as it challenged our maths thinking and reminded us about the importance of talking with children, questioning their thinking and processes, and listening to children's explanations of how they are solving their maths problems.
Talk - reveals understandings and misunderstanding
- supports robust learning by boosting memory
- supports deeper reasoning
- supports language development
The Five Practices:
Anticipating - what are their misconceptions?
Monitoring - observing children, listening to their thinking - orchestrating discussionsSelecting - children to explain, discuss their working out (not the correct answer first) - reponses affect the quality of the discussions.
Sequencing - select contributions in sequence - gives control over discussion
Connections - making links, working within contexts, integrating strands
Ways of problem-solving -
I am thinking of a rectangle that has an area of 24cm2 - what could the perimeter be?
Create a 'Factopus' - eg: factors of 24
What if the perimeter is 35?
Caterpillars & leaves;
Strategies -
2.5x12
add in 5's
2+2+2+ - so 5+5+5+
'Golden Spiral' - Ted Talk - on Fibinocci
https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fibonacci-sequence.html
Mondrian Art
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-mondrian-piet.htm
Best Evidence Synthesis:
What does a worthwhile maths task look like?
- Maths Focus - requires students to think with and about maths ideas.
- Problematic Tasks -
- Practice Activity - improve computational fluency, problem solving skills or conceptual
understanding. (e-learning tasks as support as well as card and game activities)
- building on children's learning
- hands on experiences
- layers of complexity in the problem
- making connections
- integrating strands
Task to do - discuss in team meeting next week - start with a couple of problems a week - joint planning on a shared doc would be useful for the team.
Reflection
Need to plan problem solving keeping in mind how children can relate to that in their daily lives.
Integrating number with other strands.
Giving children opportunities for hands on learning.
