Folder Notes: A collection of resources, from the new learnalberta website, to support the new math curriculum.
This resource focuses on assessment practices and includes information on the types of classroom assessment; the purpose of classroom assessment; the assessment process; and assessment strategies and tools.
This Web site provides a library of interactive, Web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (Kindergarten to Grade 12 emphasis). The resources are organized into the following topics: Number and Operations; Algebra; Geometry; Measurement; and Data Analysis and Probability.
This resource highlights current research on learning mathematics. Topics include: mathematical proficiency; number sense; computational fluency; mathematical reasoning; mathematical conversation; metacognition; learning styles; and math anxiety.
This resource assists teachers with planning for instruction. Topics addressed include: creating an effective mathematics environment; creating meaningful activities; understanding the progression of mathematical understanding; models in the mathematics classroom; developing algebraic reasoning; integrating problem solving; using technology in the mathematics classroom; and differentiating instruction. A list of recommended resources is also provided.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 4 Specific Outcome 3—Number. Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Personal Strategies for Adding and Subtracting; Sample Activities for Teaching Estimating Sums and Differences; and, Sample Activities for Teaching Solving Problems Involving Addition and Subtraction.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 4 Specific Outcomes 4, 5—Number. Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Mental Strategies to Determine Multiplication Facts to 9 x 9 and Related Division Facts.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 4 Specific Outcomes 6, 7—Number. Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Personal Strategies for Multiplying and Dividing; Sample Activities for Teaching Estimating Products and Quotients; and, Sample Activities for Teaching Solving Problems Involving Multiplication and Division.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 4 Specific Outcomes 8, 9, 10—Number. Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching the Naming and Recording Fractions for the Parts of a Region or Set; Sample Activities for Teaching That for Different Wholes, Identical Fractions May Not Represent the Same Quantity; Sample Activities for Comparing and Ordering Fractions; and, Sample Activities for Teaching Decimals by Showing Connections to Fractions.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 4 Specific Outcomes 5, 6—Shape and Space (Transformations). Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Congruency; Sample Activities for Teaching the Identification of Symmetrical 2-D Shapes; Sample Activities for Teaching the Creation of Symmetrical 2-D Shapes; and, Sample Activities for Teaching Students to Draw One or More Lines of Symmetry.
This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 4 Specific Outcomes 5, 6—Patterns and Relations (Variables and Equations). Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Students to Express a Given Problem as an Equation Using a Symbol to Represent an Unknown Quantity; and, Sample Activities for Teaching Students to Solve One-step Equations Involving a Symbol to Represent an Unknown Quantity.
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This is a step-by-step guide designed to assist teachers with planning mathematics instruction for Grade 4 Specific Outcome 3—Shape and Space (Measurement). Five steps are presented: identifying outcomes to address; determining evidence of student learning; planning for instruction; assessing student learning; and, following up on assessment. It also includes Sample Activities for Teaching Conservation of Area; Sample Activities for Teaching That Area Is Measured in Square Units; Sample Activities for Teaching the Use of Referents for cm2 or m2 in Estimating Area; Sample Activities for Teaching How to Determine and Record Area (cm2 or m2); and, Sample Activities for Teaching That Many Different Rectangles Can Be Constructed for a Given Area (cm2 or m2).